Recent Trends and Perspectives on Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

Prof. Dr. Sibel A. Ozkan is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Ankara University. She has over 30 years of experience in analytical chemistry. She has established expertise in electrochemistry, validation, electrochemical biosensors, DNA biosensors, enzyme biosensors, biomarkers, drug analysis from biological samples or dosage forms, liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, spectrophotometry. She has won Encouragement Award from Ankara University in 2003, Science Award from Turkish Pharmacists Association in 2008, and The Best Ph.D. Thesis in Turkey Award 2017 (Health Sciences), High Council of Education of Turkey, Ton Duc Thang University “Woman in Science 2019” Prize, 27 December 2019, Ankara University Science Support Award, 2020.

Part I. Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Analysis 1. The importance of electrochemistry in environmental monitoring: Advantages and Limitations 2. General overview of contaminants of emerging concern in environmental samples 3. Electrochemical sensing technologies for wastewater monitoring 4. Metallic-based electrochemical sensors for environmental monitoring 5. Molecular imprinting technology for monitoring environmental contaminants 6. The role and the place of ionic liquids for environmental sensors and their applications 7. Metal-organic frameworks-based electrochemical sensors for environmental applications 8. Nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensor for the detection of industrial wastes and pesticides in environmental media 9. Hybrid type of electroanalytical nanosensors for environmental monitoring 10. Electrochemical enzymatic nanobiosensors of pesticides 11. The use of aptamers for environmental biosensors Part II. The most commonly analyzed environmental contaminants 12. The electrochemical sensing of bisphenols for environmental monitoring 13. The sensitive electrochemical sensors of pharmaceutical compound residues in environmental samples 14. Trace level analysis of heavy metals in the environment with electrochemical sensors 15. Paraben’s role in human health and its sensitive assays from personal care products by electrochemical techniques 16. Determination of pesticide residues in environmental samples with electrochemical sensors 17. Electrochemical sensors for organic and microbial contaminants 18. Electrochemical sensors for monitoring toxic gases from the environmental pollutants Part III. Latest Trends and Future Perspectives 19. On-site electrochemical detection of environmental pollutants 20. New portable electrochemical sensors for the detection of drug residues 21. Miniaturized analytical Lab-on-a-chip (LoC) devices and their potential application in environmental monitoring 22. Current trends of electrochemical sensors in possible biodegradation for sustainable mitigation of environmental monitoring: Recent progress and future outlook 23. Green electrochemical sensor for environmental monitoring and their future outlook