Overview
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarit Kaserzon is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Research profile
A/Prof Kaserzon's research interests have focused on developing novel sampling and analytical methods and approaches to detect trends, behaviour and fate of persistent and emerging organic environmental pollutants, to better inform human and environmental health risks. This includes developing novel methods for the rapid screening and identification of chemical hazards in drinking and environmental samples. Emerging pollutants include Per- and poly- fluorinated substances (PFAS), brominated chemicals, disinfection by-products, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, pesticides, herbicides and natural toxins. Dr Kaserzon's research into monitoring of trace organic pollutants has included the development of a PFAS sampler that has been calibrated for use in surface, ground and waste-water environments. Her work using High Resolution Mass-Spectrometry methods for non-target identification of emerging contaminants has revealed new classes of PFAS in contaminated groundwater. Dr Kaserzon holds a split position as an Advanced Environmental Health Scientist with Queensland Health's Health Protection and Regulation Branch.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Combined effects of climate change and the herbicide diuron on the coral Acropora millepora
Flores, Florita, Marques, Joseane A., Uthicke, Sven, Fisher, Rebecca, Patel, Frances, Kaserzon, Sarit and Negri, Andrew P. (2021). Combined effects of climate change and the herbicide diuron on the coral Acropora millepora. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169 112582, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112582
2021
Journal Article
Sub-organism (acetylcholinesterase activity), population (survival) and chemical concentration responses reinforce mechanisms of antagonism associated with malathion toxicity
Bray, J., Miranda, A., Keely-Smith, A., Kaserzon, S., Elisei, G., Chou, A., Nichols, S. J., Thompson, R., Nugegoda, D. and Kefford, B. J. (2021). Sub-organism (acetylcholinesterase activity), population (survival) and chemical concentration responses reinforce mechanisms of antagonism associated with malathion toxicity. Science of the Total Environment, 778 146087, 146087. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146087
2021
Journal Article
Influence of surface oxidation on the quantification of polypropylene microplastics by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry
Toapanta, Tania, Okoffo, Elvis D., Ede, Sarah, O'Brien, Stacey, Burrows, Stephen D., Ribeiro, Francisca, Gallen, Michael, Colwell, John, Whittaker, Andrew K., Kaserzon, Sarit and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Influence of surface oxidation on the quantification of polypropylene microplastics by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Science of the Total Environment, 796 148835, 148835. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148835
2021
Other Outputs
Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 14 – summer 2021
Shiels, Ryan and Kaserzon, Sarit (2021). Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 14 – summer 2021. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Sciences.
2021
Journal Article
Can SPEcies At Risk of pesticides (SPEAR) indices detect effects of target stressors among multiple interacting stressors?
Bray, Jonathan P., O'Reilly-Nugent, Andrew, Kon Kam King, Guillaume, Kaserzon, Sarit, Nichols, Susan J., Nally, Ralph Mac, Thompson, Ross M. and Kefford, Ben J. (2021). Can SPEcies At Risk of pesticides (SPEAR) indices detect effects of target stressors among multiple interacting stressors?. Science of the Total Environment, 763 142997, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142997
2021
Journal Article
Out of sight but not out of mind: size fractionation of plastics bioaccumulated by field deployed oysters
Ribeiro, Francisca, Okoffo, Elvis D., O’Brien, Jake W., O’Brien, Stacey, Harris, Jonathan M., Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit, Mueller, Jochen F., Galloway, Tamara and Thomas, Kevin V. (2021). Out of sight but not out of mind: size fractionation of plastics bioaccumulated by field deployed oysters. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2 100021, 100021. doi: 10.1016/j.hazl.2021.100021
2021
Other Outputs
Passive sampling for Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Brisbane Airport
Tscharke, Ben, Shiels, Ryan, Mackie, Rachel, Gorji, Sara, Prasad, Pritesh, Carswell, Christina, Teimouri, Homa, Cheneval, Olivier and Kaserzon, Sarit (2021). Passive sampling for Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Brisbane Airport. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.
