CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment training

Technological advances in instrumentation and analytical approaches have significantly augmented the capacity of chemists and environmental scientists to quantify ultra-trace amounts of organic and inorganic substances with enormous precision, and characterize these substances on the molecular level. In addition, advanced fingerprinting using molecular biology methodologies such as gene expression, have significantly enhanced the conditions needed to sense environmental stress on aquatic organisms with high sensitivity and specificity. The combination of both approaches now allows scientists to conduct research to address complex challenges of environmental contamination and risk assessment.