Bart Koelmans
Expert in the field of plastic pollution and scientific advisor in several international organizations such as the World Health Organization, United Nations and European Union.
His main interests and specializations are on the fate, effect and risk assessment of plastic (macro-, micro- and nanoplastic) pollution for the environment and human health.
Svenja Mintenig
(Assistant Professor)
Analytical chemist specializing in instruments and techniques to detect micro- and nanoplastics in different environmental compartments (sediment, water and biota).
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Sven Frei
(Associate Professor)
Expert in water quality modelling and microplastics in freshwater systems.
Yanning Qiu (Assistant Professor)
Environmental scientist focusing on human health risk assessment of microplastics and AI-driven data quality assurance.
Margherita Barchiesi
(Postdoc)
Environmental engineer focusing on microplastics in the urban water cycle and strategies for microplastic volume estimates.
Wang Siting
(PhD fellow)
Analytical chemist focusing on the occurrence, fate and implications of microplastics on environmental and human health in a suite of drinking water sources. Her fieldwork takes place in China and the Netherlands, focusing on the rivers Yangtze and the Rhine respectively.
Dung Thuy Nguyen
(PhD fellow)
Environmental chemist focusing on detection and impact of microplastics in agricultural soil.
Yvette Mellink
(PhD fellow)
Plastic pollution scientist specialized in modelling emissions, pathways and fate of environmental macro- and microplastics.
Ira Wardani
(PhD fellow)
Environmental scientist focusing on water quality modelling and health risk assessment, with a specialization on probabilistic exposure modelling and physiologically based pharmacokinetic models.
Yutong Guo
(PhD fellow)
Environmental scientist focusing on probabilistic models of microplastic transport and risks across scales.
Derk van Grootheest
(PhD fellow)
Microplastic researcher focusing on the impact of biofouling on microplastic transport in rivers.
Hana Moreira Farnezi
(PhD fellow)
Environmental scientist focusing on the human health risks of micro- and nanoplastic exposure, from particles, pathogens and chemicals.
Berte M. Gebreyohanes Belay
(PhD fellow)
Ecotoxicologist specializing in effects of macro- and microplastics on trophic interaction between species and ecosystem functioning.
Collaborators and alumni
Merel Kooi
PhD graduate & collaborator
​PhD thesis: Environmental microplastics - properties, exposure and risk
Taylor Lane
Collaborator
Project: Assessment of microplastic human exposure and health effects
Vera de Ruijter
PhD graduate
Nur Hazimah Bte Mohamed Nor
PhD graduate & collaborator
Paula Redondo Hasselerharm
PhD graduate & collaborator
Noël Diepens
PhD graduate & collaborator
Project: PLASTICOD
Georgiana Amariei
Collaborator
Project: Effects of aged polyethylene microplastics on aquatic organisms
Affiliation: Alcalá University
Changgui Pan
Collaborator
Project: Microplastic occurrence in a freshwater food web
Affiliation: Guangxi University