EDUCATION

• Since 2018 Ph.D.: Student (Analytical Chemistry), Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Ph.D. thesis: Development and application of dielectric barrier discharge devices as an atomization source for spectrometric analysis.
• 2016-2018 MSc.: Graduated (Analytical Chemistry), Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Master thesis: Development of methods for halogens and sulfur determination in edible mushrooms.
• 2012-2016 BSc.: Graduated (Chemistry), Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Bachelor thesis: Determination of halogens and sulfur in eggshells using ion chromatography after analytes volatilization by microwave-induced combustion.

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) – Optimization and application as a concomitant source of volatilization and atomization.
• Analytical instrumentation – Development of DBD devices for trace analysis.
• Determination of mercury species.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2019: Best Oral Presentation, Royal Society of Chemistry – RSC, 15º Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry, Mendoza, Argentina.
• 2016: Work selected as a highlight in the area of Exact and Earth Sciences, XVIII Encontro de Pós-Graduação, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Brazil.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• ENDERS M.S.P., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., PIRES L.Z., BORGES D.L.G.: Silicon determination via a SiO rotational line using high-resolution graphite furnace molecular absorption spectrometry: A straightforward approach for the analysis of solid samples prepared as suspensions. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 183 (2021) 106266.
• COELHO JUNIOR G.S., RONDAN F.S., HARTWIG C.A., SANTOS R.F., MELLO P.A., MESKO M.F.: Determination of halogens by ion chromatography in edible mushrooms after microwave-induced combustion for sample preparation. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2021 (2021) 1-9.
• NOVO D.L.R., SCAGLIONI P.T., PEREIRA R.M., RONDAN F.S., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., MESKO M.F.: Advances in sample digestion using microwave-ultraviolet radiations: phosphorus and sulfur determination in animal feed. Current Analytical Chemistry, 17 (2021) 512-520.
• DE MELLO J.E., NOVO D.L.R., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., SCAGLIONI P.T., MESKO M.F.: A green analytical method for the multielemental determination of halogens and sulfur in pet food. Food Analytical Methods, 13 (2020) 131-139.
• MESKO M.F., TORALLES I.G., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., RONDAN F.S., COSTA V.C., HARTWIG C.A., SCAGLIONI P.T.: Ion chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry as a powerful technique for halogens and sulfur determination in egg powder and its fractions. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 34 (2020) 1-8.
• RONDAN F.S., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., PEREIRA R.M., HENN A.S., MULLER E.I., MESKO M.F.: A versatile green analytical method for determining chlorine and sulfur in cereals and legumes. Food Chemistry, 285 (2019) 334-339.
• TORALLES I.G., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., COSTA V.C., CRUZ S.M., FLORES E.M.M., MESKO M.F.: A fast and feasible method for Br and I determination in whole egg powder and its fractions by ICP-MS. Food Chemistry, 221 (2017) 877-883.
• COELHO JUNIOR G.S., PEREIRA R.M., HARTWIG C.A., TORALLES I.G., PEREIRA C.M.P., COSTA V.C., MESKO M.F.: Determination of Cl and S in edible seaweed by ion chromatography after decomposition by microwave-induced combustion. Revista Virtual De Química, 9 (2017) 492-501.
• MESKO M.F., TORALLES I.G., HARTWIG C.A., COELHO JUNIOR G.S., MULLER A.L.H., BIZZI C.A., MELLO P.A.: Bromine and iodine contents in raw and cooked shrimp and its parts. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64 (2016) 1817-1822.