ELFT HÍRADÓ

[László Bottyán <bottyan.laszlo AT wigner.hun-ren.hu>]

Ez a szeminárium 2 órán belül kezdődik.
This seminar starts within 2 hours.

For English, please scroll down.

A Budapesti Neutron Centrum következő szemináriumát angol nyelven, hibrid
formában szervezzük. Az előadás a világban jelentős károkat okozó
talajszennyezés és az annak csökkentését hivatott lehetséges módszerek 
kérdéseit
járja körül.

Címe:   “Soil pollution: a hidden reality”

Időpont: 2026. június 11. 14:00

Előadó: Szimona Zárzsevszkij (Budapesti Neutronközpont)

Helyszín: KFKI kampusz, 19. épület tanácsterem
MS Teams meetup link és egyebek: https://bnc.hu/seminars/

Kivonat / Abstract:

Soil pollution is a serious global problem posing significant health risks to
ecosystems and living organisms due to the detrimental effects pollutants may
exert on (a)biotic systems. Major causes of soil pollution are intentional
anthropogenic activities like agriculture, industry, military, transportation,
and waste(water) disposal, but also accidents like oil spills. Thus, the 
variety
of soil pollutants is enormous, comprising of inorganic (e.g., metal(loids)s,
cyanides, radionuclides) and organic (dioxins, BTEX, PAHs, PCBs, PFAS, DDT,
etc.) pollutants. Various physical, chemical, and biological remediation 
methods
can be applied alone or combined to tackle soil pollution. Chemical
immobilization is an in situ, environmentally friendly and cost-effective
remediation technique for non-biodegradable pollutants like metal(loid)s 
(e.g.,
Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, As and Sb). This method relies on the use of 
adsorbents,
which, upon being mixed with the polluted soil, adsorb pollutants through
various mechanism and thereby reduce their leaching, and hence environmental
mobility and bioavailability, and in turn potential health risks. Although
several factors affect adsorption efficiency (soil quality, pollutant
properties, weather, vegetation, etc.), it can be enhanced by tailoring 
material
characteristics of the adsorbent through e.g., surface coating and
functionalization. In fact, adsorbent development for environmental cleanup
applications is a hot research topic to date. At BNC, synthesis,
characterization, and use of silica-based adsorbents for metal(loi)d removal
from wastewater through adsorption have been investigated for several years
already. Hence, with my expertise in adsorbent use for environmental
remediation, I am going to contribute to this research during my postdoc here 
at
BNC.

Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk.

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The next seminar of the Budapest Neutron Center will be organized in English, 
in
a hybrid format. Suil pollution is causing significant damage all around the
world. The presentation will explore this topic and possible methods to reduce
it.

Title:  “Soil pollution: a hidden reality”

Date: June 11, 2026. 14:00

Speaker:   Szimona Zárzsevszkij (HUN-REN EK Budapest Neutron Center)

Venue: KFKI campus, building 19, conference room

MS Teams meetup link and more: https://bnc.hu/seminars/

Abstract: see above

Everyone interested is welcome.

BNC Management