Team
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.

Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor
(PhD fellow)
Experimental chemist specializing in sorption of plastic-associated organic compounds and modelling microplastic exposure to humans. Her main interests also include effects of biofouling on plastic-associated chemicals and theoretical concepts related to plastic pollution.
Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor
(PhD fellow)
Experimental chemist specializing in sorption of plastic-associated organic compounds and modelling microplastic exposure to humans. Her main interests also include effects of biofouling on plastic-associated chemicals and theoretical concepts related to plastic pollution.
Collaborators and alumni
Paula Redondo Hasselerharm
PhD graduate
PhD thesis: Effect assessment of nano- and microplastics in freshwater ecysostems (2020).
Noël Diepens
PhD graduate & collaborator
Project: PLASTICOD
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PhD thesis: Sediment toxicisty testing and prospective risk assessment of organic chemicals (2015).
Georgiana Amariei
Collaborator
Project: Effects of aged polyethylene microplastics on aquatic organisms
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Affiliation: Alcalá University
Changgui Pan
Collaborator
Project: Microplastic occurrence in a freshwater food web
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Affiliation: Guangxi University
Ellen Besseling
PhD graduate
PhD thesis: Micro- and nanoplastics in the aquatic environment: from rivers to whales (2018).