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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
17746
World Ranking
3706
National Ranking
105

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Olivier F. X. Donard is affiliated with the University of Pau and the Adour Region in France. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a substantial number of publications addressing topics such as isotope analysis, heavy metals in the environment, and pollution.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad area, subfields of study prominently feature:

  • Ecology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Paleontology

Key topics covered in their work involve:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Heavy Metals in Plants
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Olivier F. X. Donard has contributed to several research papers in collaboration with frequent co-authors including Ekaterina N. Epova, Julien Barré, Fabienne Séby, Emna G. Nasr, and Houyem Abderrazak.

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Trace Elements Analysis of Tunisian and European Extra Virgin Olive Oils by ICP-MS and Chemometrics for Geographical Discrimination" (2021), published in Foods
  • "Analytical strategies for Sr and Pb isotopic signatures by MC-ICP-MS applied to the authentication of Champagne and other sparkling wines" (2021), published in Talanta
  • "Hg isotopic composition of one-year-old spruce shoots: Application to long-term Hg atmospheric monitoring in Germany" (2021), published in Chemosphere
  • "Tin and mercury and their speciation (organotin compounds and methylmercury) in worldwide red wine samples determined by ICP-MS and GC-ICP-MS" (2020), published in Food Additives and Contaminants Part B
  • "Multi-element and multi-isotopic profiles of Port and Douro wines as tracers for authenticity" (2022), published in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Their work has appeared in various scientific journals, with notable frequency in:

  • Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
  • Foods
  • Talanta
  • Chemosphere
  • Food Additives and Contaminants Part B

Best Publications

  • A critical review of thermodynamic data for selenium species at 25°C

    F Séby;M Potin-Gautier;E Giffaut;G Borge

  • Mercury methylation, demethylation and reduction rates in coastal and marine surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea

    Mathilde Monperrus;Emmanuel Tessier;David Amouroux;Aude Leynaert

  • Chromium speciation in solid matrices and regulation: a review

    N. Unceta;F. Séby;J. Malherbe;O. F. X. Donard

  • Mercury isotope fractionation during liquid–vapor evaporation experiments

    Nicolas Estrade;Nicolas Estrade;Jean Carignan;Jeroen E. Sonke;Olivier F.X. Donard

  • Bioavailability of Sedimentary Contaminants Subject to Deposit-Feeder Digestion

    Lawrence M. Mayer;Zhen Chen;Robert H. Findlay;Jiasong Fang

  • Direct analysis of solid samples by fs-LA-ICP-MS

    Beatriz Fernández;Fanny Claverie;Christophe Pécheyran;Olivier F.X. Donard

  • Fluorescence spectroscopy of coastal and marine waters

    M.M. De Souza Sierra;O.F.X. Donard;M. Lamotte;C. Belin

  • Speciation of inorganic tin and alkyltin compounds by atomic absorption spectrometry using electrothermal quartz furnace after hydride generation

    Olivier F. X. Donard;Spyridon. Rapsomanikis;James H. Weber

  • Speciation of lead and methyllead ions in water by chromatography/atomic absorption spectrometry after ethylation with sodium tetraethylborate

    Spyridon. Rapsomanikis;O. F. X. Donard;James H. Weber

  • Analytical techniques applied to the speciation of selenium in environmental matrices

    Riansares Muñoz Olivas;O.F.X. Donard;C. Cámara;P. Quevauviller

  • Rapid Determination of Inorganic Mercury and Methylmercury in Biological Reference Materials by Hydride Generation, Cryofocusing, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry After Open Focused Microwave-assisted Alkaline Digestion

    Chun Mao Tseng;Alberto Dediego;Fabiennem. Martin;David Amouroux

  • Role of oceans as biogenic sources of selenium

    David Amouroux;Peter S Liss;Emmanuel Tessier;Marie Hamren-Larsson

  • Iodine transfers in the coastal marine environment: the key role of brown algae and of their vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases.

    Catherine Leblanc;Carole Colin;Audrey Cosse;Ludovic Delage

  • Simultaneous use of strontium:calcium and barium:calcium ratios in otoliths as markers of habitat: application to the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Adour basin, South West France.

    Hélène Tabouret;Gilles Bareille;F. Claverie;Christophe Pécheyran

  • Anthropogenic vs. lithogenic origins of trace elements (As, Cd, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sn, Zn) in water column particles: northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    F.E. Grousset;C.R. Quetel;B. Thomas;O.F.X. Donard

  • Microwave-Assisted Leaching of Organotin Compounds from Sediments for Speciation Analysis

    Olivier. Donard;Beatrice. Lalere;Fabienne. Martin;Ryszard. Lobinski

  • Contribution of the Rhoˆne River to organic carbon inputs to the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    G. Cauwet;F. Gadel;M.M. de Souza Sierra;O. Donard

  • Methylmercury photodegradation influenced by sea-ice cover in Arctic marine ecosystems

    D. Point;D. Point;J. E. Sonke;R. D. Day;D. G. Roseneau

  • The photolysis of colloidal iron in the oceans

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Lawrence M. Mayer;Olivier F. X. Donard;Marta M. de Souza Sierra

  • Mercury methylation/demethylation and volatilization pathways in estuarine sediment slurries using species-specific enriched stable isotopes

    R.C. Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios;Emmanuel Tessier;David Amouroux;Rémy Guyoneaud

Frequent Co-Authors

David Amouroux
David Amouroux University of Pau and the Adour Region
Eva M. Krupp
Eva M. Krupp University of Aberdeen
Martine Potin-Gautier
Martine Potin-Gautier University of Pau and the Adour Region
Chun-Mao Tseng
Chun-Mao Tseng National Taiwan University
Laurent Chauvaud
Laurent Chauvaud University of Western Brittany
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Robert Duran
Robert Duran University of Pau and the Adour Region
Stephen A. Wise
Stephen A. Wise National Institutes of Health
Jean Carignan
Jean Carignan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Olivier Rouxel
Olivier Rouxel French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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