Cette Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) s’inscrit dans un parcours scientifique dédié à l’étude des risques bactériens liés à la consommation des produits de la pêche et de l’aquaculture. Au cœur de mes travaux se trouvent l'analyse des agents pathogènes Listeria monocytogenes et les Vibrio entéropathogènes, ainsi que l'évaluation de l'an...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in the environment. In Flanders, the bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms is currently being monitored using European perch and European eel. Since both are native species, there is an ethical need to search for other suitable biomonitors. This study aims to investigate whether the invasive ...
Microplastic pollution in karst systems is still poorly studied, despite the presence of protected species and habitats, and important water reserves. Vulnerable key species hosted in these habitats could consume or assimilate microplastics, which can irreversibly damage management efforts, and thus ecosystems functionality. This can be particularl...
Published in The Science of the total environment
Due to the widespread commercial production and use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in China, their potential impact on human health development should not be underestimated. This review searched the literature on Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and Novel brominated flame retardant (PBDEs and NBFRs) (broad BFRs) in the aquatic environment (inc...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Aquifer, rivers, or lakes are frequently employed as the local sources of water that the petroleum industry uses to drill and hydraulically fracture wells, refine and process petroleum, and create electricity in certain natural gas-based power plants. Oil residues, chemicals from hydraulic fracturing and drilling fluids, and naturally occurring pol...
Published in Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds are organic micropollutants that can cause adverse effects at low concentrations. Their occurrence in surface waters has been reported in several countries, including Brazil, at concentrations on the order of ngL-1, while the concentrations at which toxic effects are observed are often in the range...
Published in The Science of the total environment
Nanoclays are found in the air, water, and soil, and modified nanoclays are being developed and used in several consumer products. For example, modified nanoclays are used to remove pollutants from wastewater. Ironically, however, nanoclays are now considered emerging contaminants. Indeed, release of modified nanoclays in aquatic systems, even as r...
Published in The Science of the total environment
The presence of antibiotics in surface waters is a potential driver of antibiotic resistance and thus of concern to human and environmental health. Key factors driving the potential impact of antibiotics are their persistence and transport in rivers and lakes. The goal of this study was to describe the peer-reviewed published literature on the phot...
Published in Environmental research
Gestagens are common pollutants accumulated in the aquatic ecosystem. Gestagens are comprised of natural gestagens (i.e. progesterone) and synthetic gestagens (i.e. progestins). The major contributors of gestagens in the environment are paper plant mill effluent, wastewater treatment plants, discharge from pharmaceutical manufacturing, and livestoc...
Aquatic organisms comprising various plant and animal taxa represent a wide range of adaptations to a specific environment, but they also share many features with nonaquatic organisms of a given taxonomic group.[...]
