Associate Research Scientist

Dr. José Sericano received his Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography in 1993 from Texas A&M University and has been involved in assessing and characterizing chemical contaminants in environmental samples for the past 25 years. He has extensive experience with the characterization of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) using high resolution gas chromatography associated with various detectors in a variety of environmental matrices. His development of new analytical techniques and their application to environmental samples resulted in several publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Sericano has more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 105 presentations in his field of expertise. He has served as a member of the editorial board Society for the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and is currently member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences and the International Journal of Oceans & Oceanography.

Since 1991, Dr. Sericano has been regularly invited to conduct training courses and provide technical support to scientists in several countries as part of cooperative programs founded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Organization of American States (OAS), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) among many others. He has been participant at the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (STAP/GEF) Workshop on the Use of Bioindicators, Biomarkers, and Analytical Methods for the Analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Developing Countries held in Tsukuba, Japan; invited expert to the UNEP Consultation to develop a Guidance Document for a Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to support the effective evaluation of the Stockholm Convention, Geneva, Switzerland; and member of the Steering Committee for the AMETEC (APEC Marine Environmental Training and Education Center), South Sea Institute, Geoje Island, South Korea. As a result of these activities, Dr. Sericano has co-authored several papers with international colleagues and is-or has recently been- member of advisory committees of doctoral students in or from Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. Dr Sericano is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Oceanography Department at Texas A&M University.