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Overview

Stephen Lofts is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with particular attention to subfields such as Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen Lofts are:

  • "NanoSolveIT Project: Driving nanoinformatics research to develop innovative and integrated tools for in silico nanosafety assessment" (2020), published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • "Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment" (2020), published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Enriching the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways to co-create consistent multi-sector scenarios for the UK" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "UV-Vis Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanomaterials in Aqueous Media" (2021), published in Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • "Predicting accidental release of engineered nanomaterials to the environment" (2023), published in Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent co-authors working with Stephen Lofts include:

  • S. Harrison
  • Eugenia Valsami-Jones
  • Claus Svendsen
  • Mark R. Wiesner
  • Iseult Lynch

The most common publication venues for Stephen Lofts are:

  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Nanotechnology

Best Publications

  • Complexation with dissolved organic matter and solubility control of heavy metals in a sandy soil.

    Liping Weng;Erwin J M Temminghoff;Stephen Lofts;Edward Tipping

  • Metal-based nanoparticles in soil: fate, behavior, and effects on soil invertebrates.

    Paula S. Tourinho;Cornelis A. M. van Gestel;Stephen Lofts;Claus Svendsen

  • The solid-solution partitioning of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) in upland soils of England and Wales

    E. Tipping;J. Rieuwerts;G. Pan;G. Pan;M.R. Ashmore

  • Humic Ion-Binding Model VII: a revised parameterisation of cation-binding by humic substances

    E. Tipping;S. Lofts;J. E. Sonke

  • Deriving soil critical limits for Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb: a method based on free ion concentrations.

    Stephen Lofts;David J. Spurgeon;Claus Svendsen;Edward Tipping

  • Modelling the production and transport of dissolved organic carbon in forest soils

    Beate Michalzik;Edward Tipping;Jan Mulder;J. F. Gallardo Lancho

  • An assemblage model for cation binding by natural particulate matter

    Stephen Lofts;Edward Tipping

  • Modelling the chemical speciation of trace metals in the surface waters of the Humber system

    E Tipping;S Lofts;A.J Lawlor

  • The Chemical Speciation of Fe(III) in Freshwaters

    Stephen Lofts;Edward W. Tipping;John Hamilton-Taylor

  • Soil pH effects on the comparative toxicity of dissolved zinc, non-nano and nano ZnO to the earthworm Eisenia fetida

    Laura R. Heggelund;Maria Diez-Ortiz;Stephen Lofts;Elma Lahive

  • Assessing WHAM/Model VII against field measurements of free metal ion concentrations: model performance and the role of uncertainty in parameters and inputs

    Stephen Lofts;Edward Tipping

  • Impact of soil properties on critical concentrations of cadmium, lead, copper, zinc and mercury in soil and soil solution in view of ecotoxicological effects

    Wim de Vries;Steve Lofts;Ed Tipping;Markus Meili

  • Bioavailability models for predicting acute and chronic toxicity of zinc to algae, daphnids, and fish in natural surface waters.

    Karel A C De Schamphelaere;Stephen Lofts;Colin R Janssen

  • Toxicity of proton-metal mixtures in the field: Linking stream macroinvertebrate species diversity to chemical speciation and bioavailability

    Anthony Stockdale;Edward Tipping;Stephen Lofts;Stephen James Ormerod

  • Effect of pH on metal speciation and resulting metal uptake and toxicity for earthworms.

    David J. Spurgeon;Stephen Lofts;Peter K. Hankard;Mark Toal

  • The use of assemblage models to describe trace element partitioning, speciation, and fate: a review.

    Jan E. Groenenberg;Stephen Lofts

  • Effect of Ocean Acidification on Organic and Inorganic Speciation of Trace Metals

    Anthony Stockdale;Edward Tipping;Stephen Lofts;Robert J. G. Mortimer

  • Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology

    Joan Artigas;Gertie Arts;Marc Babut;Anna Barra Caracciolo

  • Increasing Iron Concentrations in UK Upland Waters

    C. Neal;S. Lofts;C. D. Evans;B. Reynolds

  • Metabolomic analysis of soil communities can be used for pollution assessment.

    Oliver A.H. Jones;Stephanie Sdepanian;Steven Lofts;Claus Svendsen

  • Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment

    Claus Svendsen;Lee A. Walker;Marianne Matzke;Elma Lahive

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Tipping
Edward Tipping Lancaster University
Claus Svendsen
Claus Svendsen Imperial College London
David J. Spurgeon
David J. Spurgeon University of Reading
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mike Ashmore
Mike Ashmore University of York
Stephen James Ormerod
Stephen James Ormerod Cardiff University
Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Karel De Schamphelaere
Karel De Schamphelaere Ghent University
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University
Scott D. Young
Scott D. Young University of Nottingham

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