Oral Contributions

Vânia Calisto, PhD Affiliation: CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro (Portugal) Title: Why waste wastes? – Using industrial residues to treat wastewaters.

	Danijela D. Bojovic, PhD
	Affiliation:	Belgrade University, Faculty of Forestry (Serbia)
	Title:	Influence of iron acquisition mechanisms in plans on toxic metals uptake and translocation – significance for phytoremediation strategies on polluted soils

	Aurel Nuro, PhD
	Affiliation:	Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana(Albania)
	Title:	Determination of some organic pollutants in Adriatic Sea, Albania

	Radim Vácha, PhD
	Affiliation:	Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation in Prague, Prague (Czech Republic)
	Title:	The principles of control and prevention of agricultural soil contamination in the Czech Republic

	Shuhe Wei, PhD
	Affiliation:	Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
	Title:	Phytoextraction of Cd contaminated soil and its safe production in agriculture

	Amado Enrique Navarro, PhD
	Affiliation:	Universidad Tecnológica de Izúcar de Matamoros (México)
	Title:	Selected organic micropollutants in agricultural environments of México and Colombia: a comparison with reported levels in Spain.

	Daniel Ocinski, PhD
	Affiliation:	Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw (Poland)
	Title:	Water treatment residuals entrapped in alginate beads as arsenic sorbent – batch and column studies

	Haiyan Li, PhD
	Affiliation:	Department of Biotechnology, Kunming University of Science and Technology (China)
	Title:	The endophytic microbiota and its benefits on host plant’s heavy metal tolerance

	Jerzy Zajac, PhD
	Affiliation:	Institut Charles Gerhardt, University of Montpellier (France)
	Title:	Competitive interactions of ionic pollutants with charged solid particles: Example of dye anions and heavy metal cations

	Astrid Barkleit, PhD
	Affiliation:	Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf e.V. Institute of Resource Ecology (Germany)
	Title:	Chemical speciation of trivalent lanthanides and actinides in body fluids

	Stina Jansson, PhD
	Affiliation:	Umeå University (Sweden)
	Title:	Occurrence of brominated and fluorinated compounds in textile and foam from scrapped car seats produced between 1985-2012

	José Antonio López-López, PhD
	Affiliation:	Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cádiz (Spain)
	Title:	Advances in ionic liquid based solvent bar micro-extraction of trace metals from natural waters

	Olga Muter, PhD
	Affiliation:	Institute of Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Latvia (Latvia)
	Title:	A directed evolution strategy for enhancing microbial activity in biodegradation processes

	Yousef Nazzal, PhD
	Affiliation:	College of Natural & Health Sciences, Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)
	Title:	Risk assessment through evaluation of potentially toxic metals in the surface soils of the Qassim area, Central Saudi Arabia

	Annabel Fernandes, PhD
	Affiliation:	FibEnTech-UBI e Departamento de Química, Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal)
	Title:	Ecotoxicological evaluation of electrochemical technologies for the treatment of sanitary landfill leachates

	Takuro Shinano, PhD
	Affiliation:	Tohoku Agricultural Research Center/NARO, Agricultural Radiation Research Center (Japan)
	Title:	Radioactive cesium behaviour in agricultural land – Fate aftermath in Fukushima

	Cláudia Lopes, PhD
	Affiliation:	CICECO, Aveiro University (Portugal)
	Title:	Technology-critical elements: a new approach for the removal and recovery of these high-demand elements from water

	Luisa Pasti, PhD
	Affiliation:	Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy)
	Title:	Removal of contaminants of emerging concerns by heterogeneous photocatalysis

	Vanessa Pereira, PhD
	Affiliation:	Laboratory of Membrane Processes, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (Portugal)
	Title:	Development of photocatalytic membranes for water treatment applications

	Philiswa N.Nomngongo, PhD
	Affiliation:	University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus (South Africa)
	Title:	Available Soon.

	Moses Oghenejoboh, PhD
	Affiliation:	Delta State University (Nigeria)
	Title:	Available Soon.

	Yoshiharu Mitoma, PhD
	Affiliation:	Hiroshima Prefectural University, Hiroshima (Japan)
	Title:	New remediation designed to permit dry magnet classification with functional magnetite to decontaminate radioactive substances-polluted soil

	Maurizio Barbieri, PhD
	Affiliation:	Dip. Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome (Italy)
	Title:	Rare Earth Element distributions in natural waters with a focus on the Limpopo Basin in Mozambique

	Huan-Tsung Chang, PhD
	Affiliation:	National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
	Title:	Functional nanomaterials and nanocomposites for detection and removal of organic and inorganic pollutants

	Lucia Cavalca, PhD
	Affiliation:	DeFENS – Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan (Italy)
	Title:	Bacterial-assisted Adsorption Technology for Arsenic Removal from Water

