Pictures of the group

Faculty and Staff Appreciation day at Zoo Miami (2021)
Morgan, Xuerong and Daniel sampling water samples for PFAS analysis

Morgan sampling surface water in Biscayne Bay canals
Xuerong, Danni and Natalia sampling surface water in Miami Beach
Catie preparing oyster samples for PFAS analysis- Summer REU 2021
Natalia, Leila and Catie in the REU Symposium -Miami – Summer 2021
Xuerong presenting in person (first time) her work on NTA of PFAS in drinking and surface waters in South Florida @ SETAC Non-targeted Analysis For Environmental Risk Assessment, 22-26 May 2022 in Durham, NC.
Daniel and Natalia at the at Frontiers in Environmental Science and Health June 5-12, 2022 @ Morehouse School of Medicine
Marie and Carla collecting sample to learn sample preparation for phthalates analysis-Summer 2022
Carla preparing oysters for phthalates analysis -REU Summer 2022
Marie doing the cleanup of biological samples for phthalates analysis- REU Summer 2022
Neumiah and Maria collecting surface and bottom water from Biscayne Bay- REU summer 2022
Field trip- Having fun collecting water samples from Biscayne Bay
Natalia and Milagros at SERMACS recruiting graduate students for Chemistry and CREST.
Carla, Marie and Derek presenting the results of a collaborative work between FIU and UPR at SERMACS.
Joe Cox giving a talk on the results from the EPA STAR Project at SERMACS.
Group attending SETAC 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Leila presenting the results of PFAS in captive dolphins at SETAC 2022.
Maria presenting (first time) preliminary results of PFAS in atmospheric deposition in South Florida at SETAC 2022.
Joe presenting the results of the EPA STAR project at SETAC 2022.
Daniel presenting (first time) his work on PFAS bioaccumulation in fish an lobsters from South Florida at SETAC 2022.
Natalia presenting on behalf of Luciana her work on predicting PFAS toxicities and extraction methods at SETAC 2022.
Xuerong Li graduation Fall 2022! Congrats Dr. Xuerong Li!!!!
All best luck to Danni, Joe and Xuerong! We will miss you!!
CREST II Hands on meeting presentations
CREST II Hands on meeting – new group 🙂
Top Scholar Award for Junior Faculty with Significant Grants to Dr. Quinete- Spring 2023!
Speaker at FIU Foundation New Horizon Event 2023
Maria and Joshua attending Fresh Program @ Morehouse School of Medicine – Summer 2023
Natalia and Carolina attending the HRSU Conference in Santa Cruz, CA for more representation of Hispanic and Latinas in STEM!

Women power at NACRW

Students travel awards to attend NACRW !! Congratulations girls!

Congrats Carolina for being awarded the People’s Choice Award for best poster!!!

The group presenting at the LC-MS/MS Workshop in Buffalo in October 2023

Congrats to Courtney for winning the best poster award competition in Buffalo!!

We also have fun !! Visiting Niagara Falls!

The whole group attending and presenting at SETAC North America in Louisville in November 2023!

Maria Karla presenting the research of PFAS in e-waste at URFIU in Spring 2024.

Courtney giving a light talk on PFAS found in surface water in the Miccosukee Reservation in the 20th Annual Workshop on Emerging HRMS and LC-MS Applications in Environmental Analysis and Food Safety in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Quinete group representation at SETAC North America in Fort Worth, Texas, in October 2024.

Carolina talking about PFAS in drinking water aired at Telemundo

Successful PhD defense of Olutobi Daniel Ogunbiyi in Fall 2024

Second PhD from Quinete’s group! Way to go Daniel!!

Monica presenting our collaborative and interdisciplinary work with Daniel Bagner at the 2025 Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) Conference.

Natalia presenting the results of the EPA STAR sponsored research at SETAC Vienna in May 2025.

Carolina presenting a poster showing PFAS levels in human serum from South Florida at SETAC Vienna.