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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
151
Citations
99433
World Ranking
26
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

John P. Giesy is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research spans a broad spectrum within environmental science, with a particular focus on toxicology, pollution, and the ecological impacts of chemical substances.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications on diverse environmental topics. Notable papers are:

  • Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: A proposed multiple-level system, 2020, Environment International
  • Occurrences of Tire Rubber-Derived Contaminants in Cold-Climate Urban Runoff, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Challenges of using blooms of Microcystis spp. in animal feeds: A comprehensive review of nutritional, toxicological and microbial health evaluation, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Combined cytotoxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics and phthalate esters on human lung epithelial A549 cells and its mechanism, 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Next generation per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances: Status and trends, aquatic toxicity, and risk assessment, 2022, Eco-Environment & Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Markus Brinkmann
  • Yuwei Xie
  • Mourad A. M. Aboul-Soud
  • Paul D. Jones
  • Jonathan K. Challis

Giesy's publications are often found in leading environmental science journals such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with subfields including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

The primary research topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife

    M. van den Berg;L. Birnbaum;A.T.C. Bosveld;B. Brunstrom

  • Global distribution of perfluorooctane sulfonate in wildlife.

    John P. Giesy;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Murray A. Rudd;Bryan W. Brooks;Daniel J. Caldwell

  • Perfluorochemical surfactants in the environment.

    John P. Giesy;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in North American surface waters.

    Keith R. Solomon;David B. Baker;R. Peter Richards;Kenneth R. Dixon

  • Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment for Roundup ® Herbicide

    John P. Giesy;Stuart Dobson;Keith R. Solomon

  • Binding of perfluorinated fatty acids to serum proteins.

    Paul D. Jones;Wenyue Hu;Wim De Coen;John L. Newsted

  • Removal of antibiotics from wastewater by sewage treatment facilities in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.

    A. Gulkowska;H.W. Leung;M.K. So;S. Taniyasu

  • Accumulation of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Marine Mammals

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Jaana Koistinen;Kimberlee Beckmen;Thomas Evans

  • Perfluorinated Compounds in Aquatic Organisms at Various Trophic Levels in a Great Lakes Food Chain

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Lin Tao;Ewan Sinclair;Stephanie D Pastva

  • Dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): implications for risk assessment.

    John P. Giesy;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • Analytical Methods for Detection of Selected Estrogenic Compounds in Aqueous Mixtures

    Shane A. Snyder;Timothy L. Keith;David A. Verbrugge;Erin M. Snyder

  • Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorinated hydrocarbons in marine mammals, fishes, and birds from coasts of the Baltic and the Mediterranean Seas.

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Simonetta Corsolini;Jerzy Falandysz;Günter Oehme

  • Perfluorinated Compounds in Coastal Waters of Hong Kong, South China, and Korea

    M. K. So;S. Taniyasu;N. Yamashita;J. P. Giesy

  • Species-Specific Recombinant Cell Lines as Bioassay Systems for the Detection of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-like Chemicals

    P.M. Garrison;K. Tullis;J.M.M.J.G. Aarts;A. Brouwer

  • Identification and quantification of estrogen receptor agonists in wastewater effluents.

    Shane A. Snyder;Daniel L. Villeneuve;Erin M. Snyder;John P. Giesy

  • Perfluorinated compounds in the Pearl River and Yangtze River of China.

    M. K. So;Y. Miyake;W. Y. Yeung;Y. M. Ho

  • Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorochemicals in human blood samples from China

    Leo W. Y. Yeung;M. K. So;Guibin Jiang;S. Taniyasu

  • Chemical-activated luciferase gene expression (CALUX): a novel in vitro bioassay for Ah receptor active compounds in sediments and pore water.

    A. J. Murk;J. Legler;M. S. Denison;J. P. Giesy

  • Overview of a workshop on screening methods for detecting potential (anti‐) estrogenic/androgenic chemicals in wildlife

    Gerald T. Ankley;Ellen Mihaich;Ralph G. Stahl;Donald E. Tillitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Jones
Paul D. Jones University of Saskatchewan
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Markus Hecker
Markus Hecker University of Saskatchewan
Xiaowei Zhang
Xiaowei Zhang Nanjing University
Jong Seong Khim
Jong Seong Khim Seoul National University
Steve Wiseman
Steve Wiseman University of Lethbridge
Fengchang Wu
Fengchang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongxia Yu
Hongxia Yu Nanjing University
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Klára Hilscherová
Klára Hilscherová Masaryk University

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