Aquatic Chemistry: in-situ measurement, sampling and analysis of aquatic systems; the underlying colloidal and surface chemistry of natural and polluted aquatic systems; modelling of sorption and solution phase equilibria in aquatic systems; limnology of freshwater systems. Development of analytical methodology suitable for environmental applications; specifically in chromatography (IC, GC, HPLC), capillary electrophoresis and atomic spectroscopy.

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