Pollution and contamination of ecosystems (monitoring, impacts, emerging contaminants, mitigation and restoration strategies for soil, sediments and water)
This research activity focuses on the understanding and management of pollution in our environment. It includes monitoring soil, water and sediments for the presence of pollutants, assessing the impact of pollutants and how these pollutants damage living organisms and ecosystems. Emerging contaminants are also studied by identifying them in environments and studying their effects on the environments themselves.
Projects for the mitigation and restoration of contaminated environments are also followed by developing and optimizing strategies to reduce the impact of pollutants on the environments themselves through also nature-based solutions.