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Veerle Jaspers

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Veerle Jaspers

Professor
Department of Biology

veerle.jaspers@ntnu.no
+4773596080 Realfagbygget, EU2-175, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5
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Current Research Areas / Teaching

I am working as a Professor in Environmental Toxicology at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway) and I am currently the deputy for the head of research at the department of Biology and part of the leadegroup. I teach classes in the international Master Program "Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry" at NTNU. Further I am course leader for the courses "Ecotoxicology" and "Practices in Ecotoxicology" in the third Bachelor of the Biology Program.

My research is oriented towards the interaction of pollution with other stress factors and environmental factors and their effects on physiology, individuals and populations. More information can be found on my research group webpage (see link on the side).

In August 2020 I started a Norwegian Research Council (NRC) funded project on the combined effects of pollutants and disease on migrating shorebirds along the East-Asian Australian flyway. More info can be found on our COAST IMPACT webpage or facebook page. I am also a partner in the DISRUPT project (2020-2025), funded by the Academy of Finland DISRUPT: Ducks as models for assessIng endocrine DISRUPTing chemicals in the aquatic environment | Disrupt (utu.fi)

I have also previously been the PI of the NewRaptor research project (concluded in 2018), a project co-funded by the NRC and NTNU (“fellesløfte”), which focussed on the exposure and effects of emerging flame retardants in birds of prey. The project included both experimental studies as well as sampling of goshawks and sea eagles.

I have also been involved in a EU COST action European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility - ERBFacility (concluded in 2022) and a previous European Science Foundation Networking Programme - Eurapmon http://www.eurapmon.net/ (2010-2015).

Further I collaborate with the Daphnia lab (Prof. Sigurd Einum) to investigate the effects of contaminants on population dynamics of Daphnia.

 

Background

After the completion of my Master in Biology in July 2003, I started my research career as a PhD student at the Department of Biology at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) under supervision of Prof. Marcel Eens and Prof. Adrian Covaci. During my PhD I investigated the contamination of the Belgian environment with organic pollutants, making use of different bird species. For the first time it was investigated if organic pollutants could be quantified in bird feathers. Feathers of predatory birds were confirmed to be useful as a nondestructive biomonitoring tool for contamination with organic pollutants. Concentrations of most organic pollutants could be quantified in one single tail feather and these concentrations were related to the levels in the internal tissues of the birds. This implies that concentrations in feathers may provide information on the levels in the bird’s body and may anticipate potential negative effects.

After obtaining my degree of Doctor in Sciences in 2008, I started a post doc at the University of Antwerp. During my Post doctoral research I also started to focus on perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and interactions of pollution and ecology in birds of prey. I was a collaborator in an international project (RAPTOR 2015) that was lounged in January 2008 with regard to the impact of persistent organic pollutants, natural stress and climate change on the survival of raptors in Northern ecosystems (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Polar Environmental Centre, Tromsø, Norway). Within this project, I was also co-supervising a PhD student, Igor Eulaers, who will defended his PhD thesis in 2014. During my post doc, I also obtained an Yggdrasil mobility grant via the Norwegian Research Council, which allowed for a research stay at the National Institute for Air Research (NILU) in Tromsø, Norway during May-June 2010. I had several side projects, including measurement of organic pollutants in polar bear hair, organising the Dioxin 2011 conference in Brussels (Belgium) and contributing to a chapter on "POPs in the urban environment" in the book Environmental Forensics of POPs (eds Court Sandau and Gwen O’Sullivan). I was appointed as an associate professor at NTNU in 2013.

Publications

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2017

  • Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar; Eulaers, Igor; Jaspers, Veerle; Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal; Frantz, Adrien; Ambus, Per Lennart; Covaci, Adrian; Malik, Riffat Naseem. (2017) The first exposure assessment of legacy and unrestricted brominated flame retardants in predatory birds of Pakistan. Environmental Pollution (1987). volum 220.
    Academic article
  • Dolan, Kevin J.; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Lierhagen, Syverin; Eulaers, Igor; Nygård, Torgeir; Johnsen, Trond Vidar; Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar; García-Fernández, Antonio J.; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E.; Jaspers, Veerle. (2017) Trace element concentrations in feathers and blood of Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings from Norway and Spain. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. volum 144.
    Academic article
  • Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Eulaers, I; Herzke, Dorte; Johnsen, Trond Vidar; Lepoint, G; Perez-Garcia, JM; García-Fernández, A.J.; Jaspers, Veerle. (2017) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plasma and feathers of nestling birds of prey from northern Norway. Environmental Research. volum 158.
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Mona L; Jaspers, Veerle; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Løseth, Mari Engvig; Briels, Nathalie; Eulaers, Igor; Leifsson, Pall S; Riget, Frank F; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Sonne, Christian. (2017) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) liver and thyroid gland histopathology as a result of in ovo exposure to the flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and Dechlorane Plus. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. volum 80 (9).
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Mona; Jaspers, Veerle; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Løseth, Mari Engvig; Briels, Nathalie; Eulaers, Igor; Krogh, Anne Kirstine H; Covaci, Adrian; Malarvannan, Govindan; Poma, Giulia; Riget, Frank F; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Herzke, Dorte; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Nygård, Torgeir; Sonne, Christian. (2017) Blood clinical-chemical parameters and feeding history in growing Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks exposed to Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and Dechlorane Plus in ovo. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. volum 99 (5-6).
    Academic article
  • Marteinson, Sarah C.; Eulaers, Igor; Jaspers, Veerle; Covaci, Adrian; Eens, Marcel; Letcher, Robert J.; Fernie, Kim J.. (2017) Transfer of hexabromocyclododecane flame retardant isomers from captive American kestrel eggs to feathers and their association with thyroid hormones and growth. Environmental Pollution (1987). volum 220.
    Academic article

