Uncovering Microplastics: Identification, Quantification, and Exposure Assessment

Microplastics are increasingly detected across the environment and even within the human body, raising urgent questions about their sources, exposure pathways, and health implications.

In this webinar, we will explore complementary analytical solutions for comprehensive microplastics characterization.

Discover how FTIR and Raman spectroscopy enable reliable particle identification and imaging—covering sizes from millimeters down to a few microns—while high-resolution mass spectrometry techniques such as pyrolysis GC-HRMS and LC-based workflows provide sensitive detection and quantification of polymers and plastic-related chemicals in complex environmental and biological matrices.

From particle-level identification to advanced chemical fingerprinting and exposure assessment, learn how Thermo Fisher Scientific technologies support micro- and nanoplastics analysis across research, environmental monitoring, and human biomonitoring applications.

Speaker: Dr. Kuanliang Shao (Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Health Comprehensive Laboratory for Untargeted Exposome Science | Emory University) will share how Py-GC-HRMS is enabling population-level biomonitoring of MNPs in human tissues and its integration into exposomics frameworks.

Speaker: Dr. Wang Rui (Business Development Manager, Chemical Analysis | Thermo Fisher Scientific) will provide an overview of FTIR and Raman spectroscopy solutions for microplastics identification, highlighting how technologies ranging from point-and-shoot systems to advanced imaging platforms enable reliable analysis across diverse environmental samples and particle sizes, from millimeters down to a few microns.