She mainly deals with the development of analytical methods for the determination of legacy and emerging organic pollutants, in various environmental matrices. Among the areas of interest are the air quality, the analysis of pollutants in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the determination of microplastics, the application of statistical techniques for the evaluation of pollution sources. She has worked on several European projects, managed collaborations for research activities also with private companies, has been a correlator of various theses. She studied in Venice, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 2005 and a master’s degree in chemistry and environmental Compatibility in 2007, both with full grades. In 2011 she obtained the double degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Sciences at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and of Biological Sciences, at the Universidade Estadual Paulista of Botucatu (San Paolo - Brasile). During her doctorate, she focused mainly on antioxidant power analysis in foods, including fruit and propolis. Between 2009 and 2010 she spent a period of 6 months at the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo, working mainly on fruits originating from the tropical zone of Brazil and poorly studied until then. From 2012 to 2017 she was a research fellow at the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes (IDPA-CNR), in 2017-2018 a research technologist of the ECOMOBILITY project at the University of Ca' Foscari Venice and from July 2019 a researcher of the III level at CNR-ISP.

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I studied chemistry at the University of Padua and obtained a doctorate in Environmental Sciences from the universities of Venice and Grenoble. Researcher at the Institute of Polar Sciences of the CNR, for years I’ve been involved in the study of climatic archives in ice cores with the implementation of innovative analytical techniques. Mountaineer for work but above all for passion, I’ve participated in important research projects not only on Alpine glaciers, but also in Greenland, Antarctica and Svalbard Islands.

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Graduated in Physics in 1993, he is currently researcher at the National Research Council, Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP). He has over 20 years of experience in the field of marine meteorology at the micro- and meso-scale, through the use of remote sensing with active microwave instruments in the marine environment, on satellite and on observation platforms during campaigns at sea (Adriatic Sea: Acqua Alta tower, platforms ENI; Kikeneiz research platform on the Black Sea).
He deals with analyzing historical series of meteorological-marine data acquired both through in situ and remote sensing data. He is co-author of some works on wind characterization at the air-sea interface through the analysis of SAR images with the continuous wavelets technique. He participated in the MIUR RITMARE project dealing with the acquisition and interpretation of remote sensing scatterometric data for the determination of the wind at the sea surface.
He participated in the ESA eSurge-Venice project on the expansion of the possibility of using satellite data to predict storm surges. Recently he has carried out research in the ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (SL_CCI), in carrying out the ESA SL_CCI Bridging Phase project, dealing with applications of satellite altimetry.
He participates in the ESA Radar Altimetry for the Coastal Zone and Inland Waters project, which involves the development of specific applications of SAR satellite altimetry in coastal areas and inland waters.
He has been the scientific manager of three research projects funded by the Tide Forecasting and Reporting Center (Municipality of Venice). His main scientific interests include microwave remote sensing of the marine environment and the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar images; continuous wavelet transformation techniques; time series analysis of wind, sea level and backscatter radar; storm surge forecasts; complementarity of atmospheric modeling and satellite remote sensing. He is the author/co-author of more than 30 indexed products (source Scopus) as articles published in international journals or as acts of international conferences. Its scientific production can be quantified by a number of citations equal to 242 and an h-index equal to 9 (source Scopus).

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Research interests
Development of mass spectrometry-based advanced analytical methodology for trace and ultra-trace determinations in environmental, biological and agrifood matrices; long-term paleoclimate and atmospheric chemistry from ice cores; heavy metals in polar and temperate ice and snow.

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Researcher; her main fields of research are quantification and identification of small microplastics (1-100 µm) in different environmental matrices (permafrost, biota, sediments, etc.) via MicroFTIR, quantification and identification of microplastic fibers via MicroFTIR, speciation of trace elements in Antarctic waters, geospeciation of trace elements and REEs in sediments and soils, bioaccumulation of trace elements and REEs in feathers, microscopical techniques and ancillary analyses. Author of several peer-reviewed articles, she has participated to national and international congresses and is reviewer for journals such as STOTEN (Science of the Total Environment) Estaurine Coastal and Shelf Science, International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation, Scientific Reports Nature. She is member of the Scientific Committee of ICEPR – International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation. She is member of the Institute Committee (CdI) and she is also CNR representative on the Executive Board of District of Venice Research and Innovation (DVRI) and is member of the Leonardos group for Science Gallery Venice.

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Diploma of technical-tourist maturity. 1992-1998: research support activities at the Ca' Foscari University, Department of Environmental Sciences, with freelance work contracts. 1998-2011: permanent position, as technician, at the Ca' Foscari University, Department of Environmental Sciences.
She was assigned, by convention, to the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes of the CNR (IDPA), formerly Centre of Study on Chemistry and Technologies for the Environment. From 1 November 2011 employee CNR (following mobility between entities) at the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes (IDPA), profile C.T.E.R. - VI level. From 2004 to 2019 she assumed the role of Administrative Secretary of IDPA. In June 2019 she moved to the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP) where she serves as Administrative Secretary.
In the first years of activity Valentina Cester has taken care of the logistic part of the expeditions in Antarctica relatively to the activities of the researchers of IDPA and of the group of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of the University Ca' Foscari. She has also played an active part in the organization of the National Conferences of the Environmental Contamination-PNRA Sector.

I'm an analytical chemist specialised in trace elemental analysis, and trace element speciation studies. My goals include determining the role, fate and toxic effects of heavy metals in the environment and their impact on humanity. Recently I have been concentrating on mercury, it's atmospheric concentrations and presence in snow, ice and ground water, with particular emphasis on deposition phenomena. I have participated in 2 Antarctic Expeditions to Concordia Station and am the Italian National Expert on the POPs and Mercury Expert Groups of AMAP, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program as well as on the Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP).
I have co-authored over 64 publications and I am a writer for the Atomic Spectrometry Updates Environmental Analysis review of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I obtained my degree in Environmental Chemistry from the University of East Anglia, followed by an M.Sc in Analytical Chemistry, I obtained my Ph.D from the University of Plymouth in 1996.

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She took her degree in Physics at the University of Padua in 1999 and her PhD in Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence in 2007.
She joined the National Research Council of Italy in 2002 where she won a permanent position as a researcher in 2011. From 2002 to 2019 she worked at the Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate (ISAC), Padua, then she moved to the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP), Venice, where she is currently researcher.
Her research interests are in the fields of Atmospheric physics, Climatology and Microclimatology, Environmental Sciences.
At ISAC, she started working in microclimatology applied to the preventive conservation of cultural heritage assets, indoor environmental quality and energy saving, developing a large experience in multidisciplinary research projects. Then her research activity was more and more focused on climatology. Currently, her interest is on one side in climatic change research through the recovery, correction and analysis of proxy and instrumental series of climatic data; on the other in the study of atmospheric physical parameters and processes to investigate the energy balance and the polar climatic system. She was member of the coordination team of many FP5, FP7and H2020 European projects, and investigator in international and national projects. She was contract professor for masters and specialized course, tutor of PhD, BSc and MSc thesis.

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