Development and application of analytical methods for the identification and quantification of pharmaceutical products in surface waters and wastewaters

the research project pertains to the development of an analytical strategy in order to identify and quantify pharmaceuticals products in surface waters and wastewaters. The study will focus on the determination of metabolites and by-products after each stage of wastewater treatment process and their fate in the environmental compartments investigated. In particular, attention will be paid on the optimization of the sample preparation, which is a key factor in determining the success of analysis. Solid phase extraction represents the most widely used method, furthermore considering the possible automation of the procedure itself. The detection will be carried out by employing tandem mass spectrometric techniques that, coupled with chromatographic separation, fulfil the performance criteria for the determination of these compounds in environmental matrixes

Research Fields

Chemistry - Analytical chemistry

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Programme Description

Number of awards per year	1
Annual budget	22946
Frequency of calls	12 MESI
Eligible destination country/ies for fellows	All
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence	All
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies	All
Website of Fellowship Programme	http://www.unifi.it/CMpro-v-p-391.html

Fellowship's Details

Career Stage	Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Research Profile	Not defined
Employment contract with full social security	yes
Total amount per fellowship per year	22946
Currency	euro
Covers salary	yes
Covers travel and subsistence	no
Covers research costs	no