	Laimutis Bytautas, PhD
	Affiliation:	Chemistry Department, Galveston College (USA)
	Title:	Stability of Dimethylmercury and Other Mercury-Containing Compounds with Respect to Selected Chemical Species in Aqueous Environment and Beyond

	Ryszard Gajek, PhD
	Affiliation:	California Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Laboratory Branch (USA)
	Title:	Challenges and solutions in determination of ultra-trace metals in blood, plasma and urine by ICP-MS for biomonitoring projects

	Alessandra Criscuoli, PhD
	Affiliation:	ITM-CNR – Institute Per la Tecnologia delle Membrane, Università della Calabria (Italy)
	Title:	Treatment of arsenic-contaminated water by membrane operations

	Paola Manduca, PhD
	Affiliation:	University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy)
	Title:	From the cell to the baby: a journey from commitment through differentiation to birth defects, on the road of epigenetics

	Takeshi Minami, PhD
	Affiliation:	School of Science & Engineering, Kindai University (Japan)
	Title:	Effects of methylmercury and its chelators on mouse ependymal ciliary beat frequency

	Maria Romic, PhD
	Affiliation:	University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (Croatia)
	Title:	Available Soon

	Melisa Gomez, PhD
	Affiliation:	Agrarian Science and Technology Department. Research Group: Sustainable Use, Management and Reclamation of Soil and Water. Technical University of Cartagena (Spain)
	Title:	The use of chelating agents and microorganisms at enhancing the phytoextraction of metals from a multi-metal contaminated soil in SE Spain

	Kveta Burda, PhD
	Affiliation:	AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science (Poland)
	Title:	May TiO 2 nanoparticles cause hypertension?

	Efi Levizou, PhD
	Affiliation:	Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly (Greece)
	Title:	Effects of microcystins on root vegetables

	Laura Guimarães, PhD
	Affiliation:	CIIMAR, University of Porto, Porto (Portugal)
	Title:	Available Soon

	Mónica Martins, PhD
	Affiliation:	Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier/ Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal)
	Title:	New biocatalysts for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants

	Min-Kyeong Yeo, PhD
	Affiliation:	College of Engineering at Kyung Hee University (South Korea)
	Title:	Comparison of zebrafish embryogenesis between pure silver nanomaterial and mixed silver nanomaterial containing hydra protein

	Isabel Moreira, PhD
	Affiliation:	Pontificia Universidade Catolica (Brazil)
	Title:	Chlorinated pesticides in dolphins from the Brazilian coast

	Amit Bhatnagar, PhD
	Affiliation:	University of Eastern Finland (Finland)
	Title:	Novel functionalized nanomaterials for the removal of a wide array of aquatic pollutants

	Diana Lima, PhD
	Affiliation:	Center of Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
	Title:	Sulfamethoxazole in the aquatic environment: will it be persistent or will it degrade naturally under simulated solar radiation?

	Tania Tavares , PhD
	Affiliation:	Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil)
	Title:	Environmental pathways and risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) for populations exposed to different routes around the Todos os Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil

	Zhang Zhenhua, PhD
	Affiliation:	Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China)
	Title:	Tetracycline adsorption onto water hyacinth was facilitated by the presence of copper

	Isabel Sansalvador, PhD
	Affiliation:	University of Granada, Granada (Spain)
	Title:	Multisensor system for CO2 and NH3

	Larissa Andrade-Vieira, PhD
	Affiliation:	Department of Biology, Universidade Federal de Lavras (Brazil)
	Title:	Improvement the comet assays in plant model system

	Alessandra Molinari , PhD
	Affiliation:	Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Ferrara (Italy)
	Title:	Photo- and photoelectrocatalytic methods based on WO3 for removal of contaminants of emerging concern

Francesco Teodori, PhD Affiliation: Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy) Title: Development of a computational framework for radiation dose and risk assessment from environment contamination

Meirong Zhao, PhD Affiliation: Zhejiang University of Technology (China) Title: The Estrogenic Activities of Halogenated Carbazoles

Irena Jacukowicz-Sobala , PhD Affiliation: Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw (Poland) Title: Synthesis of hybrid anion exchangers containing cupric oxide and their application in arsenic(III) removal from waters.

Araceli Tapia, PhD Affiliation: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) Title: Heterogeneous reactivity with NO2 and chemical characterization of Diesel and GTL soot samples using a titration method and diffuse reflectance FTIR spectroscopy (DRIFTS)

Katarzyna Nowińska, PhD Affiliation: Institute of Applied Geology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Silesian University of Technology (Poland) Title: Migration of toxic ions from zinc oxide emitted from a sintering machine in Zn and Pb pyrometallurgical process into environment

Ayla Uysal, PhD Affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta (Turkey) Title: Effects of Biosurfactants on Metals Extraction from Sewage Sludge

Aleksandra Orzechowska , PhD Affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science (Poland) Title: Available Soon.

