Zuzana Gajdosechova

After receiving a degree in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Zuzana joined Aberdeen University’s TESLA group to take up the challenge of a PhD. Now in her final year, her research focuses on Hg speciation in environmental matrixes. “The fusion of analytical and environmental chemistry makes our research very diverse and applicable. Using advanced instrumentation presents a crossroad of possibilities and makes the research incredibly interesting,” she says. “We are able to trace pollutants within the environment and monitor their accumulation and conversion to other chemical species. It is like a criminal investigation, you identified the bad guy and now you are going to track him down.”