Sample Handling and Trace Analysis of Pollutants

Section 1. Field Sampling Techniques, Sample Preparation and Extraction<br>1. Analytical methods for determining organic compounds in air<br>2. Passive samplers for the analysis of organic compounds in water samples<br>3. Extraction of organic contaminants from grab and composite water samples<br>4. Separation, clean-up and recoveries of trace organic contaminants from soils and sediment<br>5. Separation, clean-up and recoveries of trace organic pollutants from biota<br>6. Handling of food samples<br><br>Section 2. Trace analysis of organic pollutants<br>7. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry<br>8. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry<br>9. Suspected and non-target high resolution mass spectrometry<br>10. Imaging techniques. The increasing role of imaging mass spectrometry<br>11. Immunoassays of organic contaminants<br>12. Fundamentals and applications of biosensors for environmental analysis<br>13. The role of nanomaterials and nanoparticles as analytical tools<br>14. Smartphone as a Portable Detector, Analytical Device, or Instrument Interface<br><br>Section 3. Quality Assurance, Reference Materials, Chemometrics and Data Dissemination<br>15. Certified reference materials for the quality control of measurements in environmental monitoring<br>16. Standard reference materials for the determination of trace organic constituents in environmental samples<br>17. Guidelines to establish the quality assurance. Analytical parameters, Inter-laboratory studies<br>18. Data dissemination and repositories<br>19. Interpretation of environmental data using chemometrics<br>20. Determination of the uptake and accumulation of emerging contaminants in soil and plant treated with wastewater<br>21. Endocrine disrupting compounds<br>22. Current issues on micro- and nanoplastics<br>23. Determination of nanomaterials in the environment<br>24. Detection of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water and sludges<br>25. Identification of metabolites and/or degradation products of environmental contaminants<br>26. The anthropic fingerprinting in wastewater: Wastewater based-epidemiology