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Principal Investigator

Dr. Leon Barron BSc(Hons), PhD, PgCAP, MRSC, MCSFS, FHEA

Reader in Analytical & Environmental Sciences

I lead the Emerging Chemical Contaminants team within the Environmental Research Group at Imperial. My team focuses on the detection, monitoring and risk assessment of new and emerging chemical hazards and their potential for harm to public health, safety and the environment. We specialise in the development and application of new analytical methods to rapidly understand the sources, distribution, fate and effects of thousands of chemicals in all environmental compartments including water, soil, air and the biosphere. We are particularly interested in the analysis of wastewater to understand population-level consumption of and exposure to chemicals, as well as the impact anthropogenic waste has on our environment.

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LATEST CONFERENCE POSTERS OF OUR WORK

Seasonal changes in emerging contaminant occurrence in the River Thames using passive sampling and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, Alexandra Richardson

Development and validation of a high-throughput method for biomonitoring exposure of invertebrates to contaminants in aquatic systems, Lucy Birkitt

A year-long study of pharmaceutical and personal care products in Irish urban and rural water samples using SPE-LC-MS/MS Helena Rapp Wright

Direct analysis of river water for monitoring emerging contaminant influx from agricultural runoff and wastewater treatment plant effluent Alicia Hartmann