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Viviane Yargeau

Viviane Yargeau

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
7197
World Ranking
6450
National Ranking
283

Overview

Viviane Yargeau is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on environmental impacts related to pharmaceuticals and antibiotics, toxic organic pollutants, and endocrine disrupting chemicals. Additional research areas include advanced oxidation water treatment, advanced photocatalysis techniques, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, and water treatment and disinfection.

Yargeau's body of work includes publications in several well-known scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Environmental Research

Frequent co-authors in Yargeau's research collaborations are:

  • Marco Pineda
  • Daniel A. Burgard
  • Lubertus Bijlsma
  • Chris D. Metcalfe
  • Tim Boogaerts

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Viviane Yargeau include:

  • Oxidation of tetracycline and oxytetracycline for the photo-Fenton process: Their transformation products and toxicity assessment (2020), Water Research
  • The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed (2021), Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment (2022), Environmental Research
  • Selective ion sensing with high resolution large area graphene field effect transistor arrays (2020), Nature Communications
  • Degradation of oxytetracycline and doxycycline by ozonation: Degradation pathways and toxicity assessment (2022), The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Leaching of the plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) from plastic containers and the question of human exposure

    Hanno C. Erythropel;Milan Maric;Jim A. Nicell;Richard L. Leask

  • Oxidation of tetracycline and oxytetracycline for the photo-Fenton process: Their transformation products and toxicity assessment

    Chee Hun Han;Hee Deung Park;Song Bae Kim;Viviane Yargeau

  • Biodegradation of pharmaceuticals by Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Aspergillus niger by co-metabolism.

    Hervé Gauthier;Viviane Yargeau;David G. Cooper

  • An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment.

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  • The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed

    Cassandra Johannessen;Paul Helm;Brent Lashuk;Viviane Yargeau

  • Illicit drugs in Canadian municipal wastewater and estimates of community drug use.

    Chris Metcalfe;Kathryn Tindale;Hongxia Li;Angela Rodayan

  • Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

    Iria González-Mariño;Iria González-Mariño;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Nikiforos A. Alygizakis;Maria Jesús Andrés-Costa

  • Photo-removal of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) by photolytic and photocatalytic processes in a batch reactor under UV-C radiation (λmax=254 nm).

    Deniz Nasuhoglu;Viviane Yargeau;Dimitrios Berk

  • Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by individual and mixed bacteria.

    Simone Larcher;Viviane Yargeau

  • Removal of the antibiotic levofloxacin (LEVO) in water by ozonation and TiO2 photocatalysis

    Deniz Nasuhoglu;Angela Rodayan;Dimitrios Berk;Viviane Yargeau

  • Antibacterial activity of sulfamethoxazole transformation products (TPs): general relevance for sulfonamide TPs modified at the para position.

    Marius Majewsky;Danny Wagner;Markus Delay;Stefan Bräse

  • Biohydrogen production from wastewater by Clostridium beijerinckii: Effect of pH and substrate concentration

    Monika T. Skonieczny;Viviane Yargeau

  • Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole: current knowledge and perspectives

    Simone Larcher;Viviane Yargeau

  • Analysis of drugs of abuse in wastewater from two Canadian cities.

    Viviane Yargeau;Bryanne Taylor;Hongxia Li;Angela Rodayan

  • Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: Impact of income inequality between countries.

    Pedro A Segura;Hideshige Takada;José A Correa;Karim El Saadi

  • Aqueous leaching of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate and “green” plasticizers from poly(vinyl chloride)

    Joshua Kastner;David G. Cooper;Milan Marić;Patrick Dodd

  • Degradation of oxytetracycline and doxycycline by ozonation: Degradation pathways and toxicity assessment.

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  • Comparative measurement and quantitative risk assessment of alcohol consumption through wastewater-based epidemiology: An international study in 20 cities

    Yeonsuk Ryu;Damià Barceló;Leon P. Barron;Lubertus Bijlsma

  • Impact of Operating Conditions on Decomposition of Antibiotics During Ozonation: A Review

    Viviane Yargeau;Christine Leclair

  • Biodegradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol by heterotrophic bacteria

    Simone Larcher;Viviane Yargeau

  • Microbiological and engineering aspects of biohydrogen production.

    Patrick C. Hallenbeck;Dipankar Ghosh;Monika T. Skonieczny;Viviane Yargeau

  • Photocatalytic removal of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and levonorgestrel (LNG) from contraceptive pill manufacturing plant wastewater under UVC radiation

    Deniz Nasuhoglu;Dimitrios Berk;Viviane Yargeau

  • Active heterotrophic biomass and sludge retention time (SRT) as determining factors for biodegradation kinetics of pharmaceuticals in activated sludge.

    Marius Majewsky;Tom Gallé;Viviane Yargeau;Klaus Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Metcalfe
Chris D. Metcalfe Trent University
Kevin V. Thomas
Kevin V. Thomas University of Queensland
Lubertus Bijlsma
Lubertus Bijlsma Jaume I University
Christoph Ort
Christoph Ort Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández Jaume I University
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council
Sara Castiglioni
Sara Castiglioni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern University of Bath

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