Our interests include developing novel analytical methods to detect environmental contaminants, examining bioaccumulation, food-chain transfer, human and wildlife exposure assessment, and developing biomarkers of exposures. Our research also involves the use of wildlife sentinels to study the effects of contaminants on the health of ecosystems.

The environmental studies include understanding environmental sources, pathways, distribution, dynamics and fate of chemical pollutants Our research is focused on environmental and biomonitoring studies designed to determine the distribution, behavior, fate, and effects of organic contaminants.

Our current studies include biomonitoring of chlorinated, brominated and fluorinated organic compounds, phenolic endocrine disruptors, and other emerging environmental contaminants for characterizing human and wildlife exposure pathways, and to allow evaluation of sources, pathways and risks.

We are also developing techniques to identify and quantify novel organic pollutants (in indoor air, water, foodstuffs and biological tissues) that are of concern. Our laboratory is also involved in studies relating contaminant exposures to health outcomes and effect biomarkers in the general population.

Hashtags:  #human biomonitoring; #wildlife biomonitoring; #oxybenzone biomonitoring expert; #sunscreens monitoring; #personal care product monitoring;

Videos

Hunting down toxic substances in sludge (Norwegian SciTech News article)

Postdoc Junjie Zhang studies the detection and analysis of pollutants in samples from shellfish, shorebirds and coastal sediments.

Master students Environmental Toxicology