Mi área de investigación comprende la determinación, transporte, posibles fuentes emisoras y destino de COPs relacionadas a diferentes matrices ambientales en áreas remotas incluyendo evaluaciones de riesgo de exposición humana

Pasantías y cursos de especialización en el extranjero

2020 Junio: Participación en 16th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX (Research Centre for Toxic Compounds) in the Environment, Faculty of Science,Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

2018 Marzo Curso teórico de Cromatografía de gas y espectrometría de masas impartido por la Facultad de Biotecnología, Química y Farmacia de la Universidad de Siena, Italia.

2017 Junio: Participación en 13th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment,
RECETOX (Research Centre for Toxic Compounds) in the Environment, Faculty of Science,
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

2017 Junio a Julio: Pasantía en Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Realización de los análisis químicos de la tesis Doctoral: Investigation on Legacy & Novel Brominated Flame Retardants in Antarctic indoor environments: Levels, sources and fate.

2016 Marzo: Pasantía en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingenieria en la Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile. Aprendizaje intensivo para la utilización del software Hysplit NOAA para la estimación de las masas de aire.

2015 Enero: Participación curso de verano XVI "Geochemistry of the Contaminants" at Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Curso dictado por la Dra. Laurence Mejanelle de la University of Pierre et Marie Curie.

2015 Mayo a Julio: Pasantía en el Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Universitá degli Studi di Siena para la realización de la tesis de pregrado: Determinación de HAPs en ambientes interiores en la zona urbana Las Higueras – Talcahuano utilizando muestreador pasivo EVA y Polvo.

2018
SCAR Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 19th to 23rd June 2018.
Poster: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor environments from Antarctica.
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo, José Luis Roscales, Elena Cerro, Begoña Jiménez, Elisa Bergami,
Matías Poblete, Rubén Avendaño, Petra Prybilova, Jordi Dachs, Simonetta Corsolini.

38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants & 10th International
PCB Workshop Krakow, Poland, 26th to 31st August 2018.

Presentación Oral: Novel Brominated Flame Retardants (NBFRs) in indoor dust from Bases and
the vessel in Antarctica.
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo, José Luis Roscales, Elena Cerro, Begoña Jiménez, Elisa Bergami,
Cristóbal Galbán-Malagón, Petra Prybilova, Jordi Dachs, and Simonetta Corsolini.

Poster: Occurrence of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Chilean atmosphere using passive
samples PUF disk.
Karla Pozo, Ximena Díaz, América Metzdorff, Marcelo Corral, Germán Oyola, Petra Pribylova,
Victor Hugo Estellano and Jana Klanova.
Poster: Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the industrial area of Las Higueras
Talcahuano, in central Chile, using passive sampler PUF disk. Karla Pozo, América Metzdorff, Victor Hugo Estellano, Jana Martinik, Petra Pribylova and Jana
Klanova.

2017
8th Symposium on Brominated Flames Retardants York, England, September 7th to 10th May 2017.
Poster: Evidence of Polybrominated Biphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Antarctica: current situation and
perspectives
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo & Simonetta Corsolini.

2016
36th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Dioxin), Florence,
Italy, August 28th to September 2nd, 2016.
Poster: Passive air sampling of Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emergent compounds in
megacity Kolkata and rural mangrove wetland Sundarbans in India: An approach to regional
monitoring.
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo, Sarkar Kumar, Petra Pribylova, Ond?ej Audy, Peter Kuku?ka, Jana
Klanova, Víctor Hugo Estellano, Simonetta Corsolini and S Mitra.

Poster: Assessing Legacy and current-use pesticides (CUPs) in the atmosphere of Araucanía Region,
Chile using passive air sampling.
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo, Yasna Llanos, Víctor Hugo Estellano, Lorena Gerli, Francisco
Encina, Rodrigo Palma and Silvano Focardi.

Poster: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the marine food web of Central Chile: The case study
of Concepción Bay, Biobio Region.
Karla Pozo, Petra Pribylova, Ond?ej Audy, Jana Klanova, Lorena Gerli, Sergio Contreras, América
Metzdorff and Anny Rudolph.

2015
Latin American Congress of Environmental Sciences, in Pucón, Chile, 5th to 9th October 2015.
Poster: Study microplastics in the Surface layer of water of Concepción Bay.
Victoria Gómez, Karla Pozo, William John. Shim, Carlos Franco, América Metzdorff and Anny
Rudolph.

Setac Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept 7th to 11th, 2015.
Poster: Air Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Concepción city in
Central Chile using PUF disk as passive samplers.
América Metzdorff, Karla Pozo, German Oyola, Víctor Hugo Estellano, Anny Rudolph, Lorena
Gerli, Katherine Pozo and Silvano Focardi.

Poster: Assessing levels of PCBs in Chilean atmosphere using PUF disk passive samples.
Karla Pozo, German Oyola, Víctor Hugo Estellano, Yasna Llanos, América Metzdorff, Ond?ej
Audy, Petra Pribylova, Jana Klanova and Anny Rudolph