Polonca Trebše is a professor at Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. Her research and expert area include studies on identification, photochemical degradation, and transport of different organic pollutants as well as determination of antioxidative potential of bioactive compounds (pesticides, drugs, personal care products, phenolic compounds) in the environment; study of transformation and identification of different pollutants (UV filters, THMs) under disinfection conditions; toxicity assessment of various organic pollutants for selected non-target organisms in the aquatic and terrestrial environments; and organic pollutants instrumental analysis. She has participated in several international and national research projects and she has published more than 80 scientific papers.