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Alexander L.N. van Nuijs

Alexander L.N. van Nuijs

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
9655
World Ranking
5212
National Ranking
75

Overview

Alexander L.N. van Nuijs is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and specializes in research primarily within the field of Medicine, encompassing 107 publications. Their work is notably concentrated on several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Toxicology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Spectroscopy.

Their research covers a variety of topics, with a particular focus on Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Alexander L.N. van Nuijs has published extensively in certain scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Drug Testing and Analysis, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent selected papers exemplifying their research focus include:

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Targeting ferroptosis protects against experimental (multi)organ dysfunction and death, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in wastewater up to the sampling stage: A systematic review, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Monitoring psychoactive substance use at six European festivals through wastewater and pooled urine analysis, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Current and future perspectives for wastewater-based epidemiology as a monitoring tool for pharmaceutical use, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborative networks that include Adrian Covaci, Tim Boogaerts, Lubertus Bijlsma, Lidia Belova, and Elias Iturrospe. These collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work in environmental health and toxicology.

Best Publications

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19.

    Aaron Bivins;Devin North;Arslan Ahmad;Warish Ahmed

  • Critical review on the stability of illicit drugs in sewers and wastewater samples

    Ann-Kathrin McCall;Richard Bade;Juliet Kinyua;Foon Yin Lai

  • Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

    Iria González-Mariño;Iria González-Mariño;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Nikiforos A. Alygizakis;Maria Jesús Andrés-Costa

  • Analysis of the flame retardant metabolites bis(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (BDCPP) and diphenyl phosphate (DPP) in urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    E. M. Cooper;A. Covaci;A. L. N. van Nuijs;T. F. Webster

  • Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

    Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Stefania Salvatore;Emma Gracia-Lor;Richard Bade

  • Cocaine and metabolites in waste and surface water across Belgium.

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • Spatial and temporal variations in the occurrence of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in waste- and surface water from Belgium and removal during wastewater treatment.

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • Can cocaine use be evaluated through analysis of wastewater? A nation‐wide approach conducted in Belgium

    Alexander L N van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess pan-European pesticide exposure.

    Nikolaos I. Rousis;Emma Gracia-Lor;Emma Gracia-Lor;Ettore Zuccato;Richard Bade;Richard Bade

  • Analysis of drugs of abuse in wastewater by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Alexander L. N. van Nuijs;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  • The stability of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater, an important issue for sewage epidemiology?

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Karim Abdellati;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  • Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater

    Emma Gracia-Lor;Emma Gracia-Lor;Nikolaos I. Rousis;Ettore Zuccato;Richard Bade

  • Optimization and validation of a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of 13 top-prescribed pharmaceuticals in influent wastewater

    Alexander L. N. van Nuijs;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Ward Simons;Lieven Bervoets

  • Application of a sewage-based approach to assess the use of ten illicit drugs in four Chinese megacities

    Usman Khan;Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Jing Li;Walid Maho

  • Application of hydrophilic interaction chromatography for the analysis of polar contaminants in food and environmental samples

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Adrian Covaci

  • Cocaïne and metabolites in waste and surface water across Belgium - a monitoring study

    Alexander Van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;A. Gheorghe;Laetitia Theunis

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Hugo Neels
Hugo Neels University of Antwerp
Kevin V. Thomas
Kevin V. Thomas University of Queensland
Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández Jaume I University
Sara Castiglioni
Sara Castiglioni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern University of Bath
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Lubertus Bijlsma
Lubertus Bijlsma Jaume I University
Christoph Ort
Christoph Ort Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp

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