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Vera I. Slaveykova

Vera I. Slaveykova

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
7877
World Ranking
5312
National Ranking
134

Overview

Vera I. Slaveykova is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and specializes in environmental science, with a significant body of research spanning over 90 publications in this field. Their work covers multiple subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, materials chemistry, pollution, nature and landscape conservation, and biomedical engineering.

The principal research topics addressed by Slaveykova include nanoparticles synthesis and applications, mercury impact and mitigation studies, heavy metals in the environment, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, microplastics and plastic pollution, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Recent papers highlight their engagement with nanoparticle effects and metabolomic approaches to environmental toxicology. Selected publications include:

  • Interaction of silver nanoparticles with antioxidant enzymes, 2020, Environmental Science Nano
  • Natural Nanoparticles, Anthropogenic Nanoparticles, Where Is the Frontier?, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Metabolomic Responses of Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Exposed to Sublethal Concentrations of Inorganic and Methylmercury, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Metabolomics for early detection of stress in freshwater alga Poterioochromonas malhamensis exposed to silver nanoparticles, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Effects of Mixtures of Engineered Nanoparticles and Metallic Pollutants on Aquatic Organisms, 2020, Environments

Frequent collaborators include Isabelle Worms, Wei Liu, João P. Santos, Adrien Mestrot, and Arturo A. Keller, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation in the environmental sciences.

Slaveykova's research is commonly published in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Aquatic Toxicology, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Science Nano, and Frontiers in Environmental Science. These journals align closely with the scientist's expertise in pollution processes and toxicological impacts on aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of toxic action of Ag, ZnO and CuO nanoparticles to selected ecotoxicological test organisms and mammalian cells in vitro: A comparative review

    Angela Ivask;Katre Juganson;Olesja Bondarenko;Monika Mortimer

  • Predicting the bioavailability of metals and metal complexes: Critical review of the biotic ligand model

    Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Oxidative stress induced by inorganic nanoparticles in bacteria and aquatic microalgae--state of the art and knowledge gaps.

    Nadia Rachel Von Moos;Vera Slaveykova

  • Influence of nanoplastic surface charge on eco-corona formation, aggregation and toxicity to freshwater zooplankton.

    Juan Saavedra;Serge Stoll;Vera I. Slaveykova

  • Discriminating between intra‐ and extracellular metals using chemical extractions

    Christel S. Hassler;Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Physicochemical aspects of lead bioaccumulation by Chlorella vulgaris

    Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • The biouptake and toxicity of arsenic species on the green microalga Chlorella salina in seawater

    Irina B. Karadjova;Vera I. Slaveykova;Dimiter L. Tsalev

  • Interactions between mercury and phytoplankton: Speciation, bioavailability, and internal handling

    Séverine Le Faucheur;Peter G.C. Campbell;Claude Fortin;Vera I. Slaveykova

  • Hospital effluents are one of several sources of metal, antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial markers disseminated in Sub-Saharan urban rivers

    Amandine Laffite;Pitchouna I. Kilunga;John M. Kayembe;Naresh Devarajan

  • Role of fulvic acid on lead bioaccumulation by Chlorella kesslerii.

    Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson;and Alan Ceresa;Ernö Pretsch

  • Some fundamental (and often overlooked) considerations underlying the free ion activity and biotic ligand models

    Christel S. Hassler;Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Exopolysaccharides produced by bacteria isolated from the pelagic Southern Ocean - Role in Fe binding, chemical reactivity, and bioavailability

    Christel Hassler;Christel Hassler;E. Alasonati;C.A. Mancuso Nichols;Vera Slaveykova

  • Toward Quantitative Understanding of the Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Matter in Freshwater Lake during Cyanobacteria Blooming

    Leilei Bai;Chicheng Cao;Changhui Wang;Huacheng Xu

  • Interactive effects of copper oxide nanoparticles and light to green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Giulia Cheloni;Elodie Marti;Vera I. Slaveykova

  • Influence of the composition of natural organic matter on Pb bioavailability to microalgae.

    Cristina Lamelas;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Vera I. Slaveykova

  • Bioavailability of inorganic nanoparticles to planktonic bacteria and aquatic microalgae in freshwater

    Nadia Rachel Von Moos;Paul Bowen;Vera Slaveykova

  • Effects of copper-oxide nanoparticles, dissolved copper and ultraviolet radiation on copper bioaccumulation, photosynthesis and oxidative stress in the aquatic macrophyte Elodea nuttallii

    Nicole Regier;Claudia Cosio;Nadia Rachel Von Moos;Vera Slaveykova

  • Potential of Hyperspectral Imaging Microscopy for Semi-quantitative Analysis of Nanoparticle Uptake by Protozoa

    Monika Mortimer;Monika Mortimer;Alexander Gogos;Nora Bartolomé;Anne Kahru

  • The Environmental Significance of Natural Nanoparticles

    Adam Hartland;Jamie R. Lead;Vera I. Slaveykova;Denis O’Carroll

  • Permeation liquid membrane as a tool for monitoring bioavailable Pb in natural waters

    Vera I Slaveykova;Nalini Parthasarathy;Jacques Buffle;Kevin J Wilkinson

  • Interaction of silver nanoparticles with antioxidant enzymes

    Wei Liu;Isabelle Worms;Vera I. Slaveykova

  • Colloidal organic matter from wastewater treatment plant effluents: Characterization and role in metal distribution.

    Isabelle A.M. Worms;Zsofia Al-Gorani Szigeti;Stephane Dubascoux;Gaetane Lespes

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Wilkinson
Kevin J. Wilkinson University of Montreal
Olivier J. F. Martin
Olivier J. F. Martin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christel S. Hassler
Christel S. Hassler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
John Poté
John Poté University of Geneva
Marc F. Benedetti
Marc F. Benedetti Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Orlin D. Velev
Orlin D. Velev North Carolina State University
Anne Kahru
Anne Kahru National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
Paul Bowen
Paul Bowen École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Luigia Sabbatini
Luigia Sabbatini University of Bari Aldo Moro

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