2016

  • Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar; Malik, Riffat Naseem; Frantz, Adrien; Jaspers, Veerle. (2016) A review on current knowledge and future prospects of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) in Asian birds. Science of the Total Environment. volum 542.
    Academic literature review

2015

  • Jaspers, Veerle. (2015) Selecting the right bird model in experimental studies on endocrine disrupting chemicals. Frontiers in Environmental Science. volum 3 (35).
    Academic literature review

2013

  • Jaspers, Veerle. (2013) Raptors under stress in Norway. Toksikologen. volum 23 (3).
    Article
  • Jaspers, Veerle; Megson, David; O’Sullivan, Gwen. (2013) POPs in the Terrestrial Environment. Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar; Eulaers, Igor; Jaspers, Veerle; Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal; Frantz, Adrien; Ambus, Per Lennart; Covaci, Adrian; Malik, Riffat Naseem. (2017) The first exposure assessment of legacy and unrestricted brominated flame retardants in predatory birds of Pakistan. Environmental Pollution (1987). volum 220.
    Academic article
  • Dolan, Kevin J.; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Lierhagen, Syverin; Eulaers, Igor; Nygård, Torgeir; Johnsen, Trond Vidar; Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar; García-Fernández, Antonio J.; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E.; Jaspers, Veerle. (2017) Trace element concentrations in feathers and blood of Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings from Norway and Spain. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. volum 144.
    Academic article
  • Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Eulaers, I; Herzke, Dorte; Johnsen, Trond Vidar; Lepoint, G; Perez-Garcia, JM; García-Fernández, A.J.; Jaspers, Veerle. (2017) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plasma and feathers of nestling birds of prey from northern Norway. Environmental Research. volum 158.
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Mona L; Jaspers, Veerle; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Løseth, Mari Engvig; Briels, Nathalie; Eulaers, Igor; Leifsson, Pall S; Riget, Frank F; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Sonne, Christian. (2017) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) liver and thyroid gland histopathology as a result of in ovo exposure to the flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and Dechlorane Plus. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. volum 80 (9).
    Academic article
  • Jacobsen, Mona; Jaspers, Veerle; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Løseth, Mari Engvig; Briels, Nathalie; Eulaers, Igor; Krogh, Anne Kirstine H; Covaci, Adrian; Malarvannan, Govindan; Poma, Giulia; Riget, Frank F; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Herzke, Dorte; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Nygård, Torgeir; Sonne, Christian. (2017) Blood clinical-chemical parameters and feeding history in growing Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks exposed to Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and Dechlorane Plus in ovo. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. volum 99 (5-6).
    Academic article
  • Marteinson, Sarah C.; Eulaers, Igor; Jaspers, Veerle; Covaci, Adrian; Eens, Marcel; Letcher, Robert J.; Fernie, Kim J.. (2017) Transfer of hexabromocyclododecane flame retardant isomers from captive American kestrel eggs to feathers and their association with thyroid hormones and growth. Environmental Pollution (1987). volum 220.
    Academic article
  • Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar; Malik, Riffat Naseem; Frantz, Adrien; Jaspers, Veerle. (2016) A review on current knowledge and future prospects of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) in Asian birds. Science of the Total Environment. volum 542.
    Academic literature review
  • Jaspers, Veerle. (2015) Selecting the right bird model in experimental studies on endocrine disrupting chemicals. Frontiers in Environmental Science. volum 3 (35).
    Academic literature review
  • Jaspers, Veerle. (2013) Raptors under stress in Norway. Toksikologen. volum 23 (3).
    Article

Part of book/report

  • Jaspers, Veerle; Megson, David; O’Sullivan, Gwen. (2013) POPs in the Terrestrial Environment. Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • BI3071 - Advanced Ecotoxicology
  • BI3072 - Environmental Toxicology
  • BI2025 - Animal Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology
  • RFEL3070 - Scientific Seminars in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • BI2073 - Practices in Environmental Toxicology
  • TBI4110 - Ecotoxicology
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