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Michael G. Ikonomou

Michael G. Ikonomou

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
16952
World Ranking
6861
National Ranking
182

Overview

Michael G. Ikonomou is a researcher affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, focusing on environmental science with an emphasis on chemical contaminants and their ecological impacts. Their work encompasses several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, pollution, and analytical chemistry.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as toxic organic pollutants impact, mercury impact and mitigation studies, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, water treatment and disinfection, and the development of analytical chemistry methods.

Michael G. Ikonomou has contributed to the academic community through publications in venues such as Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Notable recent papers include:

  • Temporal Trends in Polybrominated Diphenylethers (PBDEs) in Blubber of Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from Ulukhaktok, NT, Canada Between 1981 and 2015, 2020, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Partitioning of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in secondary wastewater treatment and estimated loadings and potential effects to the receiving environment, 2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Frequent collaborators include R.F. Addison, Derek C. G. Muir, Cory Dubetz, Thomas G. Smith, and John Alikamik, with whom Ikonomou has jointly authored publications.

Best Publications

  • Food Web-Specific Biomagnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants

    Barry C. Kelly;Michael G. Ikonomou;Michael G. Ikonomou;Joel D. Blair;Joel D. Blair;Anne E. Morin;Anne E. Morin

  • Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in an Arctic Marine Food Web: Trophic Magnification and Wildlife Exposure

    Barry C. Kelly;Michael G. Ikonomou;Joel D. Blair;Blair Surridge

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the North American environment.

    Robert C. Hale;Mehran Alaee;Jon B. Manchester-Neesvig;Heather M. Stapleton

  • Exponential increases of the brominated flame retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in the Canadian Arctic from 1981 to 2000.

    Michael G Ikonomou;Sierra Rayne;Richard F Addison

  • High PCB Concentrations in Free-Ranging Pacific Killer Whales, Orcinus orca: Effects of Age, Sex and Dietary Preference

    P.S Ross;G.M Ellis;M.G Ikonomou;L.G Barrett-Lennard

  • Mechanism of electrospray mass spectrometry. Electrospray as an electrolysis cell

    Arthur T. Blades;Michael G. Ikonomou;Paul. Kebarle

  • Studies of alkaline earth and transition metal M++ gas phase ion chemistry

    Arthur T. Blades;Palitha Jayaweera;Michael G. Ikonomou;Paul Kebarle

  • Indoor and outdoor air concentrations and phase partitioning of perfluoroalkyl sulfonamides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

    Mahiba Shoeib;Tom Harner;Michael Ikonomou;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • Electrospray-ion spray: a comparison of mechanisms and performance

    Michael G. Ikonomou;Arthur T. Blades;Paul Kebarle

  • Investigations of the electrospray interface for liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry

    Michael G. Ikonomou;Arthur T. Blades;Paul. Kebarle

  • An assessment of estrogenic organic contaminants in Canadian wastewaters

    Marc P. Fernandez;Michael G. Ikonomou;Ian Buchanan

  • Ion-molecule clusters involving doubly charged metal ions (M2+)

    Arthur T. Blades;Palitha Jayaweera;Michael G. Ikonomou;Paul Kebarle

  • Distribution of Phthalate Esters in a Marine Aquatic Food Web: Comparison to Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Cheryl E. Mackintosh;Javier Maldonado;Jing Hongwu;Natasha Hoover

  • Bioaccumulation behaviour of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a Canadian Arctic marine food web.

    Barry C. Kelly;Michael G. Ikonomou;Joel D. Blair;Frank A.P.C. Gobas

  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Landfill Leachate: Patterns, Time Trends, and Sources

    Jonathan P. Benskin;Jonathan P. Benskin;Belinda Li;Michael G. Ikonomou;John R. Grace

  • Occurrence and congener profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental samples from coastal British Columbia, Canada.

    Michael G Ikonomou;Sierra Rayne;Sierra Rayne;Maike Fischer;Marc P Fernandez

  • Production and study in the gas phase of multiply charged solvated or coordinated metal ions

    Palitha Jayaweera;Arthur T. Blades;Michael G. Ikonomou;Paul Kebarle

  • Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in southern Ontario as measured in indoor and outdoor window organic films

    Craig M. Butt;Miriam L. Diamond;Jennifer Truong;Michael G. Ikonomou

  • First studies of the gas phase ion chemistry of M3+ metal ion ligands

    Arthur T. Blades;Palitha Jayaweera;Michael G. Ikonomou;Paul Kebarle

  • Sorption of phthalate esters and PCBs in a marine ecosystem

    Cheryl E. Mackintosh;Javier A. Maldonado;Michael G. Ikonomou;Frank A. P. C. Gobas

  • Hydroxylated and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a Canadian Arctic marine food web.

    Barry C Kelly;Michael G Ikonomou;Joel D Blair;Frank A P C Gobas

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Frank A. P. C. Gobas Simon Fraser University
Paul Kebarle
Paul Kebarle University of Alberta
John R. Grace
John R. Grace University of British Columbia
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Loretta Y. Li
Loretta Y. Li University of British Columbia
Peter S. Ross
Peter S. Ross Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Yoon-Seok Chang
Yoon-Seok Chang Seoul National University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Robie W. Macdonald
Robie W. Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Isaac Wirgin
Isaac Wirgin New York University

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