This field of study has two main disciplines

• Environmental Chemistry, with investigation of the effects of chemical compounds in nature (air, water, soil, food chains and organisms).
• Analytical Chemistry, with the development of analytical methods to be used to solve problems in environmental chemistry, such as environmental monitoring, studies of the quality of water and pollutants contents of effluents.

At the Department of Chemistry the Environmental and Analytical chemistry group offers a possibility to combine these two disciplines for research projects.

Research activities in the group

• Development of analytical tools for offline and online monitoring of environmental contamination
• Target and non-target analysis of organic pollutants in complex environmental samples
• Multi-element analytical techniques for trace element studies
• Development of sensor systems, sampling techniques, and analytical routines, including quality assurance of environmental data (theoretical and applied aspects)
• Investigation of environmental pollution from local to global scales, with emphasis on marine and atmospheric environments, particularly in polar and high-altitude regions
• Fate of chemical and particulate contaminants in the natural environment, including photo- and biodegradation, sorption processes, and interactions with living organisms
• Role of trace elements, chemical, and particulate contaminants in medicine and biology, including biochemical and physiological behavior and disease influence in humans and wildlife (One Health perspective)
• Remediation and mitigation actions to limit negative consequences of anthropogenic activities on the natural environment

Research groups

EnviroChemistry Lab (Alexandros Asimakopoulos)

Environmental Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry (Øyvind Mikkelsen)

Environmental Health (Trond Peder Flaten)

Marine Chemistry and Biogeochemistry (Murat Van Ardelan)

One Health – A Multidisciplinary Quest for Optimal Global Health (Bo Yuan)

Structural Chemistry (Karina Mathisen)

Projects

DiverSea (Coordinator)
Integrated Observation, Mapping, Monitoring and Prediction for Functional Biodiversity of Coastal Seas - HORIZON EU Project

Infrastructure

• Mass Spectrometry Lab (MS-lab)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer Lab (ICP-MS)

SFI/Centre for Research-based Innovation

CtrlAQUA (2015-2023)

CtrlAQUA - Centre for Closed-containment Aquaculture

SFI CtrlAQUA will lay the foundation for closed-containment containment concepts to reduce problems with mortality and sea lice, and to reduce the production time for salmon. Nofima AS hosts the centre.