Louise van Mourik
PhD Candidate
Researcher biography
Louise completed her masters in Toxicology and Environmental Health as well as in Health Sciences (specialisation in epidemiology and infectious diseases). She is PhD candidate, enrolled in a joint PhD program between the University of Queensland (QAEHS) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Environment and Health). Her PhD study focusses on chlorinated paraffins (CPs), in particular advancing analytical capabilities for CPs in order to allow a first evaluation of their levels in Australia. Louise is interested in in analytical chemistry, in particular developing and/or adapting methods to analyse organohalogen compounds, and assessing the levels, fate and hazard potential of emerging chemicals.
Journal Articles
He, Chang, van Mourik, Louise, Brandsma, Sicco, Thai, Phong, Wang, Xianyu, Chen, Shuo, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2022). Semiquantitative characterization of bromo-chloro paraffins and olefins in the Australian environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (17), 12452-12459. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03576
He, Chang, van Mourik, Louise, Tang, Shaoyu, Thai, Phong, Wang, Xianyu, Brandsma, Sicco H., Leonards, Pim E.G., Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). In vitro biotransformation and evaluation of potential transformation products of chlorinated paraffins by high resolution accurate mass spectrometry. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 405 124245, 124245. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124245
van Mourik, Louise M., Wang, Xianyu, Paxman, Chris, Leonards, Pim E.G., Wania, Frank, de Boer, Jacob and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Spatial variation of short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in ambient air across Australia. Environmental Pollution, 261 114141, 114141. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114141
van Mourik, Louise M., Toms, Leisa-Maree L., He, Chang, Banks, Andrew, Hobson, Peter, Leonards, Pim E.G., de Boer, Jacob and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). Evaluating age and temporal trends of chlorinated paraffins in pooled serum collected from males in Australia between 2004 and 2015. Chemosphere, 244 125574, 125574. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125574
van Mourik, L.M., Lava, R., O'Brien, J., Leonards, P.E.G., de Boer, J. and Ricci, M. (2020). The underlying challenges that arise when analysing short-chain chlorinated paraffins in environmental matrices. Journal of Chromatography A, 1610 460550, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460550
Casà, Maria Valeria, van Mourik, Louise M., Weijs, Liesbeth, Mueller, Jochen and Nash, Susan Bengtson (2019). First detection of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) foraging in Antarctic waters. Environmental Pollution, 250, 953-959. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.103
He, Chang, Brandsma, Sicco H., Jiang, Hui, O'Brien, Jake W., van Mourik, Louise M., Banks, Andrew P., Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong K. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2019). Chlorinated paraffins in indoor dust from Australia: levels, congener patterns and preliminary assessment of human exposure. Science of the Total Environment, 682, 318-323. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.170
van Mourik, L. M., van der Veen, I., Crum, S. and de Boer, J. (2018). Developments and interlaboratory study of the analysis of short-chain chlorinated paraffins. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 102, 32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.01.004
Brandsma, Sicco H., van Mourik, Louise, O'Brien, Jake W., Eaglesham, Geoff, Leonards, Pim. E. G., de Boer, Jacob, Gallen, Christie, Mueller, Jochen, Gaus, Caroline and Bogdal, Christian (2017). Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (CPs) dominate in Australian sewage sludge. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (6), 3364-3372. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05318
van Mourik, Louise M., Gaus, Caroline, Leonards, Pim E. G. and de Boer, Jacob (2016). Chlorinated paraffins in the environment: a review on their production, fate, levels and trends between 2010 and 2015. Chemosphere, 155, 415-428. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.037
van Mourik, Louise M., Leonards, Pim E. G., Gaus, Caroline and de Boer, Jacob (2015). Recent developments in capabilities for analysing chlorinated paraffins in environmental matrices: a review. Chemosphere, 136, 259-272. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.045
Jin, Ling, Gaus, Caroline, Van Mourik, Louise and Escher, Beate I. (2014). Erratum: Applicability of passive sampling to bioanalytical screening of bioaccumulative chemicals in marine wildlife. Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (10), 6053-6053. doi: 10.1021/es502143h
Jonker, Michiel T. O. and van Mourik, Louise (2014). Exceptionally strong sorption of infochemicals to activated carbon reduces their bioavailability to fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33 (3), 493-499. doi: 10.1002/etc.2464
Jin, Ling, Gaus, Caroline, van Mourik, Louise and Escher, Beate I. (2013). Applicability of passive sampling to bioanalytical screening of bioaccumulative chemicals in marine wildlife. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (14), 7982-7988. doi: 10.1021/es401014b
Jin, L., van Mourik, L., Mewburn, B., Gaus, C. and Escher, B. (2012). Testing the applicability of passive sampling to chemical exposure and effect screening in marine wildlife. Organohalogen Compounds, 74, 923-926.
Thesis
van Mourik, Louise (2018). Optimising analytical methods for chlorinated paraffins to evaluate their levels in Australia. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.835