Speakers

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA

Dr. Diana Aga is a University Distinguished Professor and the Henry M. Woodburn Professor of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York, USA. She is the Director of the UB RENEW Institute (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment, and Water), a university-wide and interdisciplinary initiative, focusing on complex energy and environmental issues. As an analytical chemist, her research focuses on the fate, transport, effects, and treatment of chemicals of emerging concern and persistent organic pollutants in the environment, including PFAS. She is an expert in target and non-target analysis using liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry. She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and has received various awards (e.g., NSF CAREER, Fulbright Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship).

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Ulm University, Germany

Dr. Boris Mizaikoff is a Chaired Professor and Director of the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry @ Ulm University, Germany. 2021-2025 he was also a Director at the Hahn-Schickard Institute for Microanalysis Systems. His research interests focus on optical sensors, biosensors, and biomimetic sensors in the mid-infrared spectral range, system miniaturization and integration based on micro- and nanofabrication, multifunctional (nano)analytical platforms, development of biomolecular/biomimetic recognition architectures, multivariate data evaluation, and applications in environmental analytics, process analysis, and biomedical/clinical diagnostics. He has received several awards for his accomplishments and is (co)author of 500+ peer-reviewed publications and 22 patents.

Universidade de Aveiro

http://lipidomics.web.ua.pt

Rosário Domingues graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Coimbra (1990), received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry (1998), and Habilitation in Biochemistry (2014) at University of Aveiro . Since 2016 she held the contract of Associated Professor with habilitation in the Mass Spectrometry Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro (UA).She is the head of the Lipidomic laboratory at the university of Aveiro http://lipidomics.web.ua.pt/.  She is the Director of the Doctoral Program in Biochemistry at UA. She has over 25 years of research experience in the field of mass spectrometry, and is a well-established researcher in the field of Lipidomics such as Lipidomics in Heath and Disease, Oxidative Lipidomic, Marine, Algae and Food lipidomics, in Glycomics and changes in biomolecules associated with oxidative stress monitored by mass spectrometry. Her research interest includes the deciphering the adaptation of the lipidome and lipid metabolism  for the identification of biomarkers for disease diagnostic and monitoring, and to unravel the role of food( including algae)  lipids and lipidome in food quality and nutrition for healthy diets. She is the author of one book and seven book chapters, more than 470 articles published in international journals with referee. She coordinated and participated in several research projects funded by national and European programs (30 in total). In the present,she is member  and PI at University of Aveiro of the European research project Building Resilience against Mental illness during Endocrine-sensitive life stages (RE-MEND) and she is the Chair of Pan-European Network in Lipidomics and EpiLipidomics . (https://www.epilipid.net/, https://www.cost.eu/cost-action/pan-european-network-in-lipidomics-and-epilipidomics/)

Universidade de Lisboa