Research area
Environmental Chemistry
Why is your research important?
My research tries to identify new chemical hazards that can affect both environment and human health. We need to identify emerging contaminants, explore their distribution and environmental behavior (do they persist and/or bioaccumulate?), and measure their impact.
What are your personal motivations?
As a marine scientist, to assess the chemical status of oceans, which are the ultimate sink for most man-made substances.
What are you going to do during the cruise onboard r/v Oceanograf?
We will be conducting sampling to analyze the occurrence and distribution of new emerging pollutants (polar and very polar substances) and its transfer from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.