Principal supervisor: Professor Jochen Mueller
Researcher biography
Christie has worked as a full time research assistant in Prof Jochen Mueller’s group since joining QAEHS (formerly Entox) in 2010. Her primary research focus has been on monitoring the spatial and temporal trends of a vast range of organic micropollutants in water (including pesticides, herbicides, personal care products, perfluorinated chemicals and natural halogenated products) using a variety of grab and passive sampling techniques. She has experience in the field deploying passive samplers in both marine and freshwater environments as well as in the laboratory extracting a wide range of different environmental matrices (water, waste water, sediment, biosolids). In 2014 she commenced a part time PhD investigating the sources, presence and fate of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals in Australian landfills, and their potential for reintroduction into the environment through leachate release.
Publications
Book Chapter
Davis, Aaron M., Lewis, Stephen E., O’Brien, Dominique S., Bainbridge, Zoe T., Bentley, Christie, Mueller, Jochen F. and Brodie, Jon E. (2014). Water resource development and high value coastal wetlands on the Lower Burdekin Floodplain, Australia. Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond. (pp. 223-245) edited by Eric Wolanski. Dordrecht, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7019-5_13
Journal Articles
Taucare, Grechel, Bignert, Anders, Kaserzon, Sarit, Thai, Phong, Mann, Reinier M., Gallen, Christie and Mueller, Jochen (2022). Detecting long temporal trends of photosystem II herbicides (PSII) in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 177 113490, 113490. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113490
Gallen, C., Bignert, A., Taucare, G., O'Brien, J., Braeunig, J., Reeks, T., Thompson, J. and Mueller, J.F. (2022). Temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl substances in an Australian wastewater treatment plant: a ten-year retrospective investigation. Science of the Total Environment, 804 150211, 150211. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150211
Wang, Xianyu, Banks, Andrew P.W., He, Chang, Drage, Daniel S., Gallen, Christie L., Li, Yan, Li, Qingbo, Thai, Phong K. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2019). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and legacy and current pesticides in indoor environment in Australia – Occurrence, sources and exposure risks. Science of the Total Environment, 693 133588, 133588. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133588
Gallen, C., Heffernan, A. L., Kaserzon, S., Dogruer, G., Samanipour, S., Gomez-Ramos, M. J. and Mueller, J. F. (2019). Integrated chemical exposure assessment of coastal green turtle foraging grounds on the Great Barrier Reef. Science of The Total Environment, 657, 401-409. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.322
Gallen, C., Eaglesham, G., Drage, D., Nguyen, T. Hue and Mueller, J.F. (2018). A mass estimate of perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) release from Australian wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere, 208, 975-983. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.024
Vetter, Walter, Kaserzon, Sarit, Gallen, Christie, Knoll, Sarah, Gallen, Michael, Hauler, Carolin and Mueller, Jochen F. (2018). Occurrence and concentrations of halogenated natural products derived from seven years of passive water sampling (2007–2013) at Normanby Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 137, 81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.032
He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong, Baduel, Christine, Gallen, Christie, Banks, Andrew, Bainton, Paul, English, Karin and Mueller, Jochen F (2018). Organophosphate and brominated flame retardants in Australian indoor environments: Levels, sources, and preliminary assessment of human exposure. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 235, 670-679. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.017
Gallen, C., Drage, D., Eaglesham, G., Grant, S., Bowman, M. and Mueller, J. F. (2017). Australia-wide assessment of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in landfill leachates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 331, 132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.02.006
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
He, Chang, Wang, Xianyu, Thai, Phong, Mueller, Jochen F., Gallen, Christie, Li, Yan and Baduel, Christine (2017). Development and validation of a multi-residue method for the analysis of brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in indoor dust. Talanta, 164, 503-510. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.10.108
English, Karin, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Gallen, Christie and Mueller, Jochen F. (2016). BDE-209 in the Australian environment: desktop review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 320, 194-203. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.032
Gallen, C., Drage, D., Kaserzon, S., Baduel, C., Gallen, M., Banks, A., Broomhall, S. and Mueller, J. F. (2016). Occurrence and distribution of brominated flame retardants and perfluoroalkyl substances in Australian landfill leachate and biosolids. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 312, 55-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.03.031
