Saritha V K, a PhD candidate from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, is among the participants of the prestigious Goldschmidt Conference 2025, being held from 6 to 11 July in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Goldschmidt Conference is the premier annual event in the field of geochemistry and related sciences, jointly organised by the European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society. Saritha was selected to attend the conference with the support of an Early Career Travel Grant, a highly competitive recognition awarded to promising young researchers.

She is presenting her research titled “Distribution Pattern of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFASs) in the Environmental Matrices of Arctic, Ny-Ålesund” under the session “Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants in the Environment: Geochemical Fate, Transport, Modelling, and Novel Remediation Approaches.”