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Katrin Vorkamp

Katrin Vorkamp

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
8998
World Ranking
4530
National Ranking
58

Overview

Katrin Vorkamp is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and focuses their research on environmental science with significant contributions to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work encompasses several subfields including pollution, ecology, environmental chemistry, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of environmental and chemical exposure concerns. Key topics include toxic organic pollutants impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, microplastics and plastic pollution, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, recycling and waste management techniques, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Katrin Vorkamp include:

  • NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring (2023), Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Biomarkers, matrices and analytical methods targeting human exposure to chemicals selected for a European human biomonitoring initiative (2020), Environment International
  • Sample preparation techniques for suspect and non-target screening of emerging contaminants (2021), Chemosphere
  • Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014-2021) (2023), International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Time trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) in Arctic air from 25 years of monitoring (2021), The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Argelia Castaño, Marta Esteban, Thomas Göen, Stefanie Nübler, and Jean-Philippe Antignac.

Publication venues commonly featuring Katrin Vorkamp's work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Arctic Science
  • Environmental Sciences Europe

Katrin Vorkamp has contributed to several book publications. Notable publishers include TemaNord, with titles such as "Chemical additives in weathered microplastic in the marine environment" (2022) and "Indicators for plastic pollution" (2023), as well as King's College London with the publication "Miljørisikoanalyse:fremsyn, klarsyn og oplyst miljøbeslutning" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Brominated flame retardants in the Arctic environment--trends and new candidates.

    Cynthia A. de Wit;Dorte Herzke;Katrin Vorkamp

  • Human internal and external exposure to PBDEs – A review of levels and sources

    Marie Frederiksen;Katrin Vorkamp;Marianne Thomsen;Lisbeth E. Knudsen

  • Degradation of phthalate esters in an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant.

    Peter Roslev;Katrin Vorkamp;Jakob Aarup;Klavs Frederiksen

  • Preliminary screening of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and other fluorochemicals in fish, birds and marine mammals from Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

    Rossana Bossi;Frank F. Riget;Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne

  • A review of new and current-use contaminants in the Arctic environment: evidence of long-range transport and indications of bioaccumulation.

    Katrin Vorkamp;Frank F. Rigét

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in paired samples of maternal and umbilical cord blood plasma and associations with house dust in a Danish cohort

    Marie Frederiksen;Cathrine Thomsen;May Frøshaug;Katrin Vorkamp

  • Passive Sampling in Regulatory Chemical Monitoring of Nonpolar Organic Compounds in the Aquatic Environment

    Kees Booij;Craig D. Robinson;Robert M. Burgess;Philipp Mayer

  • Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic marine and freshwater biota.

    Frank Rigét;Anders Bignert;Birgit M. Braune;Maria Dam

  • Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014-2021).

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  • Levels and spatial and temporal trends of contaminants in Greenland biota: an updated review.

    F Riget;R Dietz;K Vorkamp;P Johansen

  • Temporal development of brominated flame retardants in peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) eggs from South Greenland (1986-2003).

    Katrin Vorkamp;Marianne Thomsen;Knud Falk;Heather Leslie

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the indoor environment and associations with prenatal exposure

    Katrin Vorkamp;Marianne Thomsen;Marie Frederiksen;Marie Frederiksen;Marie Pedersen

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls

    Antonio Agudo;Kristan J. Aronson;Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jorgensen;Pierluigi Cocco

  • An overlooked environmental issue? A review of the inadvertent formation of PCB-11 and other PCB congeners and their occurrence in consumer products and in the environment

    Katrin Vorkamp

  • Novel brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in Greenland air and biota.

    Katrin Vorkamp;Rossana Bossi;Frank F. Rigét;Henrik Skov

  • Biomarkers, matrices and analytical methods targeting human exposure to chemicals selected for a European human biomonitoring initiative

    Katrin Vorkamp;Argelia Castaño;Jean-Philippe Antignac;Luis D. Boada

  • Sample preparation techniques for suspect and non-target screening of emerging contaminants.

    Parvaneh Hajeb;Linyan Zhu;Rossana Bossi;Katrin Vorkamp

  • Persistent halogenated compounds in black guillemots (Cepphus grylle) from Greenland--levels, compound patterns and spatial trends.

    Katrin Vorkamp;Jan H Christensen;Marianne Glasius;Frank F Riget

  • Chlorobenzenes, chlorinated pesticides, coplanar chlorobiphenyls and other organochlorine compounds in Greenland biota.

    Katrin Vorkamp;Frank Riget;Marianne Glasius;Maria Pécseli

  • Time trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern (CEAC) in Arctic air from 25 years of monitoring

    Fiona Wong;Hayley Hung;Helena Dryfhout-Clark;Wenche Aas

  • Placental transfer of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers BDE-47, BDE-99 and BDE-209 in a human placenta perfusion system: an experimental study

    Marie Frederiksen;Marie Frederiksen;Marie Frederiksen;Katrin Vorkamp;Line Mathiesen;Tina Mose

  • Trends of perfluorochemicals in Greenland ringed seals and polar bears: indications of shifts to decreasing trends.

    Frank Rigét;Rossana Bossi;Christian Sonne;Katrin Vorkamp

  • Twenty years of monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in Greenland biota. A review

    F. Rigét;K. Vorkamp;R. Bossi;C. Sonne

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine compounds in biota from the marine environment of East Greenland.

    Katrin Vorkamp;Jan H. Christensen;Frank Riget

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Rossana Bossi
Rossana Bossi Aarhus University
Marianne Thomsen
Marianne Thomsen Aarhus University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Peter Sørensen
Peter Sørensen Aarhus University
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Cynthia A. de Wit
Cynthia A. de Wit Stockholm University
Henrik Skov
Henrik Skov Aarhus University

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