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By utilizing and advancing analytical chemistry tools, we aim to achieve improved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">identification, detection, quantification and understanding of the presence and effects of persistent and emerging contaminants throughout the agri-food systems \u2013 from \u201cfarm to fork\u201d<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Projects under this theme will involve investigating types of contaminants, source of contamination, metabolism from \u201cfarm to fork\u201d, and their potential impacts on food safety, public health, and the ecosystem. Essentially, it&#8217;s about uncovering and depicting the complex issue of environmental pollution within the agriculture and food production sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Our current research focus on <strong>per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)<\/strong> and <strong>micro-\/nano-plastics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical skills involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metabolomics<\/li>\n<li>Advanced sample preparation<\/li>\n<li>Chromatography-mass spectrometry<\/li>\n<li>Vibrational spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>Bioinformatics<\/li>\n<li>Data science (machine learning, database)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the agri-food systems, healthy and free of contaminants environments play an important role in ensuring the safety and security of the final agri-food products. 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