Projects
Human exposure to microplastics
Aims to (a) develop a human exposure probabilistic modelling framework for MP (b) build a PBPK biodistribution model for the human body, and (c) collect data for scenario analyses and validation.
Plastics Europe, Cefic
Global probabilistic modelling of microplastic transport
Aims to (a) model fragmentation and fate of microplastics, (b) plastic-associated pathogen transport and (c) microplastic risks on the global scale, including sensitivity and uncertainty in these models.
Wageningen University and Research
& China Scholarship Council
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Microplastic volume
estimates
Aims to (a) evaluate the existing strategies for microplastics volume estimates from 2D images and (b) develop new models for the 2D-3D translation.
Sapienza University of Rome
Developing MP spectroscopic methods
Aims to develop a robust and high accuracy method to detect nano- and microplastic in environmental samples.
Wageningen University and Research
Microplastic in wastewater, surface and drinking water
Aims to (a) characterize how wastewater technologies affect microplastic emissions in surface waters, (b) quantify microplastic abundance in different water types and biota samples for human consumption.
Collaboration with Tsinghua University
Modelling the fate, exposure and risks of microplastics
Aims to (a) develop a harmonized microplastic emission model, (b) a multimedia fate and transport model, (c) a spatiotemporal riverine microplastic transport model, and (d) make a risk assessment for policy makers.
RIVM
Microplastic food web accumulation
Aims to (a) determine the microplastic affinity for chemical contaminants in the Norwegian coastal area, (b) study the food web transfer of MP contaminants from zooplankton to cod larvae and, (c) study maternal transfer from cod broodstocks to larvae.
NRC (Norwegian Research Council)
Chemical BIOavailability from Nano- and microplastIC
Aims to (a) evaluate the chemical dynamics during digestion of plastic and food, (b) assess sorption behaviour of hydrophobic organic contaminants on plastic, (c) assess human exposure to microplastic, (d) provide a prospective assessment on chemical vector effect.
Wageningen University and Research
Technologies for the Risk Assessment of Microplastic
Aims at developing technologies (a) to detect nano- and microplastics in environmental samples, (b) to assess fate, hazards and effects in the freshwater environment, and (c) to provide prospective present and future risk assessments.
NWO (Netherlands Research Council)
Fate and effects of nano- and microplastic (marine)
Aims to investigate (a) nano- and microplastic pollution of the marine habitat, (b) bioaccumulation of plastic and associated chemicals by marine organisms, (c) effects of plastic ingestion, (d) risks of food web transfer of MP.
Wageningen University and Research