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Darryl William Hawker

Darryl William Hawker

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
7388
World Ranking
16819
National Ranking
375

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
7818
World Ranking
6103
National Ranking
215

Overview

Darryl William Hawker is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, ecology, and pollution.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Aerospace engineering and energy systems

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) as biovectors for long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants to Antarctica," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Androstenedione and testosterone but not progesterone are potential biomarkers of pregnancy in Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) approaching parturition," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Sorption affinity and mechanisms of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) with commercial sorbents: Implications for passive sampling," 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Postflood Monitoring in a Subtropical Estuary and Benchmarking with PFASs Allows Measurement of Chemical Persistence on the Scale of Months," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Identification of compounds from terrestrial dissolved organic matter toxic to cyanobacteria," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent coauthors include Sarit Kaserzon, Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Rory Verhagen, Susan Bengtson Nash, and Rachel Mackie.

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple works include ACS ES&T Water and The Science of The Total Environment, while other peer-reviewed contributions appear in journals such as Environmental Pollution, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Best Publications

  • Octanol-water partition coefficients of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners

    Darryl W. Hawker;Des W. Connell

  • Metal accumulation in aquatic macrophytes from southeast Queensland, Australia.

    A. Cardwell;Darryl Hawker;Margaret Greenway

  • Comprehensive study of endocrine disrupting compounds using grab and passive sampling at selected wastewater treatment plants in South East Queensland, Australia.

    Benjamin Lee Leng Tan;Darryl William Hawker;Jochen F. Muller;Frederic Leusch

  • The number of components in a mixture determines whether synergistic and antagonistic or additive toxicity predominate: the funnel hypothesis.

    Michael St J. Warne;Darryl W. Hawker

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air, soil and vegetation in the vicinity of an urban roadway

    S.Y.N. Yang;D.W. Connell;D.W. Hawker;S.I. Kayal

  • Passive air sampling theory for semivolatile organic compounds.

    Michael E. Bartkow;Kees Booij;Karen E. Kennedy;Jochen F. Muller

  • Use of polynomial expressions to describe the bioconcentration of hydrophobic chemicals by fish.

    Des W. Connell;Darryl W. Hawker

  • Bioconcentration of lipophilic compounds by some aquatic organisms.

    Darryl W. Hawker;Des W. Connell

  • Relationships between partition coefficient, uptake rate constant, clearance rate constant and time to equilibrium for bioaccumulation

    Darryl W. Hawker;Des W. Connell

  • Evaluation of food chain transfer of the antibiotic oxytetracycline and human risk assessment

    Maliwan Boonsaner;Darryl William Hawker

  • Modelling of the fate of selected endocrine disruptors in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in South East Queensland, Australia.

    Benjamin Lee Leng Tan;Darryl William Hawker;Jochen F. Muller;Frederic Leusch

  • Characterizing uptake kinetics of PAHs from the air using polyethylene-based passive air samplers of multiple surface area-to-volume ratios.

    Michael E. Bartkow;Darryl William Hawker;Karen E. Kennedy;Jochen F. Muller

  • Accumulation of oxytetracycline and norfloxacin from saline soil by soybeans.

    M. Boonsaner;Darryl William Hawker

  • An Antarctic research station as a source of brominated and perfluorinated persistent organic pollutants to the local environment.

    Seanan James Wild;David Scott McLagan;Martin Schlabach;Rosanna Bossi

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction and trace analysis of selected endocrine disruptors in water, biosolids and sludge samples by thermal desorption with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Benjamin Lee Leng Tan;Darryl William Hawker;Jochen F. Muller;Louise A. Tremblay

  • Using multiple type composition data and wind data in PMF analysis to apportion and locate sources of air pollutants

    Yiu-chung Chan;Olga Hawas;Darryl Hawker;Peter Vowles

  • Sorption and Desorption Behavior of Tributyltin with Natural Sediments

    Edward Daniel Burton;Ian Phillips;Darryl William Hawker

  • Development and calibration of a passive sampler for perfluorinated alkyl carboxylates and sulfonates in water

    Sarit L. Kaserzon;Karen Kennedy;Darryl William Hawker;Jack Thompson

  • Trace metals and nutrients in bottom sediments of the Southport Broadwater, Australia.

    Edward Daniel Burton;Ian Phillips;Darryl William Hawker

  • Distribution of Vehicular Lead in Roadside Soils of Major Roads of Brisbane, Australia

    Abdul Sahib Al-Chalabi;Darryl Hawker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland
Des Connell
Des Connell Griffith University
Edward D Burton
Edward D Burton Southern Cross University
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Frederic D.L. Leusch
Frederic D.L. Leusch Griffith University
Phong K. Thai
Phong K. Thai University of Queensland
Michael S. McLachlan
Michael S. McLachlan Stockholm University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Michael S. Denison
Michael S. Denison University of California, Davis
Michele A. Burford
Michele A. Burford Griffith University

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