English name: Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology research group
Thesaurus terms (9) : Air-water exchanges; Biochemistry; Hydrocarbons; Metals; Nutrients (mineral); Organic compounds; Organic pollutants; Pollutants; Volatile compounds
Geographical terms (2) : ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]; Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions]
Address:
Coupure Links 653
9000 Gent
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 59 50
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Type: Scientific
Level: Section
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1 Director: Head of the department 2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years. 3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
| Abstract: |
The research group Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology (EnVOC) focuses on trace organic compounds in ecoystems, i.e. (bioactive) organic compounds that occur at (sub-)trace levels in our environment. The research activities involve three sub-disciplines:
- environmental trace analysis;
- environmental chemistry (fate, behaviour, partitioning, reactivity);
- environmental treatment technology.
Merging all this, integrated research approaches are used in the lab activities covering multi-disciplinary research topics. Specific research projects deal with the so-called contaminants of emerging concern (e.g. pharmaceutical residues) in the aquatic environment, and on airborne volatile and semi-volatile organics in both gas phase and on particulate matter. For its research, the EnVOC group is equipped with highly advanced - mass spectrometry based - chemical-analytical equipment, as well as with experimental set-ups to provide solutions for challenges with respect to treatment of air and water. EnVOC is member of the Marine@UGent consortium. |
| Publications (3) |
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 Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2005). Priority volatile organic compounds in surface waters of the southern North Sea. Environ. Pollut. 133(2): 255-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.039, more- Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2004). Spatial and temporal variability of priority volatile organic compounds in the Scheldt estuary. Wat. Res. 38(14-15): 3241-3250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.022, more
- Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H. (2003). State-of-the-art of gas chromatography-based methods for analysis of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds in estuarine waters, illustrated with the river Scheldt as an example. J. Chromatogr. 1000(1-2): 283-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(03)00585-5, more
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| Projects (2) |
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- Air-Water exchange of nutrients, metals and organic micropollutants at the North Sea, more
- The Biogeochemistry of Nutrients, Metals and Organic Micropollutants in the North Sea, more
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