1st Edition
Microplastics Analytical Challenges and Environmental Impacts
1. Emergence, chemical nature, classification, environmental impact and analytical challenges of various plastics.
Hyunjung Kim & Sadia Ilyas
2. Laws, regulations or policy tools to govern Macro-, Meso-, Micro- and Nano-plastics.
Hyunjung Kim & Sadia Ilyas
3. Degradation pathways of various plastics.
Hyunjung Kim, Sadia Ilyas & Gukhwa Hwang
4. Interaction of inorganic and organic pollutants with microplastics.
Hyunjung Kim, Sadia Ilyas & Humma Akram Cheema
5. Impacts of micro-, nano-plastics on biota.
Sadia Ilyas, Hyunjung Kim & Gukhwa Hwang
6. Collection of micro-, nano-plastics from various environments and associated challenges.
Hyunjung Kim, Sadia Ilyas, Byoung-cheun Lee, Geunbae Kim & Gilsang Hong
7. Separation of micro-, nano-plastics from various environments and associated challenges.
Hyunjung Kim, Sadia Ilyas, Allan Gomez-Flores & Humma Akram Cheema
8. Identification of micro-, nano-plastics and associated analytical challenges.
Sadia Ilyas & Hyunjung Kim
Biography
Hyunjung "Nick" Kim is the Professor at the Department of Earth Resources & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Dr. Kim received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea, and Ph.D. from California, Riverside, in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. He served over twelve years in the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy Engineering of Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju. He specializes in colloidal chemistry, froth flotation, bio-hydrometallurgy, and microplastics with over ten years of academic research experience. Prof. Kim is currently serving as the Editorial Member/Associate Editor in several reputed journals. Prof. Kim has authored more than 150 refereed journal publications, several book chapters, and edited books. He has been awarded the Young Scientist award from the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) in 2016. Prof. Kim also served as lead director of Brain Korea 21+, one of the prestigious projects of Korea.
