Aasim Ali

My research is primarily studying the occurrence and fate of a wide spectrum of organic contaminants (legacy and emerging organic xenobiotics) in food and environments. For this I develop and validate multicomponent organic analytical methods for the quantitative determination of residues of the aforementioned contaminant groups by actively using advanced high-resolution chromatographic methods (GC and HPLC) coupled to mass spectrometry detectors. Recently the focus has been on identifying unknowns (non-targets) and screening suspect organic contaminants in seafood and environmental samples employing high-resolution mass spectrometry.

The analytical chemistry lab at IMR is accredited, and we regularly participate in proficiency tests (EURL – European Union Reference Laboratories) and national tests (Norsk Akkreditering). I have the scientific responsibility of one accredited analytical method used for examining seafood for persistent organic pollutants (method 292).