O’Brien, Dominique, Lewis, Stephen, Davis, Aaron, Gallen, Christie, Smith, Rachael, Turner, Ryan, Warne, Michael, Turner, Scott, Caswell, Stewart, Mueller, Jochen F. and Brodie, Jon (2016). Spatial and temporal variability in pesticide exposure downstream of a heavily irrigated cropping area: application of different monitoring techniques. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 64 (20), 3975-3989. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04710
Gallen, Christie, Baduel, Christine, Lai, Foon Yin, Thompson, Kristie, Thompson, Jack, Warne, Michael and Mueller, Jochen F. (2014). Spatio-temporal assessment of perfluorinated compounds in the Brisbane River system, Australia: Impact of a major flood event. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85 (2), 597-605. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.014
Page, Declan, Miotlinski, Konrad, Gonzalez, Dennis, Barry, Karen, Dillon, Peter and Gallen, Christie (2014). Environmental monitoring of selected pesticides and organic chemicals in urban stormwater recycling systems using passive sampling techniques. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 158, 65-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.01.004
Kaserzon, Sarit L., Vermeirssen, Etienne L. M., Hawker, Darryl W., Kennedy, Karen, Bentley, Christie, Thompson, Jack, Booij, Kees and Mueller, Jochen F. (2013). Passive sampling of perfluorinated chemicals in water: flow rate effects on chemical uptake. Environmental Pollution, 177, 58-63. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.002
Kennedy, Karen, Devlin, Michelle, Bentley, Christie, Lee-Chue, Kristie, Paxman, Chris, Carter, Steve, Lewis, Stephen E., Brodie, Jon, Guy, Ellia, Vardy, Suzanne, Martin, Katherine C., Jones, Alison, Packett, Robert and Mueller, Jochen F. (2012). The influence of a season of extreme wet weather events on exposure of the World Heritage Area Great Barrier Reef to pesticides. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64 (7), 1495-1507. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.014
Kennedy, Karen, Schroeder, Thomas, Shaw, Melanie, Haynes, David, Lewis, Stephen, Bentley, Christie, Paxman, Chris, Carter, Steve, Brando, Vittorio, Bartkow, Michael, Hearn, Laurence and Mueller, Jochen F. (2012). Long term monitoring of photosystem II herbicides – Correlation with remotely sensed freshwater extent to monitor changes in the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 65 (4-9), 292-305. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.029
Conference Paper
Bentley, C. L., Banks, A., Baduel, C., Eaglesham, G., Brandsma, S., Leonards, P., Heffernan, A. L., Hearn, L. and Mueller, J. (2013). Development of a non-destructive testing strategy to rapidly identify PBDEs in consumer products. 33rd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Dioxin 2013), Daegu, Korea, 25-30 August 2013.
Thesis
Gallen, Christie (2022). Fate and trends of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals associated with consumer products in the Australian waste streams. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/2c0d07b
Research Reports
Kaserzon, Sarit, Yeh, Ruby Yu-Lu, Thompson, Kristie, Paxman, Chris, Gallen, Christie, Elisei, Gabriele, Prasad, Pritesh, Schacht, Veronika, Van Niekerk, Sean, Verhagen, Rory, Vijayasarathy, Soumini, Gallen, Michael, Reeks, Tim, Jiang, Hui, Eaglesham, Geoff and Mueller, Jochen (2018). Catchment and Drinking Water Quality Micro Pollutant Monitoring Program – Passive Sampling Report 8 – Summer 2018. Ipswich, QLD, Australia: Seqwater.
Kaserzon, Sarit, Thompson, Kristie, Paxman, Chris, Gallen, Christie, Elisei, Gabriele, Mackie, Rachel, Gallen, Michael, Reeks, Tim, Jiang, Hui, Eaglesham, Geoff, Samanipour, Saer and Mueller, Jochen (2018). Catchment and Drinking Water Quality Micro Pollutant Monitoring Program – Passive Sampling. Report 7 – Winter 2017. Ipswich, QLD, Australia: Seqwater.
Grant, S., Thompson, K., Paxman, C., Elisei, G., Gallen, C., Tracey, D., Kaserzon, S., Jiang, H., Samanipour, S. and Mueller, J. F. (2018). Annual Report for inshore pesticide monitoring 2016-2017. Townsville, QLD Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Kaserzon, Sarit, O’Malley, Elissa, Gallen, Christie, Thompson, Kristie, Paxman, Chris, Montero Ruiz, Natalia, Eaglesham, Geoff, Gallen, Michael, Wang, Xianyu, Hearn, Laurence and Mueller, Jochen (2016). Catchment and Drinking Water Quality Micro Pollutant Monitoring Program – Passive Sampling. Report 5 – Winter 2016. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Entox.
Bentley, C., Banks, A., Baduel, C., Eaglesham, G., Brandsma, S., Leonards, P., Heffernan, A. L., Hearn, L. and Mueller, J. (2013). Testing of articles for persistent organic pollutants. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
Bentley, C., Devlin, M., Paxman, C., Chue, K. L. and Mueller, J. (2012). Pesticide monitoring in inshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef using both time-integrated and event monitoring techniques (2011 - 2012). Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, The National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox).
Kennedy, K., Bentley, C., Heffernan, A., Paxman, C., Stevenson, G. and Mueller, J. (2010). Gladstone air study 2009-2010 : Monitoring for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) & furans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).. Brisbane, Qld., Australia: National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, UQ.
Kennedy, Karen, Bentley, Christie, Paxman, Chris, Dunn, Andrew, Heffernan, Amy, Kaserzon, Sarit and Mueller, Jochen (2010). Final Report - Monitoring of organic chemicals in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park using time integrated monitoring tools (2009-2010). Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.