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2025

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Chemistry

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74
Citations
17821
World Ranking
4763
National Ranking
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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
13994
World Ranking
1897
National Ranking
31

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

Overview

Willy Baeyens is a researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. The primary field of their work is Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Geochemistry and Petrology as key subfields.

Their research topics cover various aspects of environmental contamination and its effects, including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Baeyens has contributed to numerous publications in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environment International

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Baeyens include:

  • Estrogenic activity and ecological risk of steroids, bisphenol A and phthalates after secondary and tertiary sewage treatment processes (2022), Water Research
  • 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
  • Fine scale measurements in Belgian coastal sediments reveal different mobilization mechanisms for cationic trace metals and oxyanions (2020), Environment International
  • Advances in Understanding Mobilization Processes of Trace Metals in Marine Sediments (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Investigation on trace metal speciation and distribution in the Scheldt estuary (2020), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors who often collaborate with Baeyens include:

  • Yue Gao
  • Martine Leermakers
  • Nicolas Van Larebeke
  • Elly Den Hond
  • Greet Schoeters

Best Publications

  • Mercury in environmental samples: Speciation, artifacts and validation

    Martine Leermakers;Willy Baeyens;Philippe Quevauviller;Milena Horvat

  • Applications of Raman spectroscopy in pharmaceutical analysis

    Tineke Vankeirsbilck;Ann Vercauteren;Willy Baeyens;G Van Der Weken

  • High resolution distribution of trace elements in the calcite shell layer of modern mytilus edulis: environmental and biological controls

    Erika Vander Putten;Frank Dehairs;Edward Keppens;Willy Baeyens

  • Accumulation of trace metals in the muscle and liver tissues of five fish species from the Persian Gulf.

    Homira Agah;Martine Leermakers;Marc Elskens;S. Mohamad Rez Fatemi

  • Toxic arsenic compounds in environmental samples : Speciation and validation

    M. Leermakers;W. Baeyens;M. De Gieter;B. Smedts

  • Strong biological controls on Sr/Ca ratios in aragonitic marine bivalve shells

    David Paul Gillikin;Anne Lorrain;Anne Lorrain;Jacques Navez;Jacques Navez;James W. Taylor

  • Bioconcentration and Biomagnification of Mercury and Methylmercury in North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Fish

    W Baeyens;M Leermakers;T Papina;A Saprykin

  • Heavy metals in Lake Balaton: water column, suspended matter, sediment and biota

    H.l. Nguyen;Martine Leermakers;J. Osan;S. Torok

  • In-line and real-time process monitoring of a freeze drying process using Raman and NIR spectroscopy as complementary process analytical technology (PAT) tools

    T.R.M. De Beer;P. Vercruysse;A. Burggraeve;T. Quinten

  • Global and regional mercury cycles : sources, fluxes and mass balances

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  • Recent developments in nanomaterial optical sensors

    Jinjun Shi;Yongfa Zhu;Xinrong Zhang;Willy R.G. Baeyens

  • Barium uptake into the shells of the common mussel (Mytilus edulis) and the potential for estuarine paleo-chemistry reconstruction

    David P. Gillikin;Frank Dehairs;Anne Lorrain;Dirk Steenmans

  • General description of the Scheldt estuary

    W.F.J. Baeyens;B.T.M. Van Eck;C. Lambert;R. Wollast

  • Raman spectroscopy as a process analytical technology (PAT) tool for the in-line monitoring and understanding of a powder blending process.

    T.R.M. De Beer;C. Bodson;B. Dejaegher;B. Walczak

  • Accumulation of suspended barite at mesopelagic depths and export production in the southern ocean.

    Frank Dehairs;Willy Baeyens;Leo Goeyens

  • Origin and fate of organic carbon in the freshwater part of the Scheldt Estuary as traced by stable carbon isotope composition

    L. Hellings;F.A. Dehairs;M. Tackx;E. Keppens

  • Assessing the reproducibility and reliability of estuarine bivalve shells (Saxidomus giganteus) for sea surface temperature reconstruction: Implications for paleoclimate studies

    David Paul Gillikin;Fjo De Ridder;Hans Ulens;Marc Elskens

  • Human exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and fertility: A case-control study in male subfertility patients

    Elly Den Hond;Herman Tournaye;Petra De Sutter;Willem Ombelet

  • Trace metal behaviour in riverine sediments: Role of organic matter and sulfides

    Adeline Charriau;Ludovic Lesven;Yue Gao;Martine Leermakers

  • Chemiluminescence determination of captopril based on a Rhodamine B sensitized cerium(IV) method

    X.R. Zhang;X.R. Zhang;W.R.G. Baeyens;G. Van Der Weken;A.C. Calokerinos

  • Recent Developments and Applications of Chemiluminescence Sensors

    Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein;Raluca-Ioana Stefan;Jacobus F. van Staden;Xinrong R. Zhang

  • Practical fluorescence: George G. Guilbault (Ed.) 2nd Edn., Marcel Dekker, New York, 1990 (ISBN 0-8247-8350-6). x + 812 pp. Price US$185 (U.S.A. and Canada), US$220.00 (all other countries)

    Willy R.G. Baeyens

Frequent Co-Authors

Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Martine Leermakers
Martine Leermakers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marc Elskens
Marc Elskens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tim S. Nawrot
Tim S. Nawrot Hasselt University
Leo Goeyens
Leo Goeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Frank Dehairs
Frank Dehairs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gudrun Koppen
Gudrun Koppen University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Michael S. Denison
Michael S. Denison University of California, Davis
Rik Pintelon
Rik Pintelon Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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