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Frederic Coulon is affiliated with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to environmental science and engineering research. Their work primarily focuses on environmental pollution, health impacts, and remediation technologies, with particular attention to microbial bioremediation, toxic organic pollutants, and heavy metals in the environment.

Coulon's recent publications include:

  • Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity, 2021, Environment International
  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective, 2024, The Innovation
  • Remediation of cadmium and lead polluted soil using thiol-modified biochar, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nanoremediation technologies for sustainable remediation of contaminated environments: Recent advances and challenges, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure: Drivers, effectiveness, and future needs, 2024, The Innovation

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Coulon include:

  • Vinod Kumar
  • Xiao Jin Yang
  • Zaheer Ahmad Nasir
  • Tracey Temple
  • Stuart Wagland

They have published regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (16 publications)
  • Heliyon (9 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • Chemosphere (7 publications)

In addition to articles, Coulon has contributed to books, including a publication titled Methods in Aquatic Microbiology in 2023 through Frontiers Media.

Their work spans multiple fields of study, particularly environmental science with 189 publications, and engineering with 92 publications. Subfields frequently addressed in their research are health, toxicology and mutagenesis (53 publications), pollution (50 publications), biomedical engineering (46 publications), molecular biology (25 publications), and industrial and manufacturing engineering (24 publications).

Main research topics covered by Coulon include:

  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Heavy metals in environment

Best Publications

  • Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity.

    Ravi Naidu;Bhabananda Biswas;Ian R. Willett;Julian Cribb

  • Remediation of cadmium and lead polluted soil using thiol-modified biochar.

    Jiajun Fan;Chao Cai;Haifeng Chi;Brian J. Reid

  • A novel machine learning-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination

    Farzaneh Sajedi-Hosseini;Arash Malekian;Bahram Choubin;Omid Rahmati

  • Effects of temperature and biostimulation on oil‐degrading microbial communities in temperate estuarine waters

    Frédéric Coulon;Boyd A. McKew;A. Mark Osborn;A. Mark Osborn;Terry J. McGenity

  • Effects of nutrient and temperature on degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated sub-Antarctic soil.

    Frédéric Coulon;Emilien Pelletier;Lénaick Gourhant;Daniel Delille

  • Lead-based paint remains a major public health concern: A critical review of global production, trade, use, exposure, health risk, and implications

    David O'Connor;Deyi Hou;Jing Ye;Yunhui Zhang

  • Determining the identity and roles of oil-metabolizing marine bacteria from the Thames estuary, UK

    Boyd A. McKew;Frédéric Coulon;A. Mark Osborn;Kenneth N. Timmis

  • Predicting uncertainty of machine learning models for modelling nitrate pollution of groundwater using quantile regression and UNEEC methods.

    Omid Rahmati;Bahram Choubin;Abolhasan Fathabadi;Frederic Coulon

  • Efficacy of intervention strategies for bioremediation of crude oil in marine systems and effects on indigenous hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria

    Boyd A. McKew;Frédéric Coulon;Michail M. Yakimov;Renata Denaro

  • Degradation of excavated polyethylene and polypropylene waste from landfill.

    Luisa Canopoli;Frédéric Coulon;Stuart T. Wagland

  • Organic loading rate: A promising microbial management tool in anaerobic digestion

    Robert Michael William Ferguson;Frederic Coulon;Raffaella Villa

  • Nanoremediation technologies for sustainable remediation of contaminated environments: Recent advances and challenges.

    Adil Shafi Ganie;Sayfa Bano;Nishat Khan;Saima Sultana

  • Structure of bacterial communities along a hydrocarbon contamination gradient in a coastal sediment

    Sandrine Paissé;Frédéric Coulon;Marisol Goñi-Urriza;Louis Peperzak

  • Insights into the biodegradation of weathered hydrocarbons in contaminated soils by bioaugmentation and nutrient stimulation

    Ying Jiang;Kirsty J. Brassington;George Prpich;Graeme I. Paton

  • Fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in engineered biopiles in polar regions

    M. J. Whelan;F. Coulon;G. Hince;J. Rayner

  • Recent advances in biochar engineering for soil contaminated with complex chemical mixtures: Remediation strategies and future perspectives.

    Jerry Anae;Nafees Ahmad;Vinod Kumar;Vijay Kumar Thakur

  • Physico-chemical properties of excavated plastic from landfill mining and current recycling routes.

    Luisa Canopoli;Beatriz Fidalgo;Frederic Coulon;Stuart T. Wagland

  • Rapid prediction of total petroleum hydrocarbons concentration in contaminated soil using vis-NIR spectroscopy and regression techniques

    RK Douglas;Said Nawar;MC Alamar;Abdul Mouazen;Abdul Mouazen

  • Rare earth elements and critical metal content of extracted landfilled material and potential recovery opportunities.

    Silvia C. Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez;Frédéric Coulon;Ying Jiang;Stuart Wagland

  • Effects of temperature warming during a bioremediation study of natural and nutrient-amended hydrocarbon-contaminated sub-Antarctic soils

    Daniel Delille;Frederic Coulon;Emilien Pelletier

  • The sources, impact and management of car park runoff pollution: a review.

    D. Michael Revitt;Lian Lundy;Frédéric Coulon;Martin Fairley

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. T. Pollard
Simon J. T. Pollard Cranfield University
Abdul Mounem Mouazen
Abdul Mounem Mouazen Ghent University
Vijay Kumar Thakur
Vijay Kumar Thakur Scotland's Rural College
Terry J. McGenity
Terry J. McGenity University of Essex
Kirk T. Semple
Kirk T. Semple Lancaster University
Graeme I. Paton
Graeme I. Paton University of Aberdeen
Robert Duran
Robert Duran University of Pau and the Adour Region
Bruce Jefferson
Bruce Jefferson Cranfield University
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig
Xingang Li
Xingang Li Tianjin University

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