Adrian Covaci
History
- Member for
- 2 years 33 weeks
Professional information
- Own research projects
- Participation in other projects
- Position in the lab
- Post-doc fellow
- Curriculum Vitae
UA website: http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=adrian.covaci
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (1997 - Present)
Research and Review Papers in refereed journals 191
Research Papers in press and submitted to refereed journals 22
Book Chapters 10
Oral/Poster presentations based on papers in conference proceedings 144
Government/project reports 14Total Citations (excluding self-citations): 3,350 on Scopus (15th January 2011); h-index = 33
BioMedExperts database (a literature-based scientific network)
- 1st Ranking in the – Section Experts in Flame Retardants (updated 10th January 2011)
http://www.biomedexperts.com/Concept.bme/8537/Flame_Retardants
- 1st Ranking – Section Experts in Environmental Pollutants (updated 10th January 2011)
http://www.biomedexperts.com/Concept.bme/7514/Environmental_Pollutants
- 1rd Ranking – Section Experts in Polychlorinated Biphenyls (updated 10th January 2011)
http://www.biomedexperts.com/Concept.bme/17159/Polychlorinated_Biphenyls• Designated Contributing Expert for Canada to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program's (AMAP) POPs Expert Group, 2005-present.
• Expert in the “Environment and Health” Committee financed by the Flemish Government (2005-present).
• Expert evaluator of Strategic Plans of CSIC Institutes (12- 18 January 2009, Madrid, Spain)
• Expert evaluator for FP7 EU projects, section Environment and Food (2008) - FP7-ENV-2008-1 - ENV.2008.3.1.4.1 (8-9 April 2008, Brussels)
• Grant reviewer: Environment Canada (2008), Switzerland (2006), Hong Kong (2006)
• Chairman of session “Analytical methods for Brominated flame retardants” at the Dioxin 2008 symposium, Birmingham, UK.
• Co-chair, organizing committee of the Dioxin 2011 symposium, 21-26 August 2011, Brussels, Belgium- Online bibliography
- http://anet.ua.ac.be/acadbib/uae/04493
- Selected publications
*Abdallah MAE, Harrad S, Covaci A (2009) Isotope dilution method for determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers using liquid chromatography coupled to negative ionization atmospheric pressure photoionization tandem mass spectrometry: Validation and application to house dust. Anal Chem 81: 7460-7467. (I.F. 5.214) Cited 5
*Roosens L, Abdallah M, Harrad S, Neels H, Covaci A (2009) Exposure to hexabromocyclododecanes via dust ingestion, but not diet, correlates with concentrations in human serum, Environ Health Persp 117: 1707-1712 (I.F. 6.191) Cited 6
*Gheorghe A, Van Nuijs A, Pecceu B, Bervoets L, Jorens PG, Blust R, Neels H, Covaci A (2008)Analysis of cocaine and its principal metabolites in waste and surface water using SPE and LC-MS, Anal Bioanal Chem 391: 1309-1319 (I.F. 3.48) Cited 33 (in Top cited papers published in 2008 - Anal Bioanal Chem)
*Ravindra K, Dirtu AC, Covaci A (2008) Low Pressure - Gas Chromatography: Recent Trends and Developments. Trends Anal Chem 27: 291-303 (I.F. 6.546) Cited 4
*Covaci A, Voorspoels S, Ramos L, Neels H, Blust R (2007) Recent developments in the analysis of brominated flame retardants and brominated natural compounds. J Chromatogr A 1153: 145-171 (I.F. 4.101) Cited 78
*Law RJ, Allchin CR, de Boer J, Covaci A, Herzke D, Lepom P, Morris S, Tronczynski J, de Wit CA (2006) Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the European environment. Chemosphere 64: 187-208 (I.F. 3.253) Cited 205 (The highest cited article in Chemosphere)
*Covaci A, Gerecke A, Law RJ, Voorspoels S, Kohler M, Leslie L, Allchin CR, de Boer J (2006) HBCD in the environment and humans: a review. Environ Sci Technol 40: 3679-3688 (I.F. 4.630) Cited 117
*Korytar P, Covaci A, de Boer J, Gelbin A, Brinkman UATh (2005) Retention-time database of 126 PBDE congeners and 2 Bromkal technical mixtures on 7 capillary GC columns. J Chromatogr A 1065: 239-249. (I.F 4.101) Cited 65
*Covaci A, Voorspoels S, de Boer J (2003) Determination of BFRs with emphasis on PBDEs in environmental and human samples - a review. Environ Int 29: 735-756. (I.F. 4.786) Cited 144
*Covaci A, de Boer J, Ryan JJ, Voorspoels S, Schepens P (2002) Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue by large volume injection - narrow bore capillary gas chromatography/electron impact-low resolution mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 74: 790-798. (I.F. 5.214) Cited 68- Selected presentations
- 6th Euroconference on Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Erperheide Belgium 18-22 October 2002 Persistent organohalogenated pollutants in Romania
- Young Scientists’ Day of the Flemish Institute for the Sea Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004 Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in the North Sea and Scheldt Estuary
- 3rd FORM Thematic Network meeting Utrecht, The Netherlands 18-20 May 2005 Flame retardants: Analytical, toxicological and environmental aspects
- Chiral Workshop Birmingham, UK 26-28 March 2006 Application of liquid chromatography to the analysis of chiral HBCDs
- 4th PCB workshop Zakopane, Poland 6-10 September 2006 The Belgian PCB crisis: 7 years later
- 3rd Network Conference on POPs Birmingham, UK 22-23 April 2009 Are brominated flame retardants a threat for humans?
- Innova-Med Conference Barcelona, Spain 8-9 October 2009 Sewage epidemiology: Using wastewater to estimate cocaine consumption at national level
- 12th International Congress on Toxicology Barcelona, Spain 19-23 July 2010 Analytical aspects of the flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane
- Symposium on non-invasive biomonitoring Brussels, Belgium 10 December 2010 Hair as non-invasive biomonitoring matrix for organic compounds- Awards
2010 - Best award for student presentation at the Dioxin 2010 conference (as supervisor)
2008 - Best award for poster at the Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging – Jongeren 9 conference (as supervisor)
2007 - Best award for student presentation at the Dioxin 2007 conference (as supervisor)
2006 - Third runner-up Award of “Best Papers” (4th out of 1100 articles), ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology
2005 - Best award for student poster at the Dioxin 2005 conference (as supervisor)
2004 - Best award for student presentation at the Dioxin 2004 conference (as supervisor)
2001 - 1st prize as Best young environmental scientist from Balkans (4th Balcanic Environmental Conference, 13-16 October 2001, Edirne, Turkey)
1996 - best Chemistry Student of the University of Bucharest
1995 - best Chemistry Student of the University of Bucharest
1990 - 3rd prize to the National Romanian Chemistry Contest
1987 - 1st prize to the National Romanian Chemistry Contest