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.
Svenja Mintenig
(Postdoctoral fellow)
Analytical chemist specializing in instruments and techniques to detect micro- and nanoplastics in different environmental compartments (sediment, water and biota).
Merel Kooi
(PhD fellow)
Expert in theoretical concepts related to plastic pollution and modelling transport and fate of microplastics in the freshwater environment. Her main interests also include plastic biofouling and ocean modelling.
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.
Vera de Ruiter
(PhD fellow)
Ecotoxicologist specializing in effects of micro- and nanoplastics on marine and freshwater organisms and risk assessments of plastic pollution on the environment. Her interests also include car tire dusts and associated chemicals.
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.
Vera de Ruijter
(PhD fellow)
Ecotoxicologist specializing in effects of micro- and nanoplastics on marine and freshwater organisms and risk assessments of plastic pollution on the environment. Her interests also include car tire dusts and associated chemicals.
Berte Mekonen Belay
(PhD fellow)
Ecotoxicologist specializing in effects of macro- and microplastics on trophic interaction between species and ecosystem functioning. He performs large scale mesocosm experiments on plastic pollution.
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.
Collaborators and alumni
Paula Redondo Hasselerharm
PhD graduate & collaborator
PhD thesis: Effect assessment of nano- and microplastics in freshwater ecysostems (2020).
Noël Diepens
PhD graduate & collaborator
Project: PLASTICOD
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
Affiliation: Alcalá University
Changgui Pan
Collaborator
Project: Microplastic occurrence in a freshwater food web
Affiliation: Guangxi University
Ellen Besseling
PhD graduate
PhD thesis: Micro- and nanoplastics in the aquatic environment: from rivers to whales (2018).