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Martine Leermakers

Martine Leermakers

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Environmental Sciences

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47
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7387
World Ranking
5856
National Ranking
82

Overview

Martine Leermakers is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. The scientific work focuses predominantly on Environmental Science, with 71 publications in this main field. The research covers a range of subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The topics addressed across these studies include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Frequent publishing venues associated with Martine Leermakers' research comprise:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Talanta
  • Environmental Research

The co-authors most commonly collaborating include:

  • Yue Gao
  • Willy Baeyens
  • Tianhui Ma
  • Nicolas Van Larebeke
  • Guanlei Li

Recent papers by Martine Leermakers feature various environmental science issues such as groundwater contaminants, redox cycling in sediments, microplastic bioaccumulation, and pollutant exposure among youth. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Naturally occurring potentially toxic elements in groundwater from the volcanic landscape around Mount Meru, Arusha, Tanzania and their potential health hazard" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Burrowing fauna mediate alternative stable states in the redox cycling of salt marsh sediments" (2020) in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Microplastics (≤ 10 µm) bioaccumulation in marine sponges along the Moroccan Mediterranean coast: Insights into species-specific distribution and potential bioindication" (2023) in Environmental Research
  • "Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016-2020 (FLEHS IV)" (2022) in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • "Insights into bioaccumulation and bioconcentration of potentially toxic elements in marine sponges from the Northwestern Mediterranean coast of Morocco" (2022) in Marine Pollution Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Mercury in environmental samples: Speciation, artifacts and validation

    Martine Leermakers;Willy Baeyens;Philippe Quevauviller;Milena Horvat

  • Accumulation of trace metals in the muscle and liver tissues of five fish species from the Persian Gulf.

    Homira Agah;Martine Leermakers;Marc Elskens;S. Mohamad Rez Fatemi

  • Olivine Dissolution in Seawater: Implications for CO2 Sequestration through Enhanced Weathering in Coastal Environments

    Francesc Montserrat;Phil Renforth;Jens Hartmann;Martine Leermakers

  • Toxic arsenic compounds in environmental samples : Speciation and validation

    M. Leermakers;W. Baeyens;M. De Gieter;B. Smedts

  • Bioconcentration and Biomagnification of Mercury and Methylmercury in North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Fish

    W Baeyens;M Leermakers;T Papina;A Saprykin

  • Heavy metals in Lake Balaton: water column, suspended matter, sediment and biota

    H.l. Nguyen;Martine Leermakers;J. Osan;S. Torok

  • Trace metal behaviour in riverine sediments: Role of organic matter and sulfides

    Adeline Charriau;Ludovic Lesven;Yue Gao;Martine Leermakers

  • Total and toxic arsenic levels in north sea fish.

    M De Gieter;M Leermakers;R Van Ryssen;J Noyen

  • Total Mercury and Methyl Mercury Concentrations in Fish from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea

    Homira Agah;Martine Leermakers;Marc Elskens;S. Mohamad Reza Fatemi

  • Geochemical behavior of trace elements in sub-tidal marine sediments of the Belgian coast

    Yue Y. Gao;Ludovic L. Lesven;David Gillan;Koen K. Sabbe

  • Correlations, partitioning and bioaccumulation of heavy metals between different compartments of Lake Balaton.

    Hong Lien Nguyen;Martine Leermakers;Marc Elskens;Fjo De Ridder

  • Mercury in the Southern North Sea and Scheldt estuary

    M Leermakers;S Galletti;S De Galan;N Brion

  • Elemental mercury concentrations and formation rates in the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea

    W Baeyens;M Leermakers

  • Trace metal pollution and its influence on the community structure of soft bottom molluscs in intertidal areas of the Dar es Salaam coast, Tanzania

    Cyrus C. Rumisha;Cyrus C. Rumisha;Marc Elskens;Martine M. Leermakers;Marc Kochzius

  • Mercury distribution and speciation in Lake Balaton, Hungary.

    H.l. Nguyen;Martine Leermakers;S. Kurunczi;L. Bozo

  • Evalution of sequential extractions on dry and wet sediments

    Willy Baeyens;Frank Monteny;Martine Leermakers;Steven Bouillon

  • Distribution of Trace Elements in Sediments and Biota of Songkhla Lake, Southern Thailand

    Siriporn Pradit;Gullaya Wattayakorn;Saowapa Angsupanich;Willy Baeyens

  • Mercury speciation in hair by headspace injection-gas chromatography-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (methylmercury) and combustion-atomic absorption spectrometry (total Hg).

    Y. Gao;S. De Galan;A. De Brauwere;W. Baeyens

  • Arsenic speciation in the River Zenne, Belgium

    W. Baeyens;A. de Brauwere;N. Brion;M. De Gieter

  • DETERMINATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION PORE WATER PROFILES OF TRACE METALS IN SEDIMENTS OF THE RUPEL RIVER (BELGIUM) USING DET (DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRIUM IN THIN FILMS) AND DGT (DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS) TECHNIQUES

    M. Leermakers;Y. Gao;C. Gabelle;S. Lojen

  • High-resolution profiles of trace metals in the pore waters of riverine sediment assessed by DET and DGT.

    Yue Gao;Martine Leermakers;C Gabelle;P Divis

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Baeyens
Willy Baeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marc Elskens
Marc Elskens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Baghdad Ouddane
Baghdad Ouddane University of Lille
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Filip J. R. Meysman
Filip J. R. Meysman Delft University of Technology
Willy R. G. Baeyens
Willy R. G. Baeyens Ghent University
Matthieu Kervyn
Matthieu Kervyn Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Leo Goeyens
Leo Goeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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