Grant

Grant 2024

ban22

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Amadeo R. Fernández Alba

Amadeo R. Fernández Alba, University of Almeria

"TBA"

Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern

Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, University of Bath

"TBA"

Gianluca Li Puma

Gianluca Li Puma, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

"TBA"



ban22

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Natalia Soares Quinete

Natalia Soares Quinete, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University

"Combining target and non-targeted approaches for PFAS characterization in recreational fisheries"




Grant 2023

 ban19

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Francesca Scandellari

Francesca Scandellari, U-Series S.R.L., Bologna, Italy

"The signal of water: stable isotopes from rain to table"

Horacio Heinzen

Horacio Heinzen, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay

"Chemical safety of freshwater for human consumption and aquatic life which also is food"

Young Researcher Grants

Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou

Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

“HRMS strategies for the target analysis and suspect screening of persistent and mobile substances in drinking, ground and surface water of Greece”

Monica Sanchez Parra

Monica Sanchez Parra, Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain

“Incidence of nitrate contamination and origin in two water systems of southern Spain”



ban21

Young Researcher Grants

Ana Sofia Moreira Seabra Fernandes

Ana Sofia Moreira Seabra Fernandes, LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal

“GreenFrame: Advancing eco-friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”

Marta Filipa da Silva Redondo

Marta Filipa da Silva Redondo, LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal

“GreenFrame: Advancing eco-friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”

Ana Rosa Moreira da Silva

Ana Rosa Moreira da Silva, LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal

“GreenFrame: Advancing eco-friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”



ban20

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

 Kwang-Ho Choo

Kwang-Ho Choo, Professor of Environmental Engineering & Director of the Advanced Institute of Water Industry, Kyungpook National University, South Korea

"Bacterial battle: Unleashing nature's mediators to combat biofouling"

Md Ataul Gani

Md Ataul Gani Gani, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

"Changes in geomorphic units alter nitrogen fixation in a large lowland tropical river"

 Othman Almashaqbeh

Othman Almashaqbeh, Royal Scientific Society, Knowledge, Amman-al Jubaiha, Jordan

"Testing a pilot-scale of constructed wetlands for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment using Jordanian zeolitic tuff"

Young Researcher Grants

 Fatema Khamis

Fatema Khamis, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates

“Development of pH-responsive adsorptive ultrafiltration membrane for the treatment of heavy metals from aqueous solution”

Ana Maria Pereira

Ana Rita Pereira, University of Porto, Portugal

“Effects of parabens exposure on drinking water bacteria”

 

ban22

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

 Sébastien Sauvé

Sébastien Sauvé, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada

"PFAS – where are we now?"



ban18b

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Teresa Richa-Santos

Teresa Rocha-Santos, Department of Chemistry & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Portugal

"Physiochemical interactions of microplastics and pharmaceutical residues"

Nikolaus Thomaidis

Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

"WBE of pharmaceuticals dreing COVID-19 using targeted and non-targeted approaches"

Paula Verlicchi

Paola Verlicchi, Associate Professor of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering at the Department of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy

"Reclaimed wastewater:treatments and risk assessment"

 Young Researcher Grant

Rocío Inés Bonansea

Rocío Inés Bonansea, Faculty of Chemical Science, National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina

"Estimation of anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs consumption in low-medium-high income neighborhoods by wastewater analysis"

Rodrigo Braz Carneiro

Rodrigo Braz Carneiro, São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

"Biotransformation products of pharmaceuticals compounds in a two-phase (acidogenic-methanogenic) anaerobic bioreactor"

Valentina Guimarães da Silva

Valentina Guimarães da Silva, University of Aveiro, Portugal

"TiO2/Carbon Dots nanocomposites: Solar driven photocatalysts for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents"

 

ban23

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

John. P. Giesy

John. P. Giesy, Department of Biomedical Veterinary Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

"Anthropogenic and naturally occuring brominated compounds"

Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis

Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Greece

"Arsenic contamination of groundwater and novel approaches for its removal"

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Grant 2022

 

ban16

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Diana Aga

Diana Aga, research professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

"Pharmaceutical monitoring paired with RNA detection in wastewater for early-warning of community viral outbreaks"

Young Researcher Grants

Eleni

Cátia Vilas Boas, Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Porto, Portugal

“Impact of a new antifouling agent in human retinal cells lipidome using Liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF/MS)”

Ruben

Rubén Gil Solsona, Researcher at IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

“The chemical exposome in brain cancer: An exploratory study with links to waste water-based epidemiology”

Castro

Gabriela Castro Varela, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

“Occurrence and removal of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in sludge from Norwegian wastewater treatment plants through dry pyrolysis”




ban12b

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Alexandros Asimakopoulos

Alexandros Asimakopoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

"Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and other organic micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants: A perspective on sewage epidemiology"

Alistair Boxall

Alistair Boxall, Professor in Environmental Science, University of York, UK

"New developments in modelling approaches for understanding the risks of pharmaceuticals in the environment"

Despo Kassinos

Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of Nireas International Water Research Center at the University of Cyprus

"On the fate of antimicrobial resistance during urban wastewater treatment and reuse"




ban17

 Distinguished Researcher Grant

Silvia Lacorte

Silvia Lacorte, Vice-Director, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain

"Soils, a sink for legacy and emerging pollutants: Impacts in natural areas"

Ester Heath

Ester Heath, Head of the Laboratory for Organic Analytical Chemistry, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

"Emerging Chemicals: A journey from source to environment"

Young Researcher Grants

Vitor Pereira

Vítor Pereira, University of Porto, Portugal

“New reactor approach for low-temperature catalytic methane decomposition”

Lydia Niemi

Lydia Niemi, University of Highlands and Islands, UK

“Innovative data visualisation tool to aid addressing pharmaceutical pollution in the Scottish water environment”

Urška Šunta

Urška Šunta, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

“Leaching of insecticides in soil amended with microalgal biomass: the effect of microplastics in the soil”

Alejandra Vargas

Alejandra Vargas, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

“Metal-organic framework coated portable 3D-printed paddle stirrer for eExtraction of chlorophenols, p-nitrophenol and bisphenol A in biodigester and wastewater samples”

Miha Ravbar

Miha Ravbar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

“Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using a Japanese knotweed root extract”

Luis Alves

Luis Alves, University of Porto, Portugal

“The role of Ni film structure on catalytic methane decomposition”

Manuel-Thomas Valdivia

Manuel-Thomas Valdivia, University of Highlands and Islands, UK

“At-source hospital wastewater treatment to eliminate harmful pharmaceuticals: A novel approach using UV-LED activated photocatalytic nanomaterials”

Daniela Pereira

Daniela Pereira, University of Porto, Portugal

“Potential of nature-inspired prenylated flavonoids as a sustainable alternative to commercial biocides against marine biofouling”