We develop fundamental research on sample preparation methods, analytical instrumentation, and chemometrics. These solutions are used to solve complex investigations in multidisciplinary studies.

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Fundamentals:

• Sample preparation: static headspace sampling (HS), purge and trap sampling (P&T), thermal desorption (TD), vacuum assisted sorbent sampling, and solid-phase microextraction (SPME).

• Conventional and multidimensional gas chromatography (heart-cutting and comprehensive).

• Conventional and column switching liquid chromatography.

• Mass spectrometry (sequential (MS/MS), high-resolution (HRMS), ambient ionization methods).

• Chemometric processing of GC, LC, and MS data.

• Applications using microfluidic devices.

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Applications:

• Petroleum chemistry: sample preparation for the analysis of organic compounds in crude oils. Characterization (untargeted and targeted) of crude oils for flow assurance and organic geochemistry investigations. Investigation of water-oil emulsions and their stability. Isolation and characterization of acidic, basic and interfacially active organic compounds in water-oil emulsions.

• Water analysis: analysis of water produced in oil exploration.

• Food processing, food technology, and food analysis.

• Essential oil production and analysis.

• Plant metabolomics.

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Available content on Youtube:

• Untargeted and targeted petroleomics using GC-HRAM-MS (link)

• Classification of alcoholic beverages by FM-GCxGC and chemometrics (link)

Other websites:

• The role of volatiles in the diagnosis of diseases in plants (link)