Ayşegül Uğur Akpınar , PhD Affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Art, University of Uludağ (Turkey) Title: Cr-induced variations in nitrogen and antioxidant metabolism of Verbascum olympicum Boiss.

Adam Postawa, PhD Affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology; Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection (Deputy Dean) Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology (Head of Department) (Poland) Title: Trace elements and heavy metals in groundwater within Permian sediments near Olkusz (Zn-Pb ore mining region, S Poland)

Adeline Ting, PhD Affiliation: School of Science, Monash University Malaysia (Malaysia) Title: Tropical microbes for the removal of toxic metals and triphenylmethane dyes

Daniela Medas, PhD Affiliation: Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari (Italy) Title: Soil-plant transfer of Zn in polluted environments: investigation of Juncus acutus

Artur Badyda, PhD Affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro- and Environmental Engineering, Department of Informatics and Environment Quality Research, Warsaw (Poland) Title: The risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Polish cities related to the exposure on PM2,5 in the ambient air

Malika MOKHTARI, PhD Affiliation: Université de Tlemcen (Algeria) Title: Degradation of 2-nitrophenol by Gliding Arc Discharge (GAD)

Maria A. Rao, PhD Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences (Italy) Title: Biochar-based treatment of water and soil contaminated by organic contaminants

Ivano Alessandri, PhD Affiliation: INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Lab. ,Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Dept. , University of Brescia, Brescia (Italy) Title: Smart spheres for biosphere: capture, monitoring and removal of micropollutants

Svetlana Vujovic, PhD Affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire (LCM) UMR 9168 – CNRS Ecole Polytechnique (France) Title: Stability of selected biocides in wastewater and structural elucidation of obtained transformation products

Margarita Eugenia Gutiérrez Ruiz, PhD Affiliation: Environmental Biogeochemistry Lab. School of Chemistry UNAM (Mexico) Title: Background and current situation in a mining region environmentally exposed to Manganese

Salma Al-Musharafi, PhD Affiliation: Sur College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education (Oman) Title: Toxic heavy metal in the green turtles hatchlings, Chelonia mydas-an environmental threat to wild life

Saif Al-Bahry, PhD Affiliation: Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) Title: Extended spectrum β-lactamase resistant Escherichia coli from water pond: a public health and environmental concerns

Silvano Mignardi, PhD Affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome Department of Earth Sciences, Rome (Italy) Title: Toxic metals remediation in water and soil by phosphate treatment

Alapi Tünde, PhD Affiliation: Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged (Hungary) Title: Advanced Oxidation Processes in the decomposition of diuron, monuron and fenuron–aspects of efficiency, ecotoxicity, and electric energy consumption

Virginie Nazabal, PhD Affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences – UMR CNRS 6226- University of Renne (France) Title: Infrared sensor for water pollution and gas monitoring

Ying Ma, PhD Affiliation: Centre for Functional Ecology Department of Life Sciences Faculty of Sciences and Technology University of Coimbra (Portugal) Title: Available Soon.

Olivier Chedeville, PhD Affiliation: ICMN – CNRS (France) Title: Removal of micro-pollutants by ozone/activated carbon coupling

Philiswa Nomngongo, PhD Affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg (South Africa) Title: Ultrasound assisted-homogeneous liquid-liquid phase microextraction based on choline based deep eutectic solvents and ethyl acetate for preconcentration of selected organochlorine pesticides in water samples

Kozet Yapsakli, PhD Affiliation: Marmara University Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul (Turkey) Title: Hydrazine Production via Anammox Process

Janice Wasser, PhD Affiliation: Ministry of Health, Mother and Child Health Department (Israel) Title: Biological Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk in Israel

Junzhuo Liu, PhD Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Institute of Soil Science, CAS (China) Title: Functional sustainability of periphytic biofilms in organic matter and Cu2+ removal during prolonged exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles

Lidia Favier, PhD Affiliation: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR, Rennes (France) Title: A sensitive and relevant analytical approach for the monitoring of N-nitroso disinfection by-products of emerging concern in water samples

M. Gloria Pereira, PhD Affiliation: Lancaster Environment Centre (UK) Title: Comparison of long- term trends in PBDEs in UK terrestrial and sea birds

Olga Filipe, PhD Affiliation: Escola Superior Agrária Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Coimbra (Portugal) Title: Photodegradation of Metoprolol using Porphyrins as Photosensitizers under Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Conditions