Sample Handling and Trace Analysis of Pollutants

Section 1. Field Sampling Techniques, Sample Preparation and Extraction1. Analytical methods for determining organic compounds in air2. Passive samplers for the analysis of organic compounds in water samples3. Extraction of organic contaminants from grab and composite water samples4. Separation, clean-up and recoveries of trace organic contaminants from soils and sediment5. Separation, clean-up and recoveries of trace organic pollutants from biota6. Handling of food samplesSection 2. Trace analysis of organic pollutants7. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry8. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry9. Suspected and non-target high resolution mass spectrometry10. Imaging techniques. The increasing role of imaging mass spectrometry11. Immunoassays of organic contaminants12. Fundamentals and applications of biosensors for environmental analysis13. The role of nanomaterials and nanoparticles as analytical tools14. Smartphone as a Portable Detector, Analytical Device, or Instrument InterfaceSection 3. Quality Assurance, Reference Materials, Chemometrics and Data Dissemination15. Certified reference materials for the quality control of measurements in environmental monitoring16. Standard reference materials for the determination of trace organic constituents in environmental samples17. Guidelines to establish the quality assurance. Analytical parameters, Inter-laboratory studies18. Data dissemination and repositories19. Interpretation of environmental data using chemometrics20. Determination of the uptake and accumulation of emerging contaminants in soil and plant treated with wastewater21. Endocrine disrupting compounds22. Current issues on micro- and nanoplastics23. Determination of nanomaterials in the environment24. Detection of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water and sludges25. Identification of metabolites and/or degradation products of environmental contaminants26. The anthropic fingerprinting in wastewater: Wastewater based-epidemiology