2021
Journal Article
The legacy and drivers of groundwater nutrients and pesticides in an agriculturally impacted Quaternary aquifer system
Shishaye, Haile A., Tait, Douglas R., Maher, Damien T., Befus, Kevin M., Erler, Dirk, Jeffrey, Luke, Reading, Michael J., Morgenstern, Uwe, Kaserzon, Sarit, Mueller, Jochen and De Verelle-Hill, Wanda (2021). The legacy and drivers of groundwater nutrients and pesticides in an agriculturally impacted Quaternary aquifer system. Science of the Total Environment, 753 142010, 142010. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142010
2020
Journal Article
An assessment of quality assurance/quality control efforts in high resolution mass spectrometry non-target workflows for analysis of environmental samples
Schulze, Bastian, Jeon, Youngjoon, Kaserzon, Sarit, Heffernan, Amy L., Dewapriya, Pradeep, O'Brien, Jake, Gomez Ramos, Maria Jose, Ghorbani Gorji, Sara, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Samanipour, Saer (2020). An assessment of quality assurance/quality control efforts in high resolution mass spectrometry non-target workflows for analysis of environmental samples. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 133 116063, 116063. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116063
2020
Journal Article
Response to comment on “Quantitative analysis of selected plastics in high-commercial-value Australian seafood by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry”
Ribeiro, Francisca, Okoffo, Elvis D., O’Brien, Jake W., Fraissinet-Tachet, Sarah, O’Brien, Stacey, Gallen, Michael, Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit, Mueller, Jochen F., Galloway, Tamara and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). Response to comment on “Quantitative analysis of selected plastics in high-commercial-value Australian seafood by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry”. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (23), 15556-15557. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07097
2020
Journal Article
The first environmental assessment of hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine and co-occurring cyclic amines in Australian waterways
Rauert, Cassandra, Kaserzon, Sarit L., Veal, Cameron, Yeh, Ruby Y., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). The first environmental assessment of hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine and co-occurring cyclic amines in Australian waterways. Science of the Total Environment, 743 140834, 140834. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140834
2020
Other Outputs
Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 13 – winter 2020
Shiels, Ryan, Thompson, Jack and Kaserzon, Sarit (2020). Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 13 – winter 2020. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.
2020
Journal Article
Toxicity of the herbicides diuron, propazine, tebuthiuron, and haloxyfop to the diatom Chaetoceros muelleri
Thomas, Marie C., Flores, Florita, Kaserzon, Sarit, Reeks, Timothy A. and Negri, Andrew P. (2020). Toxicity of the herbicides diuron, propazine, tebuthiuron, and haloxyfop to the diatom Chaetoceros muelleri. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 19592, 19592. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76363-0
2020
Journal Article
Correction to Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
Ribeiro, Francisca, Okoffo, Elvis D., O’Brien, Jake W., Fraissinet-Tachet, Sarah, O’Brien, Stacey, Gallen, Michael, Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit, Mueller, Jochen F., Galloway, Tamara and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). Correction to Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (20), 13364-13364. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05885
2020
Journal Article
Time-integrative passive sampling of very hydrophilic chemicals in wastewater influent
Verhagen, Rory, Kaserzon, Sarit L., Tscharke, Benjamin J., Shukla, Pradeep, Clokey, Joseph, Vrana, Branislav, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Time-integrative passive sampling of very hydrophilic chemicals in wastewater influent. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 7 (11) acs.estlett.0c00685, 848-853. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00685
2020
Journal Article
In-situ calibration of a microporous polyethylene passive sampling device with polar organic micropollutants in the Chillan River, central Chile
Cárdenas-Soracá, Diana M., Barra-Ríos, Ricardo O., Mueller, Jochen F., Hawker, Darryl W. and Kaserzon, Sarit L. (2020). In-situ calibration of a microporous polyethylene passive sampling device with polar organic micropollutants in the Chillan River, central Chile. Environmental Research, 188 109738, 109738. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109738
2020
Other Outputs
Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling summary report: winter 2017 – summer 2020
Thompson, Jack and Kaserzon, Sarit (2020). Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling summary report: winter 2017 – summer 2020. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.
