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Isabel Lopes is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal, specializing primarily in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their publications often address topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Isabel Lopes include:

  • A One Health perspective of the impacts of microplastics on animal, human and environmental health, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Public views on plastic pollution: Knowledge, perceived impacts, and pro-environmental behaviours, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Effects of virgin and weathered polystyrene and polypropylene microplastics on Raphidocelis subcapitata and embryos of Danio rerio under environmental concentrations, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Polymethylmethacrylate nanoplastics effects on the freshwater cnidarian Hydra viridissima, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental status of (micro)plastics contamination in Portugal, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Cátia Venâncio
  • Miguel Oliveira
  • Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
  • Estela D. Vicente
  • Cátia Gonçalves

Isabel Lopes has contributed to scientific literature in notable venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

In addition to journal articles, Lopes has published a book titled FORMAÇÃO, PRÁTICA DOCENTE E TRANSVERSALIDADE in 2024 with Clube de Autores eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

    Joana Correia Prata;João P. da Costa;Isabel Lopes;Armando C. Duarte

  • Effects of microplastics on microalgae populations: A critical review.

    Joana Correia Prata;João P. da Costa;Isabel Lopes;Armando C. Duarte

  • A One Health perspective of the impacts of microplastics on animal, human and environmental health

    Joana C. Prata;João P. da Costa;Isabel Lopes;Anthony L. Andrady

  • Identifying a quick and efficient method of removing organic matter without damaging microplastic samples.

    Joana C. Prata;João P. da Costa;Ana V. Girão;Isabel Lopes

  • Nanoscale materials and their use in water contaminants removal-a review.

    Iram Mohmood;Cláudia Batista Lopes;Isabel Lopes;Iqbal Ahmad

  • Occurrence, fate and effects of azoxystrobin in aquatic ecosystems: a review

    Elsa Teresa Rodrigues;Isabel Lopes;Miguel Ângelo Pardal

  • Nanoplastics and marine organisms: What has been studied?

    Inês Ferreira;Cátia Venâncio;Isabel Lopes;Miguel Oliveira

  • Public views on plastic pollution: Knowledge, perceived impacts, and pro-environmental behaviours

    Joana Soares;Isabel Miguel;Cátia Venâncio;Isabel Lopes

  • Avoidance of copper contamination by field populations of Daphnia longispina

    Isabel Lopes;Donald J. Baird;R. U. I. Ribeiro

  • A review on the ecological quality status assessment in aquatic systems using community based indicators and ecotoxicological tools: what might be the added value of their combination?

    Monica Martinez-Haro;Ricardo Beiras;Juan Bellas;Ricardo Capela

  • Avoidance tests with small fish: Determination of the median avoidance concentration and of the lowest‐observed‐effect gradient

    Matilde Moreira-Santos;Cristina Donato;Isabel Lopes;Rui Ribeiro

  • Impact of organic and inorganic nanomaterials in the soil microbial community structure

    Verónica Nogueira;Isabel Lopes;Teresa Rocha-Santos;Ana L. Santos

  • The effects of nanoplastics on marine plankton: A case study with polymethylmethacrylate

    Cátia Venâncio;Inês Ferreira;Manuel A. Martins;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

  • Genetic determination of tolerance to lethal and sublethal copper concentrations in field populations of Daphnia longispina.

    I. Lopes;D. J. Baird;R. Ribeiro

  • Copper-driven avoidance and mortality in temperate and tropical tadpoles.

    Cristiano V.M. Araújo;Cândida Shinn;Matilde Moreira-Santos;Isabel Lopes

  • Toxicity and genotoxicity of organic and inorganic nanoparticles to the bacteria Vibrio fischeri and Salmonella typhimurium.

    I. Lopes;R. Ribeiro;F. E. Antunes;T. A. P. Rocha-Santos

  • Contaminant driven genetic erosion and associated hypotheses on alleles loss, reduced population growth rate and increased susceptibility to future stressors: an essay

    Rui Ribeiro;Isabel Lopes

  • Label-free disposable immunosensor for detection of atrazine.

    Najet Belkhamssa;Celine I.L. Justino;Patrícia S.M. Santos;Susana Cardoso

  • Discriminating the ecotoxicity due to metals and to low pH in acid mine drainage

    I. Lopes;F. Gonçalves;A.M.V.M. Soares;R. Ribeiro

  • Plants oxidative response to nanoplastic

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  • Genetic adaptation to metal stress by natural populations of Daphnia longispina.

    Isabel Lopes;Donald J. Baird;Rui Ribeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Rui Ribeiro
Rui Ribeiro University of Coimbra
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Ruth Pereira
Ruth Pereira University of Porto
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos University of Aveiro
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
Fernando Gonçalves
Fernando Gonçalves University of Aveiro
Donald J. Baird
Donald J. Baird University of New Brunswick
José Paulo Sousa
José Paulo Sousa University of Coimbra
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Fundação Getulio Vargas
Eduarda Pereira
Eduarda Pereira University of Aveiro

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