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NAME & INITIALS Nardus (N) Potgieter

QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.Sc (Chemistry) University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2001
  • B.Sc. Hons. (Environmental Technology) University of Pretoria, 2002
  • M.Sc. (Chemistry) University of Pretoria, 2006
    Thesis title: “Sampling and Analysis of Beer Aroma by Means of the Multichannel Silicone-Rubber Trap”. Research conducted for SAB Miller, University of Pretoria, Pretoria (Supervisor: Prof. E. R. Rohwer)

FIELDS OF EXPERIENCE

  • Contaminated land remediation
  • Waste treatment and disposal technology
  • Leaching characteristics of waste materials
  • Community health risk and exposure assessment
  • Sampling and analysis of volatile organic substances
  • Waste classification and disposal site authorisation

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Remediation of contaminated soil and water
  • Leaching chemistry of mineralogical wastes
  • Environmental analysis

PREVIOUS PROJECTS AT INFOTOX

  • Co-author, Minimum requirements for waste disposal by landfill for metallurgical wastes
  • Specialist report on assessment of waste for a proposed chrome smelter
  • Baseline human health risk assessments for proposed waste disposal site
  • Chemical exposures in mines and control of diesel vehicle emissions
  • Remediation of mercury contaminated industrial site
  • Authorisation for alternative use of ferro-manganese slag
  • Exposure assessment of community potentially exposed to hexavalent chromium
  • Community health risk assessment for SO2

 

 

 

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