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Next meeting of NEREUS COST Action ES1403

The 2nd Blue Circle Society meeting

will be held on 23-24th of April in

Belgrade and hosted by Vinca Institute

of Nuclear Sciences, University of

Belgrade, Serbia (Dr Maja B Dolic,

Research Assistant)

Top News

Nereus Cost Action ES 1403 Newsletter Released Date: 30/03/2018

Sava river, Belgrade

Blue Circle Society meeting New publications XENOWAC II Conference Call for abstracts

Inside this issue:

Publications 1

Open Positions 2

XENOWAC II 2018

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Call for abstracts 6

15th ISPTS 8

Summer schools 9

Members’ updates 10

Publications

Publications Acknowledging NEREUS

ENEA Journal

L. Mancini, S. Marcheggiani, C. Puccinelli, I. Lacchetti, M. Carere, “Global environ-mental changes and the impact on ecosystems and human health” ENEA Journal, 2017, DOI 10.12910/EAI2017-057

Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Dr. M. Carere (email: mario.carere@iss.it)

Journal of Environmental Polution

E. M. Eckert, A. Cesare, M.Therese, M. Andreas, D. Fontaneto, H. Grossart, G. Corno, “Microplastics icrease impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community” , Journal of Environmental Pollution, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.070

Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Dr. EM. Eckert (email: e.eckert@ise.cnr.it )

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Other Publications

Journal of Water Research

M. Bourgin, B. Beck, E. Borowska, J. Gleiner, E. Salhi, R.Teichler, U.Gunten, H. Siegrist,

C. McArdell, “Evaluation of a full-scale wastewater treatment plan upgraded with ozona-

tion and biological post-treatment: Abatement of micropollutants, formation of transfor-

mation products and oxidation by-products.” ΅Water research. 129. 486-498, 2018 https://

doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.10.036

Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Dr. Christa McArdell (emai: chris-

ta.mcardell@eawag.ch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

E.Y. Klein, T. Van Boeckel, E. M. Martineza, S. Panta, S. Gandraa, S. A. Levin, H. Goos-

sensh, R. Laxminarayan, “Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic con-

sumption between 2000 and 2015”. National Academy of Science. 2018 www.pnas.org/cgi/

doi/10.1073/pnas.1717295115

Read below the announcement for the new position opening from the Faculty of Sustainability of the public Leuphana University in Lüneburg in Germany.

Invitation for applications for the professorship: Sustainable Chemistry: Global Substance and Material Flows (W2/3) The successful candidate will substantially contribute to global substance manage-ment and global material flow management within the framework of sustainable chemistry potentially including an economic perspective with a focus on sustaina-bility, specifically in material and product design, consistency, sufficiency and effi-ciency.

For the employment advertisement please visit www.leuphana.de/professorial-positions . The advertisement is available until the application deadline on May 8, 2018.

To achieve its educational aims, Leuphana has developed a unique program aligned with the ideas of liberal education and humanism and has founded the first public college in Germany. Based on disciplinary depth, Leuphana is rising to the challenge to increase scientific impact by means of methodological diversity and interdisciplinary cooperation.

Open Positions

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Open Positions

ICRA is seeking to fill a postdoctoral research fellow posi-tion in the scope of the ERC Starting Grant ELECTRON4WATER - Three-dimensional nanoelectrochemical sys-tems based on low-cost reduced gra-phene oxide: the next generation of water treatment sys-tems (www.electron4water.com), led by Prof. Jelena Radjenovic.

The successful applicant is expected to conduct independent research on the pro-ject, and work closely with the PhD stu-dents working on the project. The scholar will also be exposed to a multidiscipli-nary research environment at ICRA, and potentially involve in other ongoing pro-jects.

Successful candidate will receive a two-

year contract, with possible extensions

based on performance. Salary will de-

pend on the previous experience of the

candidate, as evaluated by the members

of the reviewing committee.

Read below the two announcements for the open positions at the Catalan Insti-tute of Water Research (ICRA) in the field of environmental electrochemistry and material science for water treat-ment. The postdoctoral research fellow and PhD student will work with Prof Jelena Radjenovic, in the scope of the

ICRA is offering one PhD position in the scope of the ERC Starting Grant ELECTRON4WATER - Three-dimensional nanoelectrochemical sys-tems based on low-cost reduced gra-phene oxide: the next generation of water treatment systems(www.electron4water.com), led by Prof. Jelena Radjenovic.

The successful applicant will work closely with the postdoctoral fellows and students employed at the project, as well as other researchers at ICRA working in the related fields. The ap-plicant will also be exposed to a multi-disciplinary research environment at ICRA, have access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, and enjoy collaboration opportunities with ICRA´s international academic and industrial partners.

Successful candidate will receive a

one-year contract, renewable every

year till maximum 36 months after

positive evaluation.

PhD STUDENT (ERC)

(EURAXESS Job Offer id: 291336)

Applications should

be submitted by

15th

of April, 2018

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Check out the dates, sub-topics and the facilitators of the round-table discussions, to take

place in the framework of XENOWAC II conference!

Round table discussion

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Invitations to conferences-Calls for abstracts-Registrations

CFS HEARD Conference, 2018–

16th 19th September, 2018

“Halting Antimicrobial Resistance Dis-

semination in Aquatic Environments -

HEARD”

On behalf of the organizing committee of CFS

HEARD.

