The course topics include: An introduction to problem solving in environmental analytical chemistry. Theory and practice for field sampling, safety for fieldwork in the Arctic, sample handling and sample preparation, analytical instrumentation and methods for field analysis, and scientific writing. The main focus will be on an setting up a sampling scheme for sediment, soil, air, water or biological matrices (e.g., fish bile), setting up a sample preparation and chemical analysis scheme that can work under field conditions at the Arctic station, retrieval of metadata and contaminant data from the area or global data for GIS work, data analysis and scientific writing.

If you would like to participate please:

1) Register online by clicking on "Apply" and
2) Send an e-mail to Jan H. Christensen  jch@plen.ku.dk  stating your motivations (10 lines) and CV (max 15 lines)

The course objective is to design and execute a field study on contaminant distribution at the Disko Island, Greenland including sampling, chemical analysis, and spatial modelling if relevant for the specific project.

Scientific articles and online data resources.

Lectures: The few lectures will present the general theory for problem oriented environmental analytical chemistry, setting up an experiment, sampling,  sample preparation, chemical analysis, quality assurance, spatial modelling, field work and scientific writing.

All PhD students (including Danish Universities) are charged for instrument-time, laboratory expenses to a total of 8000 dkr. MSc students will be free of charge.
Costs related to the field trip will be sought covered by external funds.
A course in instrumental analysis, like the course “Analytical Chemistry 1 LKEF10076”, is required and knowledge of, or a course in basic statistics, is also recommended. Knowledge on GIS technology and programming is an advantage. For questions feel free to contact Jan H Christensen or Nikoline J Nielsen.