Name of institution: A.Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry

Department: Department of Water Treatment Technology

Address: 24 Drzymaly St., 60-613 Poznan, Poland

Web site:

Contact person:

Jerzy SIEPAK

Professor

phone: (+48-61) 829 34 30 4861

fax: (+48-61) 829 34 00

e-mail: zawig@amu.edu.pl

Keywords: speciation, fractionation, metalloids, heavy metals, water, sediments, atomic absorption

Research profile:

· Methods of identification and determination of organic micropollutants in natural waters by means of GC, HPLC, IC and other instrumental techniques

· Metal content determination in waters and soils by means of different AAS techniques

· Monitoring and quality assessment of surface waters, groundwaters and precipitations

· Acid rain impact on the soil composition and properties

· Migration of heavy metals in short trophic chain of aquatic ecosystems

· Changes in water quality due to antropogenic factors

· National and international standardization of methods of water , waste water and soil analysis

· Speciation of metalloids and speciation analysis

· Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry

· Hyphenated techniques for speciation analysis

· Determination of metalloids and their speciation forms in environmental samples

· Speciation and fractionation of aluminium in environmental samples

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