University of Antwerp, Belgium
Title (Tentative)
Update on Polychlorinated Alkane Research: Progress and Challenges
Prof. Dr. Adrian Covaci is a Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is the 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 “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 750 articles and has an H-index of 98. His papers have been cited more than 38,000 times which has earned the title of Highly Cited Researcher for 8 consecutive years between 2015 and 2022.
Since 2011, he is the Belgian representative in the Division of Chemistry in the Environment of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Science (EuCheMS).
He is co-Editor-in-Chief for Environment International (IF2022: 11.8) and was Associate Editor for Science of the Total Environment between 2012 and 2022 (IF2022: 9.8). HE is also Editorial board member of 4 other environmental and analytical journals.
Pusan National University, Korea
Title (Tentative)
Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants in South Korea; Past, Present and Future Challenges
Jeong-Eun Oh is a professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Pusan National University, South Korea. She received her Ph.D. degree from POSTECH and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Georgia Tech and US EPA. Currently, she serves as the Director for the Institute of Environment and Energy at Pusan National University and was the President of the “Korean POPs forum”.
Since 2004, she has conducted research on the fates and human exposure to persistent organic pollutants and micropollutants using mass spectrometry. In the past decade, she has published approximately 100 papers and edited a book titled “Emerging Halogenated Flame Retardants in the Environment” as part of the Comprehensive analytical chemistry book serious in 2020.
Her current research interests are “Emerging Contaminants in the Environment and Human Exposure”, “Environmental Forensics using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry”, “Per and Polyfluorinated Substances in the Environment” and “Assessment of Public Health through Wastewater Based Epidemiology”.
Oregon State University, USA
Title (Tentative)
Systematic Defining the Toxicity of Flame Retardant Chemicals using Multidimensional High Throughput Screening
Dr. Robyn Leigh Tanguay holds the title of University Distinguished Professor within the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University. Additionally, she serves as the Director of the Superfund Research Center and the Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory at the same institution. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Cal State University-San Bernardino, a Doctorate in Biochemistry from the University of California-Riverside, and postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Tanguay has published more than 300 peer-reviewed journals, firmly establishing her as a leading authority in her field. Her work has not only received widespread recognition but has also played a pivotal role in shaping policies related to chemical safety and environmental protection. Furthermore, she has dedicated herself to mentoring and guiding next generations of scientists.