Plenary and keynote speakers
Plenary speakers
Prof. Martin Scheringer
Chemistry and the Environment – Where Do We Stand in 2023?
ETH Zürich
Dep. of Environmental Systems Science
Martin Scheringer is a professor of environmental chemistry at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and a group leader and research scientist at ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. He has worked in the fields of chemical hazard and risk assessment, environmental fate modeling for chemicals, and human exposure assessment since 1994 and has published more than 280 peer-reviewed scientific articles and several books. From 2015 to 2020 he was an Associate Editor of the ACS journal, Environmental Science & Technology. In addition to his scientific research, Martin Scheringer has worked extensively at the science-policy interface. He has conducted several projects with the OECD, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme; he is a co-author of the chapter on chemicals and waste in UNEP’s 5th Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5). Martin Scheringer is a founding member of the International Panel on Chemical Pollution, IPCP, and is currently the chair of the IPCP.
Prof. Christian Zwiener
PFAS: Allrounders or Problem Generators? - Environmental and Analytical Perspectives
University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Prof. Christian Zwiener is head of the group of Environmental Analytical Chemistry at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany. He is an executive board member of the Water Chemical Society (GDCh), vice speaker of the Department of Geosciences, member of the Division of Chemistry and the Environment (EuChemS) and active in the Expert Committee on non-target screening (GDCh). His research focuses on environmental and analytical chemistry, more specifically on the analysis, occurrence and fate of organic micropollutants in the environment and in water treatment (e.g. disinfection by-products, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products). In recent years we developed analytical approaches for non-target and suspect screening by LC-high-resolution mass spectrometry, and combined lab scale experiments for photochemistry, biodegradation and electrochemical oxidation with field investigations to identify transformation products. A large-scale contamination in southwestern Germany (the “Rastatt” case) directed our focus to the problems and challenges associated with per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).
Prof. Roberto Terzano
Unraveling environmental issues in the soil-plant system with X-rays: opportunities and challenges
University of Bari "Aldo Moro"
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences
Roberto Terzano is associate professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy. He is the President of the Division of “Chemistry and the Environment” of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). He holds a master’s degree in Chemistry (Analytical) and a PhD in Agricultural Chemistry. He is the founder and scientific manager of the “Micro X-ray Lab” at the University of Bari, Italy. He was Marie Curie Fellow at the MiTAC (Micro and Trace Analysis Centre) of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Roberto Terzano has been leading a number of projects at different European Synchrotron Light Sources on the use of X-rays to study trace elements in soils and plants. His research activity is focused mainly on the biogeochemistry of trace elements in the soil-plant system, development of X-ray based analytical methods, plant nutrition and soil remediation.
Prof. Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou
Degradation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern on Reactive Surfaces: Kinetics, Mechanisms and Transformation Products
University of Cincinnati
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou is currently a Herman Schneider Professor of Environmental Engineering and Distinguished Research Professor (STEMM) at the University of Cincinnati. He has served as a UNESCO co-Chair Professor on “Water Access and Sustainability”. He teaches courses on drinking water quality, treatment and reuse, advanced unit operations for water treatment, advanced oxidation technologies, and physical-chemical processes for water quality control. Professor Dionysiou is leading several projects of local, state, national and international importance focused on water quality, treatment, reuse, and monitoring. His work encompasses surface water, groundwater, agricultural water, and industrial waters of complex mixtures. His research interests include (i) physical chemical processes for water treatment, (ii) urban water quality, (iii) advanced oxidation processes, (iv) UV and solar light-based remediation processes, (v) treatment of contaminants of emerging concern (i.e., pharmaceuticals and personal care products, biotoxins, heavy metals), (vi) remediation of Harmful Algal Blooms/cyanotoxins, (vii) environmental nanotechnology and nanosensing, (viii) water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, and (ix) water sustainability. Several of his current projects are focused on the treatment, sensing, and monitoring of cyanotoxins in freshwater aquatic systems as well as removal of a diverse group of contaminants of emerging concern in water treatment and reuse applications.
