Robert K Symons Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia 2021

Robert K Symons

Bob Symons is the Regional Technical Manager for Eurofins Environment Testing in Australia & New Zealand as is based in their Sydney laboratory. Bob has a PhD in analytical chemistry from La Trobe University and has been working in the area of environmental organic chemistry for over 35 years. Bob’s interests over the past 25 years have been the analysis of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including dioxins, PCBs, & brominated flame retardants as well as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using advanced mass spectrometric techniques. Bob is leading Eurofins establishment of an emerging contaminants laboratory specialising in the determination of “unknown unknowns” as well as the first commercial facility in Australia analysing microplastics.

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