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Advanced analytical Chemistry: Arctic Pollution Research
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5735-18-09-31 
Enrollment deadline: 01/01/2019
PlaceDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Date and time23.04.2019, at: 13:00 - 03.06.2019, at: 16:00
Regular seats15
LecturersJan H. Christensen
Nikoline Juul Nielsen
ECTS credits7.50
Contact personNikoline Juul Nielsen    E-mail address: njn@plen.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserJan H. Christensen    E-mail address: jch@plen.ku.dk
Written languageEnglish
Teaching languageEnglish
Semester/BlockBlock 4
Scheme groupC
Scheme group noteMonday 13.00 - 17.00 and Wednesday 8.00 - 17.00 and one week field trip to the Arctic Station in the Disko Island, Greenland
Exam formOral examination
Exam details7 scale. Internal censorship
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Lectures8.00
Theoretical exercises4.00
Field Work93.00
Examination1.00
Preparation96.00
Colloquia4.00
Sum206.00
Content
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., mussels and 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

Aim and content
The project work represent the heart of the course. Here, the participants train aspects of sampling, sample preparation, chemical analysis, quality assurance, data analysis and spatial modelling. The project work include 1 week of field work in the Arctic including sampling, sample preparation and chemical analysis on-site in the laboratories at the Arctic station as well as spatial modelling of contaminant distribution if relevant for the specific project. Projects are performed in groups of 3-4 students

Formel requirements

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 (15-20 lines) and CV (max 2 pages).

On the basis of your motivation letter and CV we will decide whether you will be called for an interview to be accepted on the course.



Learning outcome

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.



Literature
Scientific articles and online data resources.

Teaching and learning methods

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.

 

Remarks
All PhD students (including Danish Universities) are charged for instrument-time, laboratory expenses to a total of 8.000 DKK and for travel costs (approx. 10.000 DKK). MSc students will have to pay 6.000 DKK as a contribution to the travel expenses.
Further costs related to the field trip will be sought covered by external travel funds and if unsuccessful covered by University of Copenhagen.
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.

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