More info: http://www.eawag.ch/heard2018

Abstracts Submission

Deadline: 18

th June, 2018

Contact

Paolo Demaria

Demaria Event Management, Zurich

Tel. +41 76 443 6408

Email: heard2018@demariaevent.ch

e-mail

Tel. +41 76 443 6408

“EFSA Conference 2018 – Science,

Food, Society”, 18th-21th September, 2018

SCIENCE – FOOD - SOCIETY

On behalf of the European Food Safety Authori-

ty (EFSA) we are happy to announce the organi-

zation of the “EFSA Conference 2018- Science,

Food, Society”.

R egistrations to the conference will be

accepted until the maximum venue capacity is

reached, and, in any case, no later than 30 June

2018. Note that a call for posters has also been

launched with deadline for submissions by 2

April 2018.

Should you have any questions on the confer-

ence, please visit the following EFSA webpage.

For questions on Focal Point promotional activi-

ties, please contact EFSA via:

scientific.cooperation@efsa.europa.eu.

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Call for Papers

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Treat-

ment and Reuse:

Applications and Implications

Division of Environmental Chemistry

Abstracts Submission

Deadline:

March 12, 2018

A dvanced oxidation processes, which

are based on the generation of highly re-

active radical species (e.g., hydroxyl, per-

oxyl, superoxide, chlorine, sulfate, singlet

oxygen) have shown great potential for

them removal of contaminants of emerg-

ing concern and for the inactivation of

pathogens. Water security and conserva-

tion are areas in which AOPs provide a

means to remove small molecular con-

taminants, but each method has challeng-

es that need to be overcome for their ap-

plications to become viable.

This symposium will focus on the latest

advances in the materials, underlying

chemistry, and applications of advanced

oxidation processes, alone or coupled

with other technologies, for the removal

of contaminants and pathogens of emerg-

ing concern. Examples of such contami-

nants include endocrine disrupting chemi-

cals, pharmaceuticals, personal care prod-

ucts, cyanotoxins, and disinfection by-

products (DBPs). Papers are solicited on

the chemistry of free radicals, fate of con-

taminants, AOP removal efficacy, mecha-

nistic modeling, toxicity of byproducts,

engineering design, sustainability assess-

ment, and new application of AOPs.

Topics covered in this

session include, but are

not limited to:

Heterogeneous cataly-

sis and photocatalysis

UV/hydrogen perox-

ide

UV/free chlorine

Ozone, ozone with

hydrogen peroxide

Solar-driven process-

es

Sonolysis

Electron beams

Nanotechnology-

based processes

Combined AOP/

physical//biological

processes

Role of AOPs in wa-

ter-energy-food nexus

Fenton/

PhotoFenton and

Fenton-like pro-

cesses

Monovalent iron

Catalytic ozona-

tion

Chemical oxida-

tion

Peroxymonosul-

fate, persulfate

Photo-activated

C60

Plasma

Modeling of

AOPs

Electrocatalytic

processes

256th National Meeting & Exposition Boston, MA – 19th –23th August, 2018

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The International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Sub-stances (ISPTS) is a well known international conference series hosted in prominent academic institutions around the globe. Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) are receiving worldwide attention due to their high resistance to degradation from abiotic and biotic fac-tors, high mobility, high bioaccumulation, and long term toxicity to the environment and human health. The ISPTS provides the primary plat-form for scientists, experts and students working on PTC to discuss and exchange information on environmental processes and toxicity, as well as on the development of innovative technologies for contamination control and remediation of PTS (including organic & metal-organic compounds, and so called "micro-pollutants").

The Symposium will focus on, but will not be limited to, the following themes:

1. Sources, transport and fate of PTS

2. Emerging contaminants of concern

3. Toxicology and eco-toxicology of PTS

4. Analytical and bioanalytical methods

5. Fate and Toxicity Modeling

6. Risk assessment of PTS

7. Mitigation and remediation of PTS

8. Environmental pollution and health

9. Tribute sessions to the lifework of Prof. Karl Fent

15th International Symposium on Persistent

Toxic Substances

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3rd Distance Education e-Learning Summer School -Wastewater and Biosolids Management (WWSS18),

23-27 of July, 2018

More info visit:

http://wastewater2018.eap.gr/.

Dex 9th summer school -Advanced course

on water quality management,

1-6 of July, 2018

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Members-Departures and changes

Departures

Mr. Toumazis Toumazi from Nire-

as-IWRC is leaving the position of

the Grant Holder Manager and ad-

ministrator of Nereus Cost Action.

Dr. Irene Michael is now the con-

tact person regarding administra-

tive issues.

The Chair, Vice-Chair and the Work-

ing Group Leaders are wishing the

best to Mr. Toumazi for his support

during the project.

“It was really

special working

with you. Eve-

rything was

always running

very efficiently

and you were

always capable of finding a solution

whenever we needed help. Most of all

though you are an incredible per-

son.”

New member

A new member enters the NEREUS

COST Action as an MC Observer, Dr.

Angel G. Polanco Rodriguez from the

Autonomous University of Yucatan,

Mexico. Dr. Rodri-

guez is working un-

der the WG3 and

WG5 and his research

interests include but

are not limited to:

Karst,water pollution, Epidemiology &

public health, Human risk assessment

and articipatory research, promotion

health.

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