Researcher
Colin Janssen
- Disciplines:Ecotoxicology, Environmental impact and risk assessment, Environmental management, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2007 → 31 Mar 2014 - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2007 → 31 Mar 2014 - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 1993 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
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- Occurrence and effects of micro-plastics in the marine environmentFrom1 Oct 2011 → 30 Jun 2016Funding: IWT personal funding - specialisation scholarships
- STRESS FLEA-B: How to live in a mosaic of stressors - an ecological genomics approach on the water flea DaphniaFrom1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Quantifying the sensitivity of aquatic communities in lakes to anthropogenic chemicals and environmental fluctuations throughout history (2000 BC to present)From1 Oct 2010 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
- Evolutionary ecotoxicology with Daphnia: genomic, transcriptomic and physiological mechanisms of tolerance and adaptation to cadmium and cyanobacterial stressFrom1 Jan 2010 → 31 Oct 2012Funding: BOF - Bilateral scientific cooperation
- Pollution tolerance of Daphnia magna populations: evolutionary potential and interaction with natural stressors from an ecotoxicological, genomic and ecological perspective.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Environmental technology and renewable energyFrom1 Sep 2008 → 31 Aug 2011Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Combined quantitative chemical and morphological imiaging in 3D at a nanoscopic levelFrom1 Jan 2008 → 31 Oct 2014Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- Dynamics of the stem diameter variation as a diagnostic tool for the fundamental analysis of the plant-water relations and the carbon metabolism of woody plantsFrom1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2009Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
- Importance of abiotic environmental factors on fitness and metal sensitivity of freshwater organismsFrom1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2011Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
- Tissue-specific mechanisms of metal accumulation and toxicity in Daphnia magna realistic from an ecological perspective, the importance of mixture toxicity, biotic antagonists and interspecies variability.From1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2010Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
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- Allelopathy in macroalgae : ecological principles, research opportunities and pitfalls reviewed(2024)
Authors: Ilias Semmouri, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman
Pages: 441 - 458 - Bioenergetic effects of pristine and ultraviolet-weathered polydisperse polyethylene terephthalate and polystyrene nanoplastics on human intestinal Caco-2 cells(2024)
Authors: Miao Peng, Maaike Vercauteren, Charlotte Grootaert, Ana Isabel Catarino, Gert Everaert, Andreja Rajkovic, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman
- Microplastic-specific biofilm growth determines the vertical transport of plastics in freshwater(2024)
Authors: Maaike Vercauteren, Silke Lambert, Esther Hoogerwerf, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman
- Accelerated fragmentation of two thermoplastics (polylactic acid and polypropylene) into microplastics after UV radiation and seawater immersion(2024)
Authors: Zhiyue Niu, Marco Curto, Maelenn Le Gall, Elke Demeyer, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Hom Nath Dhakal, Peter Davies, Ana Isabel Catarino, Gert Everaert
- Assessing the risk of booster biocides for the marine environment : a case study at the Belgian part of the North Sea(2023)
Authors: David Vanavermaete, Kris Hostens, Gert Everaert, Koen Parmentier, Colin Janssen, Bavo De Witte
- Micro- and nanoplastics transfer from seawater to the atmosphere through aerosolization under controlled laboratory conditions(2023)
Authors: Ana Isabel Catarino, Maria Camila León, Yunmeng Li, Silke Lambert, Maaike Vercauteren, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Gert Everaert, Maarten De Rijcke
- Distribution of microplastics in freshwater systems in an urbanized region : a case study in Flanders (Belgium)(2023)
Authors: Ilias Semmouri, Maaike Vercauteren, Emmanuel Van Acker, Emmy Pequeur, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen
- Are you ready for the blue transition? Increasing involvement and social acceptance for a sustainable transition at the Belgian Coast(2023)Volume: 90
Authors: Catho Vermeulen, Marylise Schmid, Jana Asselman, Thijs Bouman, Veroline Cauberghe, Gijs Couvreur, Wim De Clercq, Lisa Devriese, Colin Janssen, Stefan Meysman, et al.
Pages: 36 - 37 - Assessment of road run-off and domestic wastewater contribution to microplastic pollution in a densely populated area (Flanders, Belgium)(2023)
Authors: Maaike Vercauteren, Ilias Semmouri, Emmanuel Van Acker, Emmy Pequeur, Leen Van Esch, Inge Uljee, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen
- Application of QSAR models for screening of sea-dumped munition and related chemicals : the Paardenmarkt as a case study(2023)Volume: 90
Authors: João Alves Barbosa, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman
Pages: 18 - 18