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Frederic D.L. Leusch

Frederic D.L. Leusch

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
11931
World Ranking
3448
National Ranking
126

Overview

Frederic D.L. Leusch is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science, with a primary focus on pollution, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research encompasses several subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, nature and landscape conservation, and biomaterials.

Their work covers a range of topics related to environmental issues such as microplastics and plastic pollution, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, recycling and waste management techniques, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, turtle biology and conservation, and water treatment and disinfection.

Frederic D.L. Leusch has contributed to multiple research papers published in high-profile venues. Recent papers include:

  • "An audit of microplastic abundance throughout three Australian wastewater treatment plants," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "A systematic review of freshwater microplastics in water and sediments: Recommendations for harmonisation to enhance future study comparisons," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Converting mg/L to Particles/L: Reconciling the Occurrence and Toxicity Literature on Microplastics," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Airborne Microplastics in Indoor and Outdoor Environments of a Developing Country in South Asia: Abundance, Distribution, Morphology, and Possible Sources," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "The "Microplastome" - A Holistic Perspective to Capture the Real-World Ecology of Microplastics," 2024, Environmental Science & Technology

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as Environmental Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere, and Environmental Pollution. These journals reflect the focus on environmental and pollution sciences.

Frederic D.L. Leusch has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Peta A. Neale
  • Shima Ziajahromi
  • Jason P. van de Merwe
  • Hsuan-Cheng Lu
  • Steven D. Melvin

The scientist's scholarly contributions also include book publications such as "Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment," released in 2021 by UWA Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics.

    Shima Ziajahromi;Peta A. Neale;Llew Rintoul;Frederic D.L. Leusch

  • Benchmarking Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater, Recycled Water and Drinking Water with In Vitro Bioassays

    Beate I. Escher;Mayumi Allinson;Mayumi Allinson;Rolf Altenburger;Peter A. Bain

  • Impact of Microplastic Beads and Fibers on Waterflea (Ceriodaphnia dubia) Survival, Growth, and Reproduction: Implications of Single and Mixture Exposures

    Shima Ziajahromi;Anupama Kumar;Peta A. Neale;Frederic D. L. Leusch

  • Wastewater treatment plant effluent as a source of microplastics: review of the fate, chemical interactions and potential risks to aquatic organisms.

    Shima Ziajahromi;Peta A. Neale;Frederic D. L. Leusch

  • Environmentally relevant concentrations of polyethylene microplastics negatively impact the survival, growth and emergence of sediment-dwelling invertebrates

    Shima Ziajahromi;Anupama Kumar;Peta A. Neale;Frederic D.L. Leusch

  • 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

  • Microplastic pollution in a stormwater floating treatment wetland: Detection of tyre particles in sediment.

    Shima Ziajahromi;Darren Drapper;Andy Hornbuckle;Llew Rintoul

  • An audit of microplastic abundance throughout three Australian wastewater treatment plants.

    Shima Ziajahromi;Peta A. Neale;Isabel Telles Silveira;Andrew Chua

  • Comparison of five in vitro bioassays to measure estrogenic activity in environmental waters

    Frederic D.L. Leusch;Christiaan de Jager;Yves Levi;Richard Lim

  • Extreme Weather Events: Should Drinking Water Quality Management Systems Adapt to Changing Risk Profiles?

    Stuart J. Khan;Daniel Deere;Frederic D.L. Leusch;Andrew Humpage

  • A survey of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in municipal sewage and animal waste effluents in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

    A.K. Sarmah;G.L. Northcott;Frederic Leusch;L.A. Tremblay

  • A systematic review of freshwater microplastics in water and sediments: Recommendations for harmonisation to enhance future study comparisons

    Hsuan-Cheng Lu;Shima Ziajahromi;Peta A. Neale;Frederic D.L. Leusch

  • Chlorine disinfection by-products in wastewater effluent: Bioassay-based assessment of toxicological impact

    Kalinda Jane Lancaster Watson;Glendon Reginald Shaw;Frederic Leusch;Nicole Knight

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters, industrial chemicals and pesticides by Trametes versicolor: Role of biosorption and biodegradation

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Shufan Yang;Jinguo Kang

  • Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment

    Beate Escher;Frederic Leusch

  • Photolysis and UV/H2O2 of diclofenac, sulfamethoxazole, carbamazepine, and trimethoprim: Identification of their major degradation products by ESI–LC–MS and assessment of the toxicity of reaction mixtures

    Sultan K. Alharbi;Sultan K. Alharbi;Jinguo Kang;Long D. Nghiem;Jason P. van de Merwe

  • Bioassay-derived androgenic and estrogenic activity in municipal sewage in Australia and New Zealand

    Frédéric D.L. Leusch;Heather F. Chapman;Michael R. van den Heuvel;Benjamin L.L. Tan

  • Removal of trace organic contaminants by an MBR comprising a mixed culture of bacteria and white-rot fungi

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Shufan Yang;Jinguo Kang

  • Assessment of the application of bioanalytical tools as surrogate measure of chemical contaminants in recycled water.

    Frederic D.L. Leusch;Stuart J. Khan;Somprasong Laingam;Erik Prochazka

  • Assessment of wastewater and recycled water quality: A comparison of lines of evidence from in vitro, in vivo and chemical analyses

    Frederic D.L. Leusch;Stuart J. Khan;M. Monique Gagnon;Pam Quayle

  • Bioanalytical tools in water quality assessment

    Beate Escher;Mriga Dutt;Eva Glenn;Frederic Leusch

Frequent Co-Authors

Peta A. Neale
Peta A. Neale Griffith University
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
William E. Price
William E. Price University of Wollongong
Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
Faisal I. Hai
Faisal I. Hai University of Wollongong
Stuart J. Khan
Stuart J. Khan University of Sydney
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology
Felicity A. Roddick
Felicity A. Roddick RMIT University
Richard P. Lim
Richard P. Lim University of Technology Sydney
Darryl William Hawker
Darryl William Hawker Griffith University

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