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PED Project: White and green elemental methods using microplasma-based optical emission spectrometry for food and environmental control (WHIGREEN)
Project no.: PN-IV-P7-7.1-PED-2024-0091
Project duration: 2025 - 2026
Director: Prof. Dr. Tiberiu Frentiu
Member: Dr. Covaci Eniko
Employment period:2025 - present
Webpage: WHIGREEN
Project description:The aim of the proposed project is is the development and validation of ex-situ/on-site microanalytical methods with high green and white degree at TRL4 level for food and environmental quality control by determining elements such as Hg, Cd, Pb, As, Se, Cu and Zn. The methods will be implemented on a fully miniaturized microtorch optical emission microspectrometer of capacitively coupled plasma with electrothermal vaporization (SSETV-µCCP-OES) as an experimental demonstrator at TRL3 level. It is in view the improvement of analytical performance by coupling with combustion-assisted digestion with and without solid phase extraction (μ-SPE) using C18 silica cartridges or functionalized silica adsorbents for single elemental and multielemental determinations.
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Mobility project for researchers: Methodical-Applied Training at Analytik Jena, Jena, Germany
Project no.: PN-IV-P2-2.2-MC-2024-0105
Project duration: November 2024
Director: Dr. Covaci Eniko
Project description:Applied-methodological training on the determination of metals by high-resolution continuum-source flame atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS FAAS) and the determination of mercury by high-resolution continuum-source cold vapor generation quartz tube atomic absorption spectrometry (CVG-HR-CS QTAAS).
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PED Project: Development of a new chromatographic protocol for rapid evaluation of the antioxidant potential and characterization of the medicinal plants extracts
Project no.: PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-1116
Project duration: 2022 - 2024
Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Casoni Dorina
Member: Dr. Covaci Eniko
Employment period:2022 - present
Webpage: New-TLC-IA method
Project description:The aim of the proposed project is development and validation of a new protocol for rapid evaluation of the antioxidant potential and characterization of medicinal plants extracts using an innovative approach in thin layer chromatography combined with image analysis technique (HPTLC-IA).
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PED Project: Simultaneous elemental microanalytical method for environment and food control using passive sampling coupled with miniaturized instrumentation based on plasma microtorch optical emission spectrometry
Project no.: PN-III-P2-2.1-PED2021-0151
Project duration: 2022 - 2024
Director: CS I Dr. Senila Marin (INCDO-INOE 2000 subsidiary Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation ICIA)
Responsable from UBB: Prof. Dr. Frentiu Tiberiu
Member: Dr. Covaci Eniko
Employment period:2022 - present
Webpage: MULTIPASS
Project description:The project aims to develop and validate new highly-sensitive microanalytical methods without matrix effects to determine Hg, Pb, Cd, As, Sb, Cu and Zn of interest for environmental and food quality control using passive preconcentration by gradient diffusion in thin layer (DGT) and detection by optical emission spectrometry in capacitively coupled plasma microtorch (DGT-SSETV-μCCP-OES).
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PED Project: Decontamination of heavy metal polluted soils by exploiting plant rhizosphere interactions
Project no.: PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-5254
Project duration: 2020 - 2022
Director: Conf. Dr. Podar Dorina
Member: Covaci Eniko
Employment period:2020 - present
Webpage: Project
Project description:The project aims to decontaminate soils polluted with heavy metals, especially Hg, by study of intractions in the rhizosphere of plants.
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PNIII Project: Innovative Technologies For Advanced Materials Recovery from IT and Telecommunication Waste (TRADE-IT)
Project no.: PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0652
Project duration: 01/03/2018 - 30/04/2021
Director: Prof. Dr. Marius Ioan Purcar (UTCN)
Partner 1 (UBB): Efficient and environmentally friendly electrochemical and chemical technologies for advanced recovery of printed circuit board waste (PCBW) materials from computer and telecommunications equipment.
Project manager: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ilea Petru
Member: Covaci Eniko
Employment period:16/07/2018 - 02/2020
Webpage: Project TRADE-IT (utcluj.ro)
Project description:The project proposes the construction of a complex of installations and their chaining in a technological process for the complete recovery of the components and materials from IT and Telecommunication Waste
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PED Project: Analytical eco-scale methods for the determination and speciation of Hg by UV photo-induced derivatization and detection using a fully-miniaturized experimental spectrometric system (ECOSPEC)
Project no.: PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0135
Project duration: 03/01/2017 - 02/08/2018
Director: Prof. Dr. Frențiu Tiberiu
Member: Covaci Eniko
Employment period:03/01/2017 - 02/08/2018
Webpage: ECOSPEC
Project description:The project aims to develop and validate excellent green high sensitivity analytical laboratory methods for the determination and speciation of inorganic and organic Hg using a miniaturized spectral instrumentation. Methods for the determination and speciation of Hg as Hg2+ and CH3Hg+ are based on ultrasound extraction in formic acid medium, photoinduced derivatization and optical emission detection, on an existing experimental model, with capacitively coupled plasma microtort and low resolution microspectrometer.
