Gulnaz Mukhametzyanova, BSMU assistant, won a competition to study at the Leoben Mining University

Gulnaz Mukhametzyanova, assistant of the Department of pharmacognosy with a course in Botany at BSMU, won a competition to study at the Leoben Mining University. The training period is 3 years. Gulnaz Mukhametzyanova training involves participation in the scientific project TecEUS (Technology-critical elements in urban spheres) at the Department of General and analytical chemistry of the Leoben Mining University. This Department is headed by Professor Thomas Prohaska, Doctor of Technical Sciences, project Manager is Dr. Nat.Techn. Johanna Irrgeher.

The project is interdisciplinary and combines such disciplines as Analytical Chemistry of the environment, Landscape Engineering, Social and Environmental modeling, and Medicine. The project involves the University of Leoben, the University of Natural Resources of Vienna, and the Medical University of Vienna.

Gulnaz's task will be to analyze natural materials using the inductively coupled plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) method. Currently, Gulnaz Mukhametzyanova has started working in the laboratory of the Leoben Mining University, and will continue to work at the Medical University of Vienna.

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry is a type of mass spectrometry characterized by high sensitivity and the ability to determine a wide range of chemical elements of the periodic table in the analyzed sample. The method is based on the use of inductively coupled plasma as a source of ions and a mass spectrometer for their separation and detection. ICP-MS also allows isotopic analysis of the selected ion. By performing elemental analysis using the ICP-MS method, the environmental conditions from which the sample was taken will also be evaluated.

Bashkir State Medical University has been cooperating with the Leoben Mining University since 2018 in the field of Traumatology and Medical Physics.

The Mining University is located in Leoben, an old town in the Federal state of Styria. It is located in the South-East of Austria in the Eastern Alps in the Mur river valley.