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Reviewer of manuscripts for various journals:
Analytica Chimica Acta
Journal of Chromatography A
Analytical Sciences
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Journal of Food Science
Food Additives and Contaminants
International Journal of
Environmental Analytical
Chemistry
Archives of Environmental Contamination
Toxicology
Food Chemistry
Journal of AOAC International
Journal of Food Processing &
Technology
Journal of Liquid Chromatography and
Related Techniques
Talanta
Science of the Total Environment
Methods
Journal of Toxicological Science
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Environment International
Environmental Research
Analytical Chemistry
Food and Chemical Toxicology
Trends in Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Health
Perspectives
Food Research International
Analytical and Bioanalytical
Chemistry
Analytical Methods
Environmental Science &
Technology
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Research focuses on identification and determination of food packaging organic
chemicals (e.g., phthalates, bisphenol A) and other volatile organic chemical
contaminants occurring in the Canadian food supply in order to determine human
exposure to these chemicals. Major activities are the development of methods of
analysis for such chemicals in various food samples, conduct of targeted surveys
(e.g., benzene in soft drinks, bisphenol A in canned liquid infant formula, canned soft
drinks and other canned foods) and analysis of samples from the national surveys
(e.g., the Total Diet Study, human milk survey) to determine the levels of these
chemicals in foods, and migration studies of organic chemicals (e.g., phthalates,
bisphenol A) from food packaging materials into foods. Gas chromatograph-mass
spectrometer (GC-MS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) are
used for analysis following sample extractions with various techniques (e.g., solvent
extraction, solid phase extraction, solid-phase microextraction (SPME), headspace).