First Name: Marlen Ines
Name: Vasquez Christodoulou
Position: Special Teaching Staff and Research Group Leader
Email: marlen.vasquez@cut.ac.cy
Institute / University / Company: Cyprus University of Technology
Research Unit: Oikotoxicologia Research Group
Address (city, state): 30 Archibishop Kyprianos str
Country: Cyprus
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- multi-stressor effects
- contaminants of emerging concern
- molecular bioassessment
- microbial bioindicators
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- contaminants of emerging concern
- mixture toxicity
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- microbial ecology including bacteria
- diatoms
- fungi and archaea
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
- freshwater and coastal
- intermittent rivers
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: NO
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Koutinas M, Vasquez MI, Nicolaou E, Pashalia P, Kyriakou E, Loizou E, Papadaki A, Koutinas AA, Vyrides I (2019) Biodegradation and toxicity of emerging contaminants: Isolation of an exopolysaccharide-producing Sphingomonas sp. for ionic liquids bioremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 365:88-96.
- Stylianou K, Hapeshi E, Vasquez MI, Fatta-Kassinos D, Vyrides I (2018) Diclofenac biodegradation by newly isolated Klebsiella sp. KSC: microbial intermediates and ecotoxicological assessment. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 6:3242-3248.
- Vasquez MI, Lambrianides A, Schneider M, Kümmerer K & Fatta-Kassinos D (2014) Environmental side effects of pharmaceutical cocktails: What we know and what we should know. Journal of Hazardous Materials 279: 169–189.
- Vasquez MI & Fatta-Kassinos D (2013) Is the evaluation of “traditional” physicochemical parameters sufficient to explain the potential toxicity of the treated wastewater at sewage treatment plants? Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20: 3516–3528.
- Vasquez MI, Garcia-Käufer M, Hapeshi E, Menz J, Kostarelos K, Fatta-Kassinos D & Kümmerer K (2012) Chronic ecotoxic effects to Pseudomonas putida and Vibrio fischeri, and cytostatic and genotoxic effects to the hepatoma cell line (HepG2) of ofloxacin photo(cata)lytically treated solutions. Science of the Total Environment 450-451: 356–365.