Vejleder: Frants Roager Lauritsen
Projektbeskrivelse
As a researcher in analytical environmental chemistry, I work with the discovery of new pollutants in the environment, construction of transportable analytical systems for continuous monitoring of water quality and with optimization of the purification processes in connection with disinfection of water. For this I use a very special analysis method called Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry (MIMS), which makes it possible both to measure the presence of many organic contaminants at very low concentrations (nM) and to perform kinetic experiments in which degradation of pollutants and a parallel formation of disinfectant by-products can be followed simultaneously as a function of time.
Currently, my research focuses on optimizing the chemistry behind drinking water purification to avoid unwanted formation of disinfectant by-products.
Below are suggestions for bachelor projects, but I'm always open to new projects suggested by yourself. In addition, new opportunities are constantly emerging, so send me an email (frl@sdu.dk) for an appointment.
Specific projects:
Project 1: Water purification without formation of disinfectant by-products.
In this project you will use an experimental laboratory simulator to investigate and optimize the degradation of common water pollutants. The type of contamination examined can be either a pesticide, a drug or a personal care product.
Project 2: Liberation of chemicals from plastic products.
In this project you will use a special analysis method called hot cell membrane inlet mass spectrometry (hc-MIMS) to investigate what kind of chemicals a plastic material (a water bottle, a toy or some plastic of your own interest) can release. The special thing about hc-MIMS is that the plastic materials can be analyzed without sample preparation.