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Chiara Consolaro is a researcher working in the Microplastic lab within the section for Environmental Contaminants. Her main tasks are sample preparation and analysis of Microplastics particles in different matrices (soil, sediments, water and biota). Her background is in Geology, as she obtained a Master degree and a PhD in Earth Science at Padua University in Italy. Her research projects during her studies and postdocs were mainly focused on the reconstruction of the environment and the climate in the past with the help of foraminifera, tiny unicellular organisms with calcareous shells that can provide lots of information about the climate, the environment, and the chemistry of the ocean.
She has a wide experience in laboratory techniques that she has developed through time in different laboratories (University of Padua, Italy; University of Stockholm, Sweden; University of Tromsø, Norway; University of Plymouth, UK). She in now applying her knowledge and new skills in microplastic analysis especially on environmental samples within the Norwegian monitoring program MIKRONOR and other microplastic projects. More recently she has been involved in the European project PAPILLIONS, where she is coordinating the sample preparation and analyses for microplastic of more than 600 agricultural soil samples.
She has a wide experience in laboratory techniques that she has developed through time in different laboratories (University of Padua, Italy; University of Stockholm, Sweden; University of Tromsø, Norway; University of Plymouth, UK). She in now applying her knowledge and new skills in microplastic analysis especially on environmental samples within the Norwegian monitoring program MIKRONOR and other microplastic projects. More recently she has been involved in the European project PAPILLIONS, where she is coordinating the sample preparation and analyses for microplastic of more than 600 agricultural soil samples.