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Overview

Claus Svendsen is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has focused research interests within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Insect Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The researcher's main topics of study include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Heavy metals in environment, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

Claus Svendsen has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Potable Water and Their Sources within Water Treatment Works in England and Wales, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Semi-automated analysis of microplastics in complex wastewater samples, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • A framework for grouping and read-across of nanomaterials- supporting innovation and risk assessment, 2020, Nano Today
  • Earthworms ingest microplastic fibres and nanoplastics with effects on egestion rate and long-term retention, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • NanoSolveIT Project: Driving nanoinformatics research to develop innovative and integrated tools for in silico nanosafety assessment, 2020, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • David J. Spurgeon
  • Richard K. Cross
  • Iseult Lynch
  • Elmer Swart
  • Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

Claus Svendsen has published multiple works in a range of specialized venues, such as:

  • NanoImpact
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities.

    Alice A. Horton;Alexander Walton;David J. Spurgeon;Elma Lahive

  • Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK - Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification.

    Alice A. Horton;Claus Svendsen;Richard J. Williams;David J. Spurgeon

  • Interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural stressors: A review

    Martin Holmstrup;Anne-Mette Bindesbøl;Gertie Janneke Oostingh;Albert Duschl

  • Significance testing of synergistic/antagonistic, dose level‐dependent, or dose ratio‐dependent effects in mixture dose‐response analysis

    Martijs J. Jonker;Claus Svendsen;Jacques J.M. Bedaux;Marina Bongers

  • Metal-based nanoparticles in soil: fate, behavior, and effects on soil invertebrates.

    Paula S. Tourinho;Cornelis A. M. van Gestel;Stephen Lofts;Claus Svendsen

  • Guidance on harmonised methodologies for human health, animal health and ecological risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals

    Simon John More;Vasileios Bampidis;Diane Benford

  • Systems toxicology approaches for understanding the joint effects of environmental chemical mixtures.

    David J. Spurgeon;Oliver A.H. Jones;Oliver A.H. Jones;Jean-Lou C.M. Dorne;Claus Svendsen

  • Microplastic particles reduce reproduction in the terrestrial worm Enchytraeus crypticus in a soil exposure.

    Elma Lahive;Alexander Walton;Alice A. Horton;David J. Spurgeon

  • Deriving soil critical limits for Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb: a method based on free ion concentrations.

    Stephen Lofts;David J. Spurgeon;Claus Svendsen;Edward Tipping

  • 'Systems toxicology' approach identifies coordinated metabolic responses to copper in a terrestrial non-model invertebrate, the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

    Jacob G Bundy;Jasmin K Sidhu;Faisal Rana;David J Spurgeon

  • A review of lysosomal membrane stability measured by neutral red retention: is it a workable earthworm biomarker?

    C Svendsen;D.J Spurgeon;P.K Hankard;J.M Weeks

  • An assessment of the fate, behaviour and environmental risk associated with sunscreen TiO2 nanoparticles in UK field scenarios

    Andrew C. Johnson;Michael J. Bowes;Alison Crossley;Helen P. Jarvie

  • Neutral red retention by lysosomes from earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) coelomocytes: A simple biomarker of exposure to soil copper

    Jason M. Weeks;Claus Svendsen

  • Relative sensitivity of life-cycle and biomarker responses in four earthworm species exposed to zinc

    David J. Spurgeon;Claus Svendsen;Viv R. Rimmer;Stephen P. Hopkin

  • Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Potable Water and Their Sources within Water Treatment Works in England and Wales.

    Andrew C. Johnson;Hollie Ball;Richard Cross;Alice A. Horton

  • Different routes, same pathways: Molecular mechanisms under silver ion and nanoparticle exposures in the soil sentinel Eisenia fetida.

    Marta Novo;Elma Lahive;María Díez-Ortiz;Marianne Matzke

  • Toxicological and biochemical responses of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus to pyrene, a non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

    P.J. Brown;S.M. Long;D.J. Spurgeon;C. Svendsen

  • Chronic toxicity of energetic compounds in soil determined using the earthworm (Eisenia andrei) reproduction test

    Pierre Yves Robidoux;Claus Svendsen;Jean Caumartin;Jalal Hawari

  • Environmental Metabonomics: Applying Combination Biomarker Analysis in Earthworms at a Metal Contaminated Site

    Jacob G. Bundy;David J. Spurgeon;Claus Svendsen;Peter K. Hankard

  • Semi-automated analysis of microplastics in complex wastewater samples.

    Alice A. Horton;Richard K. Cross;Daniel S. Read;Monika D. Jürgens

  • Metabonomic assessment of toxicity of 4-fluoroaniline, 3,5-difluoroaniline and 2-fluoro-4-methylaniline to the earthworm Eisenia veneta (rosa): Identification of new endogenous biomarkers

    Jacob G. Bundy;Eva M. Lenz;Nigel J. Bailey;Claire L. Gavaghan

  • Environmental release, fate and ecotoxicological effects of manufactured ceria nanomaterials

    Blanche Collin;Blanche Collin;Mélanie Auffan;Andrew C. Johnson;Inder Kaur

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Spurgeon
David J. Spurgeon University of Reading
Peter Kille
Peter Kille Cardiff University
Stephen Lofts
Stephen Lofts Natural Environment Research Council
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stephen R. Stürzenbaum
Stephen R. Stürzenbaum King's College London
Nina Cedergreen
Nina Cedergreen University of Copenhagen
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky
Julian L. Griffin
Julian L. Griffin University of Aberdeen
Susana Loureiro
Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro
Daniel S. Read
Daniel S. Read UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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