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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Adrian Covaci is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a primary focus on Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis. Their research portfolio spans multiple subfields including Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent publications address various aspects of chemical exposure and risk assessment. Notable papers include:

  • Suspect and non-targeted screening of chemicals of emerging concern for human biomonitoring, environmental health studies and support to risk assessment: From promises to challenges and harmonisation issues (2020, Environment International)
  • Development and Application of Liquid Chromatographic Retention Time Indices in HRMS-Based Suspect and Nontarget Screening (2021, Analytical Chemistry)
  • Biomarkers, matrices and analytical methods targeting human exposure to chemicals selected for a European human biomonitoring initiative (2020, Environment International)
  • Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014-2021) (2023, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)
  • We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste (2021, Science)

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, among which the most common are:

  • Environmental Research
  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution

Adrian Covaci collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Giulia Poma
  • Alexander L.N. van Nuijs
  • Celine Gys
  • Greet Schoeters
  • Tim Boogaerts

The central topics of their work encompass:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Best Publications

  • Novel brominated flame retardants : A review of their analysis, environmental fate and behaviour

    Adrian Covaci;Stuart Harrad;Mohamed A. E. Abdallah;Nadeem Ali

  • A review of dietary and non-dietary exposure to bisphenol-A.

    Tinne Geens;Dominique Aerts;Carl Berthot;Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

  • Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the European environment.

    Robin J. Law;Colin R. Allchin;Jacob de Boer;Adrian Covaci

  • Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in the environment and humans: a review.

    Adrian Covaci;Andreas C. Gerecke;Robin J. Law;Stefan Voorspoels

  • Evaluation of uncertainties associated with the determination of community drug use through the measurement of sewage drug biomarkers.

    Sara Castiglioni;Lubertus Bijlsma;Adrian Covaci;Erik Emke

  • After the PBDE Phase-Out: A Broad Suite of Flame Retardants in Repeat House Dust Samples from California

    Robin E. Dodson;Laura J. Perovich;Adrian Covaci;Nele Van den Eede

  • Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis.

    Kevin V. Thomas;Lubertus Bijlsma;Sara Castiglioni;Adrian Covaci

  • Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples—a review

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Jacob de Boer

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in domestic indoor dust from Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.

    Stuart Harrad;Catalina Ibarra;Miriam Diamond;Lisa Melymuk

  • Sewage epidemiology ― A real-time approach to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs in Brussels, Belgium

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Jean-François Mougel;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Lieven Bervoets

  • Illicit drug consumption estimations derived from wastewater analysis: a critical review.

    Alexander L N van Nuijs;Sara Castiglioni;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Cristina Postigo

  • Analysis of cocaine and its principal metabolites in waste and surface water using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography–ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

    Adriana Gheorghe;Adriana Gheorghe;Alexander van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Lieven Bervoets

  • A novel abbreviation standard for organobromine, organochlorine and organophosphorus flame retardants and some characteristics of the chemicals

    Åke Bergman;Andreas Rydén;Robin J Law;Jacob de Boer

  • Analytical developments and preliminary assessment of human exposure to organophosphate flame retardants from indoor dust.

    Nele Van den Eede;Alin C. Dirtu;Hugo Neels;Adrian Covaci

  • Comparative study on total lipid determination using Soxhlet, Roese-Gottlieb, bligh & dyer, and modified bligh & dyer extraction methods

    P Manirakiza;A Covaci;P Schepens

  • Analytical and environmental aspects of the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A and its derivatives.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Tinne Geens

  • Levels and trends of PBDEs and HBCDs in the global environment: Status at the end of 2012

    Robin J. Law;Adrian Covaci;Stuart Harrad;Dorte Herzke

  • Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis.

    Christoph Ort;Alexander L. N. van Nuijs;Jean-Daniel Berset;Lubertus Bijlsma

  • Are potential sources for human exposure to bisphenol-A overlooked?

    Tinne Geens;Leo Goeyens;Adrian Covaci

  • First insights in the metabolism of phosphate flame retardants and plasticizers using human liver fractions

    Nele Van den Eede;Walid Maho;Claudio Erratico;Hugo Neels

  • Hexabromocyclododecanes and Tetrabromobisphenol-A in Indoor Air and Dust in Birmingham, UK: Implications for Human Exposure

    Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Stuart Harrad;Adrian Covaci

  • Occurrence of a Broad Range of Legacy and Emerging Flame Retardants in Indoor Environments in Norway

    Enrique Cequier;Alin C Ionas;Adrian Covaci;Rosa Maria Marcé

  • Investigation of selected persistent organic pollutants in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), salmon aquaculture feed, and fish oil components of the feed.

    Miriam N. Jacobs;and Adrian Covaci;Paul Schepens

  • Occurrence of alternative flame retardants in indoor dust from New Zealand: indoor sources and human exposure assessment.

    Nadeem Ali;Alin C. Dirtu;Nele Van den Eede;Emma Goosey

  • Concentrations of brominated flame retardants in dust from United Kingdom cars, homes, and offices: causes of variability and implications for human exposure.

    Harrad Stuart;Catalina Ibarra;Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Rachel Boon

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo Neels
Hugo Neels University of Antwerp
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs University of Antwerp
Paul Schepens
Paul Schepens University of Antwerp
Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Stefan Voorspoels
Stefan Voorspoels Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Veerle L.B. Jaspers
Veerle L.B. Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp
Krishna Das
Krishna Das University of Liège
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp

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