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Stefan Voorspoels is affiliated with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in Belgium and focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to environmental pollutants, chemical exposure, and analytical methodologies. Notable papers include:

  • Highly Selective Removal of Perfluorinated Contaminants by Adsorption on All-Silica Zeolite Beta, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Changes in DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana Plants Exposed Over Multiple Generations to Gamma Radiation, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016-2020 (FLEHS IV), 2022, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Highly Selective Removal of Perfluorinated Contaminants by Adsorption on All-Silica Zeolite Beta, 2020, Angewandte Chemie
  • Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Peel and Pulp, 2021, Foods

Stefan Voorspoels has contributed to book publications through TemaNord, which include:

  • Analytical Methods for PFAS in Products and the Environment, 2022
  • Analysis of needs for enforcement of PFAS in articles and chemical products, 2024

Research topics addressed in their work focus predominantly on:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities

Frequent co-authors of Stefan Voorspoels include:

  • Griet Jacobs
  • Sylvie Rémy
  • Greet Schoeters
  • Elly Den Hond
  • Jan Jordens

The scientist often publishes in journals such as:

  • Toxics
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Environment International

Best Publications

  • EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents.

    Robert Loos;Raquel Carvalho;Diana C. António;Sara Comero

  • Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in the environment and humans: a review.

    Adrian Covaci;Andreas C. Gerecke;Robin J. Law;Stefan Voorspoels

  • Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples—a review

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Jacob de Boer

  • Analytical and environmental aspects of the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A and its derivatives.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Tinne Geens

  • Hexabromocyclododecane in marine species from the Western Scheldt Estuary: diastereoisomer- and enantiomer-specific accumulation.

    Karel Janák;Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Georg Becher

  • Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human umbilical cord serum, maternal serum and milk from Wielkopolska region, Poland

    Kamila Jaraczewska;Janina Lulek;Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels

  • Recent developments in the analysis of brominated flame retardants and brominated natural compounds

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Lourdes Ramos;Hugo Neels

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine species from the Belgian North Sea and the Western Scheldt Estuary: levels, profiles, and distribution.

    Stefan Voorspoels;and Adrian Covaci;Paul Schepens

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from the Western Scheldt river (Belgium): analytical aspects and depth profiles.

    A. Covaci;A. Gheorghe;S. Voorspoels;J. Maervoet

  • Concentrations of phthalates and bisphenol A in Norwegian foods and beverages and estimated dietary exposure in adults

    Amrit K. Sakhi;Inger Therese L. Lillegaard;Stefan Voorspoels;Monica H. Carlsen

  • Dietary PBDE intake: a market-basket study in Belgium.

    Stefan Voorspoels;Adrian Covaci;Hugo Neels;Paul Schepens

  • Distribution of organobrominated and organochlorinated contaminants in Belgian human adipose tissue.

    Adrian Covaci;Jacob de Boer;John Jake Ryan;Stefan Voorspoels

  • Hexabromocyclododecane challenges scientists and regulators.

    Robin J Law;Martin Kohler;Norbert V Heeb;Andreas C Gerecke

  • Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in aquatic and terrestrial predatory birds of Belgium: levels, patterns, tissue distribution and condition factors.

    V.L.B. Jaspers;A. Covaci;S. Voorspoels;T. Dauwe

  • Accumulation, tissue-specific distribution and debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

    E. Van den Steen;A. Covaci;V.L.B. Jaspers;T. Dauwe

  • Detection of flavonoids in microalgae from different evolutionary lineages

    Koen Goiris;Koenraad Muylaert;Stefan Voorspoels;Bart Noten

  • Human biomonitoring of emerging pollutants through non-invasive matrices: state of the art and future potential

    Andreia Alves;Andreia Alves;Agnieszka Kucharska;Agnieszka Kucharska;Claudio Erratico;Fuchao Xu

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human liver and adipose tissue samples from Belgium.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Laurence Roosens;Werner Jacobs

  • Evaluation of total lipids using enzymatic methods for the normalization of persistent organic pollutant levels in serum.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Cathrine Thomsen;Bert van Bavel

  • Optimization of the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human serum using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-electron capture negative ionization mass spectrometry

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Paul Schepens
Paul Schepens University of Antwerp
Veerle L.B. Jaspers
Veerle L.B. Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hugo Neels
Hugo Neels University of Antwerp
Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Cathrine Thomsen
Cathrine Thomsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
John Van Camp
John Van Camp Ghent University
Tom Dauwe
Tom Dauwe University of Antwerp
Ludo Diels
Ludo Diels Flemish Institute for Technological Research

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