ZeroPM is pleased to invite masters and PhD students with a basic knowledge of #PFAS to a summer school called
“PFAS: from occurrence and monitoring, to policy and remediation”
This will be held on the 9th, 10th and 11th of June at the Department of Environment (Τμήμα Περιβάλλοντος) | University of the Aegean in Mytilene, Greece.
The summer school will focus on topics including:
– An overview of the chemical properties of PFAS
– Current and future legislation that affect PFAS management practices
– Environmental and human health effects of PFAS
– Conventional and innovative analytical methods for PFAS, including TFA
– The role big data approaches can play in classifying the PFAS universe
– The remediation of drinking water
– The remediation of sewage sludge
Teachers include:
· Professor Athanasios Stasinakis, University of the Aegean
· Associate Professor Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi, University of the Aegean
· Dr Georgia Gatidou, University of the Aegean
· Dr Ian Allan, Norwegian Institute for Water Research
· Dr Emma Knight, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
· Associate Professor Michalis Fountoulakis, Technical University of Crete
· Assistant Professor Stergios Vakalis, National Technical University of Athens
· Eurydice Bersi, Reporters United, Forever Pollution Project
· Dr Nikoletta Xanthopoulou, Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A
· Professor Emma Schymanski, University of Luxembourg
· Associate Professor Mattias Öberg, Karolinska institute
· Dr Karsten Nödler, German Water Centre
· Dr Dr. Marcel Riegel Riegel, German Water Centre
· Dr Sarah Hale, German Water Centre
In addition, there will be the opportunity to take part in field and lab work looking at the deployment and analysis of PFAS. The final day of the summer school will consist of a trip to two pilot plants treating contaminated sewage sludge and domestic wastewater.
ZeroPM is able to provide financial support related to travel costs for up ot 10 students, details of how to apply are included in the invitation flyer.
Please feel free to send this to your networks and we very much look forward to seeing you in Greece in June!
You can download this file here.