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Martine Leermakers is an Analytical Chemist and obtained her PhD at the VUB in 1998 on the Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury in The Scheldt Estuary and North Sea. Her research interests include the development of analytical techniques for trace metals, organometals, metalloids and radionuclides as well as the study of the geochemical cycling of these elements in environmental compartments as well as human biomonitoring and the impact on human health. In the last years she has been working on the development of passive sampling gel diffusion techniques for in situ trace metal speciation DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) and DET (diffusive equilibrium in thin films) for different metals and radio-isotopes and applying these techniques in both pristine (open ocean) as well as heavily contaminated sites such as mining sites.
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FWOAL911: BE MERMAiD - BioavailablE MERcury Methylation in the ADriatic sea
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Fundamental
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VLOV29: Steunpunt Milieu en gezondheid (MG) - Policy Research Centre (PRC) Environment and Health (xx Generation 2016-2020)
1/01/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Fundamental
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ANI66: Test project BIOMONITORING in the framework of the program Research and Development for the Integrated Storage project cat. A
18/03/10 → 17/03/13
Project: Fundamental
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Developments in the Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films technique for the speciation of oxyanions and platinum group elements in aquatic systems
Gao, Y., Zhou, C., Galceran, J., Rey-Castro, C., Puy, J., Baeyens, W. & Leermakers, M., Feb 2022, In : TrAC: Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 147, p. 1-10 10 p., 116513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Naturally occurring potentially toxic elements in groundwater from the volcanic landscape around Mount Meru, Arusha, Tanzania and their potential health hazard
Tomašek, I., Mouri, H., Dille, A., Bennett, G., Bhattacharya, P., Brion, N., Elskens, M., Fontijn, K., Gao, Y., Gevera, P. K., Ijumulana, J., Kisaka, M., Leermakers, M., Shemsanga, C., Walraevens, K., Wragg, J. & Kervyn, M., 10 Feb 2022, In : Science of the Total Environment. 807, Part 1, 150487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Combined chemical exposure using exposure loads on human biomonitoring data of the 4th Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS-4)
Buekers, J., Verheyen, V., Remy, S., Covaci, A., Colles, A., Koppen, G., Govarts, E., Bruckers, L., Leermakers, M., St-Amand, A. & Schoeters, G., Sep 2021, In : International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 238, 113849.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Cysteine-modified silica resin in DGT samplers for mercury and trace metals assessment
Reichstädter, M., Gao, Y., Divis, P., Ma, T., Gaulier, C. & Leermakers, M., Jan 2021, In : Chemosphere. 263, 263, p. 1-13 13 p., 128320.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Development of a simulated lung fluid leaching method to assess the release of potentially toxic elements from volcanic ash
TOMAŠEK, I., Damby, D. E., Stewart, C., Horwell, C. J., Plumlee, G., Ottley, C. J., Delmelle, P., Morman, S., El Yazidi, S., Claeys, P., Kervyn, M., Elskens, M. & Leermakers, M., Sep 2021, In : Chemosphere. 278, 130303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Belgian continental shelf and Scheldt estuary campaign on board of the RV Belgica
Tianhui Ma (Participant), Vincent Perrot (Participant), Martine Leermakers (Participant), Jordi Sans Duno (Participant), Yuwei Jia (Participant)15 Mar 2022 → 16 Mar 2022Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Sampling Swedish Fjords
Martine Leermakers (Participant), Perr Hall (Organiser)29 Sep 2021 → 4 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing an event at an external academic organisation
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Belgian continental shelf and Scheldt estuary campaign on board of the RV Belgica
Martine Leermakers (Participant), Vendula Smolíková (Participant), Tianhui Ma (Participant), Vincent Perrot (Participant)8 Mar 2021 → 10 Mar 2021Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Geochemical sampling mission dedicated to the natural background of U and the corresponding bioavailable fractions in the vicinity of former U mines in Burgundy (France).
Vendula Smolíková (Participant), Martine Leermakers (Participant)15 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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PhD defence of Chunyang Zhou: : Understanding biogeochemical processes of trace elements in marine sediments at various spatial scales (Event)
Martine Leermakers (Jury)21 Feb 2021Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
Thesis
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Accumulation of heavy metals and arsenic by plant species of Brassica carinata and Brassica juncea from the affected area of the Aznalcollar spill, Sevilla (Spain)
Author: Yunfeng, C., 2005Supervisor: Baeyens, W. (Promotor) & Leermakers, M. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Accumulation of trace elements in mussels, fish and marine mammals from the Black Sea
Author: Bolba, D., Elskens, M. & Leermakers, M., 18 Mar 2011Supervisor: Elskens, M. (Promotor) & Leermakers, M. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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An assessment of heavy metals distribution in mangrove sediments along the coast of Zanzibar
Author: Pant, P., 2013Supervisor: Leermakers, M. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Assessment of the environmental health risk of heavy metals due to the consumption of vegetables cultivated in polluted waters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author: Tafere, A., 2011Supervisor: Leermakers, M. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Assessment of the environmental health risk of heavy metals due to the consumption of vegetables from urban gardens in Ethiopia
Author: Tekle, S. G., 2016Supervisor: Leermakers, M. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis