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Follow research milestones, fieldwork, training, and opportunities from Dr. Natalia Malina.

08/29/2026

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Wrapping up #ACSFall2026 in Chicago!

What a great week filled with inspiring research talks, interesting discussions, new and old connections. It was great to meet you all! We leave ACS with new ideas, questions, and motivation for the research ahead. This conference was especially meaningful for our group because it marked the first ACS presentation for one of our students, Angelica. Great job, Angelica! It was wonderful to see her share her research and experience her first major chemistry conference. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and exchanged ideas. Until the next ACS! 🧪🌎

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Dr. Natalia Malina and Angelica Joy Yu at ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago

08/22/2026

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Our lab will be at #ACSFall2026 in Chicago.

We are especially excited to see Angelica, a PhD student, present the research at her first ACS conference. I invite you to stop by and support her presentation. If you will be attending ACS Fall, I would be happy to connect. Just send me a message!

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Angelica Joy Yu presenting at the ACS Fall 2026 meeting in Chicago

08/13/2026

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All of our lab members worked hard throughout the summer.

Some gained their first research experience, while others generated valuable data or took on new projects. We celebrated the end of the summer with a bowling competition. Now we know who the best bowler in the Transform Lab is! 🎳 Meet Alex, our brilliant undergraduate student, who hit the most strikes and won the most games! 🏆 In the photo from left to right: Natalia Malina, Rodrigo Andrés Restrepo Osorio, Angelica Joy Yu, Alexandra McCullough

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Natalia Malina and Transform Lab members at the end-of-summer bowling competition

06/20/2026

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I attended the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Science: Water this week and had a great experience.

It was a valuable opportunity to network with researchers in the field, learn about the latest advances in environmental science, and showcase our research. I'm grateful for the insightful discussions, new connections, and inspiring work shared throughout the conference. The excellent food made the celebration of science even more enjoyable.

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Dr. Natalia Malina at a Gordon Research Conference meal

06/11/2026

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After more than a decade of working with GC-MS, I have finally received official training from Agilent.

It was an intensive three days, during which I learned many new things about maintenance and troubleshooting. You never stop learning, even after years of experience, right? I am now ready to pass this knowledge on to my students. It also seems that our samples have never been bad enough to cause some of the more serious issues discussed during the training. Hopefully, that remains the case.

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06/06/2026

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Big week for our team!

We kicked off fieldwork for our EPA project, collecting water samples from Lake Okeechobee and deploying passive samplers. We're excited to analyze the samples and see what insights they reveal. The photos show just how much fun fieldwork can be!

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05/07/2026

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Rodrigo Andrés Restrepo Osorio joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher on Monday!

He will be working on developing monitoring method for organic contaminant transformation in Lake Okeechobee. Welcome, Rodrigo!

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04/10/2026

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My lab at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is seeking a PhD student to begin in Spring or Fall 2027.

We are looking for candidates with a background in environmental chemistry who are interested in the fate and transformation of organic contaminants in aquatic systems. Join us if you are excited to address environmental challenges in South Florida. Please send your CV and a letter of motivation to nmalina@fau.edu.

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Lab archive

Earlier News

12/05/2025

Dr. Malina gave a talk at Florida International University (FIU)

11/18/2025

Dr. Malina visited the National Magnet Lab and measured the samples of different DOM types.

11/14/2025

Dr. Malina visited a monitoring station in Lake Okeechobee to investigate the best ways to deploy the passive samplers.

09/20/2025

Dr. Malina represented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Explore FAU event.

09/17/2025

Laasya Pagadala, an undergraduate student, started her research project in our lab.

She is studying the DOM structure using spectral methods.

09/01/2025

Jade Knight has joined our group as a graduate student in the Environmental Science program. Welcome!

08/15/2025

Angelica Joy Yu has joined our lab as a PhD student. Welcome!

07/25/2025

Our lab was awarded a US. EPA grant to develop a monitoring approach that characterizes the phototransformation of organic contaminants in Lake Okeechobee. Thank you!

07/20/2025

Natalia Malina visited collaborators at UFZ Helmholtz Center and analyzed the samples that help identify the role of DOM in organic contaminants phototransformation

07/04/2025

We presented our research at Goldschmidt 2025 in beautiful Prague, Czech Republic

Transform lab at Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague

03/24/2025

Transform lab attended ACS 2025 in San Diego, CA

03/15/2025

Natalia visited Auburn University to work with the GC-IRMS system

Natalia working at Auburn University GC-IRMS system

01/10/2025

Our new GC-MS system has been installed and is now running the first samples

09/19/2024

We are hiring a Ph. D. research assistant in Environmental Chemistry

We are seeking a graduate research assistant to join our growing team to work on the NSF-funded project "Organochlorine Contaminant Phototransformation: Exploring the Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter Molecular Composition."

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09/04/2024

Our project "Organochlorine Contaminant Phototransformation: Exploring the Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter Molecular Composition" was funded by NSF.

The project aims to connect DOM composition with the transformation pathways of dichlorobenzene and triclosan. This project will strengthen FAU's collaboration with Auburn University and will cultivate the next generation of graduate and undergraduate researchers in environmental sciences. Stay tuned for the updates. Thanks to NSF for this opportunity!

08/05/2024

The Malina Research Lab was established

Dr. Natalia Malina has officially joined FAU and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Let the cool science begin!