Prof. Adrian Covaci
Human exposure to emerging contaminants: advances and challenges
University of Antwerp
Toxicological Center
Prof. Dr. Adrian COVACI (50 y) is currently a Professor of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is the current director of the Toxicological Center in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. After he has acquired a PhD in Chemistry in 2002, he became a full professor in 2012. Current fields of interest are the “Application of advanced mass spectrometric techniques to the human exposome”, “Human biomonitoring of emerging contaminants”, and “Metabolomics and human metabolism of xenobiotics in in vitro and in vivo systems”. He has co-authored more than 650 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has an H-index of 85. His papers have been cited more than 32,000 times which has earned him the title of Highly Cited Researcher for consecutive years between 2015 and 2022. Since 2011, he is the Belgian representative in the Division of Chemistry in the Environment of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS). He is also co-Editor-in- Chief for Environment International (IF2020: 13.4) and an Associate Editor for Science of the Total Environment (IF2020: 10.5).
Keynote speakers
ICCE 2023 will also offer keynote presentations on highly relevant selected topics, including:
| Prof. Guenter Gauglitz Sensor systems in water analytics University of Tübingen Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry |
| Prof. Jose Julio Ortega-Calvo Bioavailability reductions through nature-based remediation of soils and sediments: potential regulatory aspects Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Avda |
| Prof. Nicola Senesi The unique role of natural nonliving organic matter (NOM) and humic substances (HS) in the environment with emphasis on soil University of Bari “Aldo Moro” Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences |
| Prof. Albert Lebedev Complementary techniques for GC-MS environmental analysis Moscow State University Department of Organic Chemistry |
| Prof. Peter Šebej Environment and health: What did we learn after five years of running comprehensive interdisciplinary bachelor and master study programmes in Brno, Czech Republic? Masaryk University Faculty of Science |
| Prof. Jannis Wenk Microplastic, trace contaminant, antimicrobial resistance and nutrient dynamics in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment process coupled to a polishing constructed wetland University of Bath Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Dr. Nicole Zumbülte Analysing Microplastics in the Environment – Challenges and Pitfalls German Technical and Scientific Association of Gas and Water (DVGW) TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser (German Water Centre), Department Water chemistry |
| Prof. Juliane Hollender Plant protection product residues in the environment – still analytical and environmental challenges to overcome! Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) Department Environmental Chemistry |
| Prof. Matija Strlič Damage functions – models of material response to stress in a museum environment University of Ljubljana |
| Dr. Christopher Blum How to measure sustainability in international chemicals management? German Environment Agency |
| Dr. Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro Environmental enantioselectivity of chiral pharmaceuticals University of Porto Faculty of Engineering |
| Dr. Emilio Benfenati Recent in silico model for hazard assessment and early warning Mario Negri Institute Department of Environmental Health Sciences |
| Dr. José Benito Quintana How far have we advanced in the analytical determination of persistent and mobile (organic) chemicals? Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Department of Analytical Chemistry |
| Prof. Xavier Querol Carceller Advanced air quality parametres in Europe CSIC-IDAEA Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research (EGAR) |
| Prof. Bernd Nowack Including particle characteristics in modelling environmental exposure of nanomaterials Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Group |
| Prof. Frank Wania Identifying and Quantifying Atmospheric Sources of Organic Contaminants to the Habitat of the Saint Lawrence Estuary Belugas University of Toronto Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences |
| Prof. Ester Heath Treated Wastewater Reuse: Uptake of Chemicals of Emerging Concern and Risks Jožef Stefan institute Department of Environmental Sciences |
| Prof. Carlo Barbante Beyond the limits of environmental analysis for climate research Institute of Polar Sciences, CNR & Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
| Prof. Vladimir Nikiforov PFASs on molecular and on planetary levels: Sequential removal of CF2 groups from certain PFASs and expansion of PFAS name to all substances with CF2 group The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU Department of Environmental Chemistry |
| Prof. Zhanyun Wang Needs for Researchers in the Science-Policy Interface on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention and Ways of Effective Participation ETH Zürich Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Dr. Fabrizio Botta Monitoring of pesticides in outdoor air: the french case study Anses (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail) |