My research centres on understanding the fate and behaviour of emerging contaminants in environmental interface compartment such as chemistry/biology, freshwater/seawater (coastal), and wetlands. To answer my questions, I draw on tools from radiolabelling, analytical and synthesis chemistry. I also have an equal interest in promoting awareness of the barriers faced by not just women but also by members of the under-represented groups in science. I help to find solutions to address and, hopefully, remove such barriers.
Since October 2019, I am a Lecturer (Assistant professor) of Environmental Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Surrey (Guildford, United Kingdom), in Great London. Previously, I was a postdoctoral research fellow of chemistry in the School of Biological and Marine Sciences at the University of Plymouth (Plymouth, United Kingdom) under the supervision of Prof. Steve J. Rowland and Prof. Richard C. Thompson.
Prior to joining Plymouth, I was a visiting scientist with Dr Ralf Kaegi at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland).
I completed my doctoral studies with Dr Aline Dia in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Rennes 1 (2015). I hold two MSc degrees: i) Analytical Chemistry from the University of Toulon (France) with a research project conducted at the University of Bordeaux 1 under the supervision of Dr Edith Parlanti and ii) Oceanography from the University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR, Canada) with Prof Emilien Pelletier. I hold also a BSc degree in Chemistry from the University of Poitiers.
I can be contacted through the email link at the contact page.
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