2020
Journal Article
Toxicity thresholds of three insecticides and two fungicides to larvae of the coral Acropora tenuis
Flores, Florita, Kaserzon, Sarit, Elisei, Gabriele, Ricardo, Gerard and Negri, Andrew P. (2020). Toxicity thresholds of three insecticides and two fungicides to larvae of the coral Acropora tenuis. PeerJ, 8 e9615, e9615. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9615
2020
Journal Article
Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
Ribeiro, Francisca, Okoffo, Elvis D., O'Brien, Jake W., Fraissinet-Tachet, Sarah, O'Brien, Stacey, Gallen, Michael, Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit, Mueller, Jochen F., Galloway, Tamara and Thomas, Kevin V. (2020). Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (15) acs.est.0c02337, 9408-9417. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02337
2020
Other Outputs
Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 12 – summer 2020
Thompson, Jack and Sarit, Kaserzon (2020). Catchment and drinking water quality micro pollutant monitoring program – passive sampling report 12 – summer 2020. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarit Kaserzon is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of passive sampling methodologies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing strategies to tackle pollution from per- and poly-fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) in the environment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing strategies to tackle pollution from per- and poly-fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) in the environment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing strategies to tackle pollution from per- and poly-fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) in the environment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Emerging contaminants in Food Organics and Garden Organic (FOGO) materials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Reducing glyphosate exposure from high use practices
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fisher Wang, Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Professor Kevin Thomas, Professor Bhagirath Chauhan
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Doctor Philosophy
Advancing the non-target identification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in environmental samples
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ian Wood, Dr Jake O'Brien, Dr Pradeep Dewapriya, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding emerging contaminants and metabolomic responses in Australian seabird species
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fisher Wang, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Chemical exposure through consuming food in multilayer plastic food package (MLPP) for infants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Dr Fisher Wang
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Doctor Philosophy
development of accurate quantitative methods for microplastics in the terrestrial and marine environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Whittaker, Dr Elvis Okoffo, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Comprehensive characterisation of the human PFAS exposome
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ian Wood, Dr Jake O'Brien, Dr Pradeep Dewapriya, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding emerging contaminants and metabolomic responses in Australian seabird species
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fisher Wang, Professor Kevin Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the efficiency of regulating chemicals for controlling environmental and human exposure (Tentative title)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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Doctor Philosophy
Chemical exposure through consuming food in multilayer plastic food package (MLPP) for infants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Dr Fisher Wang
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Doctor Philosophy
development of accurate quantitative methods for microplastics in the terrestrial and marine environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Whittaker, Dr Elvis Okoffo, Professor Kevin Thomas
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Improved monitoring of hydrophilic aquatic contaminants.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kevin Thomas
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation and Implementation of Methods to increase Comprehensiveness of Non-Target Analysis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Professor Kevin Thomas
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Optimising active and passive sampling methods to monitor and assess micropollutants during episodic discharge
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Soil Environment
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Assessment of plastic contamination in marine organisms
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Dr Jake O'Brien, Professor Kevin Thomas
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Innovative sampling strategies for improved wastewater-based epidemiology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Professor Kevin Thomas, Dr Ben Tscharke
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Emerging organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Phong Thai, Professor Jochen Mueller
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Refining the uncertainties and expansion of wastewater-based epidemiology for assessing population exposure to chemicals
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Phong Thai, Professor Jochen Mueller
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Doctor Philosophy
Microplastic pollution: From nanoscale surface interactions to public perceptions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kevin Thomas
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