Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry
School of Integrated Science and Humanities
Departmental Seminar Announcement
Treatment of Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine
Disrupting Chemicals in Municipal Wastewater
and Animal Waste
Dr. Diana Aga
Henry M. Woodburn Professor of Chemistry
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Residues of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting chemicals are introduced
into the environment via a number of pathways, primarily from discharges of
wastewater treatment plants or from land application of animal wastes. Results
from our studies on advanced oxidation process to remove pharmaceutical
contaminants in municipal wastewater, and the fate of antibiotics and estrogens in
animal wastewater treatment systems will be presented. In addition, the
biodegradation of natural estrogens from dairy manure, and the changes in their
endocrine disrupting potential during anaerobic digestion will be discussed. The
analytical challenges involved in identifying and quantifying these contaminants and
their transformation products in environmental studies will be highlighted in this
presentation.
Date:
Time:
Friday, February 13, 2015
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Parking Garage 5, PG5-155 – MMC (Live)
Marine Sciences Building Room 105 (MSB-105) – BBC (via Polycom)
Phone: 305-348-2605
Fax: 305-348-6700
E-mail: chemistry@fiu.edu
http://chemistry.fiu.edu