2nd International online conference "Microplastics and Nanoparticles: Emerging Threats to Environmental Health will take place on 21st of November, 2025 at 09:00 Lithuanian time.
The conference is organised by the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Marine Research Institute at Klaipėda University as part of the project "Atmospheric-riverine flux, transport and impact of microplastics and microrubbers as heavy metal vectors on the Curonian Lagoon" (project no. S-MIP-23-139).
The ZOOM link for the conference can be found HERE.
PROGRAMME:
Presentations:
- Assoc. Prof. Dr Sajjad Abbasi, 'Atmospheric-riverine flux, transport and impact of microplastics and microrubbers as heavy metal vectors: final report' (Klaipėda University, Lithuania, CNRS, France).
- Emilė Pečiukaitytė 'NIR Excitation-Based Nanocomplex for Enhanced Photodynamic Cancer Therapy' (National Cancer Institute, Lithuania)
- Prof. Dr. Neval Baycan ‚Microplastic Pollution and Risk Evaluation in River Basins‘ (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey).
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Füsun PELİT ‚Validation of Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Methodology for Monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in River Samples (Ege University, Turkey).
- İlknur Erbaş ‚Development of a novel green microextraction method for Bisphenol A determination in water samples (Klaipeda University, Lithuania; Ege University, Turkey).
- Dr. Monika Smielowska ‚Alternative plasticizers and Microplastics: From Environmental Migration to Human Exposure: Challenges for Food Safety and Public Health‘ (Klaipeda University, Lithuania; Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centrum Naukowo-Technologiczne im. prof. Jana Czochralskiego sp. z o.o., Poland).
- Dr. Sergej Šemčuk, Dr. Galina Lujanienė, Dr. Danguolė Montvydienė, Dr. Vidas Pakštas, Dr. Audrius Drabavičius, Dr. Martynas Talaikis, Dr. Kęstutis Mažeika, Karina Kuzborskaja, Prof. habil. dr. Jonas Mažeika, Dr. Kęstutis Jokšas, Dr. Živilė Jurgelėnė ‚ Studies of the sorption of cobalt ions on chitosan coated with Fe3O4 nanoparticles in various aquatic environments‘ (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Center, Lithuania).
- Dr. Galina Lujanienė, Dr. Raman Novikau, Dr. Sergej Šemčuk, Dr. Vidas Pakštas, Dr. Martynas Talaikis, Dr. Loreta Levinskaitė, Dr. Aušra Selskienė, Dr. Kęstutis Mažeika, Dr. Kęstutis Jokšas ‚Chitosan- and graphene oxide-based nanocomposites for metal adsorption from aqueous solutions‘ (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Center, Lithuania).
- Sonata Pleskytė, Dr. Ieva Uogintė, Dr. Aušra Selskienė, Dr. Steigvilė Byčenkienė ‚Photocatalytic degradation of microplastics: effects of LDPE film properties and degradation mechanisms‘ (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania).
- Abdullah Khan, Dr. Valda Araminienė, Dr. Ieva Uogintė, Dr. Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Valentinas Černiauskas, Dr. Valda Gudynaitė-Franckevičienė, Dr. Algis Džiugys, Dr. Edgaras Misiulis, Dr. Steigvilė Byčenkienė ‚Evaluating Green Infrastructure as a Natural Defence Against Urban Microplastic Pollution ' (Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Lithuania).
- Aida Bradauskaitė, Dr. Sergej Šemčuk, Dr. Živilė Jurgelėnė, "Evaluating the environmental safety of magnetite–chitosan nanocomposites in zebrafish models" (State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Center, Lithuania).
COMMITTEE:
Chairman of committee
Prof. Dr. Reda Kubiliūtė (Klaipeda University, Lithuania).
Members of committee
- Prof. Hab. Dr. Bogusław Andrzej Buszewski (Klaipeda University, Lithuania; Prof. Jan Czochralski Kuyavian-Pomeranium Scientific and Technology Center, Poland)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sajjad Abbasi (Klaipeda University, Lithuania; CNRS, France)
- Prof. Dr. Philip K. Hopke (University of Rochester Medical Center, USA)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Artiom Skripka (Oregon State University, USA)
- Prof. Dr. Ian Scowen (Keele University, UK)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrew Turner (University of Plymouth, UK)
- Prof. Hab. Dr. Małgorzata Iwona Szynkowska-Jóźwik (Łódź University of Technology, Poland)
- Dr. Tomasz Żuk (Institute of Polymer Materials, Poland)
- Prof. Dr. Levent Pelit (Ege University, Turkey)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fusun Pelit (Ege University, Turkey)
- Dr. Vitalijus Karabanovas (National Cancer Institute, Lithuania)
- Dr. Živilė Jurgelėnė (State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Lithuania)
- Dr. Sergej Šemčuk (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania)
- Dr. Arūnas Balčiūnas (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)
- Dr. Sergej Suzdalev (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)
- Prof. Dr. Simas Šakirzanovas (Vilnius University, Lietuva)
- Nerijus Dzingelevičius (Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Lithuania)
- dr. Remigijus Dailidė (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)
