Research area 1
[ Integrated impact assessment of ecosystem affected by chemical incidents ]

Omics-based impact assessment of chemical accident for crops

• Development of quantitative index and biomarker based on the non-targeted metabolic profiling
• Anchoring Integrated-omics with physiological effects
• Validation of biomarker candidates using ROC curve
• Field applicability test

Chemical accident diagnosis: aquatic system

• Deuterium (D, 2H) indication
• Relative quantity analysis

Developing vegetation damage diagnostic technique based on photochemical vegetation indices (VI)

• Develop photochemical vegetation indices using multispectral camera
• Correct topograph and atmosphere effects
• Construct time-scale vegetation indices of control area, colony of above ‘식생보전등급 3등급‘ species
• Examine degree of vegetation damage after chemical accident by comparing control database

Research area 2
[ Emerging contaminants ]

Multi-generational exposure of PhACs: AOP Study

• Pharmaceutically Active Compounds (PhACs)
• Adverse outcome pathway study
• Toxic effect in multi-generational period
• Maternal transfer to next generation

Perfluorinated Compounds : Degradation by Electron Beam

• Efficiency for degrading PFCs in water
• Applicability of electron beam for removal of pollutants

Organophosphate flame retardants(OPFRs) : Fate and toxicity

• Biotransformation products and biotransformation pathways
• Occurrence of organophosphate flame retardants and biotransformation products in Korean water
• Microcosm study

Research area 3
[ Risk assessment ]

Ecological Assessment

• Protection of aquatic ecosystem
• Development of system assessing scenario-based ecological risk and vulnerability
• Construction of toxicity predictive model
• Derivation of water quality criteria

• Scenario and site-specific ecological risk assessment
• Species sensitivity distribution (SSD)
• Aquatic ecological risk assessment of chemical mixtures

PM 2.5: Human Health

• Classification based on source/behavior/chemical properties