Senior Scientist, Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects, NILU, Tromsø

Vladimir Nikiforov is a senior scientist at NILU, working on method development for new types of analytes, with 40+ years experience in “PFAS” chemistry. He is a synthetic organic, organofluorine and physical organic chemist by background. In addition, he has 30+ years of experience in environmental chemistry with emphasis on trace organic analytical chemistry. Key expertise and research interest are: QSAR, PFAS, NTS, SVOC, suspect screening, microplastic, synthesis of standards, method development, GC, LC, MS, NMR, fate models, transformation products, reactivity of organic molecules, transformation kinetics, persistency, UV-compounds, tire additives, air sampling, air monitoring, Arctic pollution, derivatization methods, structure elucidation, international regulation, and chemical education. Previous publications and projects can be found here.