The research in the group is focused on the interaction of pollutants with species-specific ecology, natural stressors (including climate and disease) and effects on hormones, behaviour and reproduction. The overall goal is to assess the effects of pollution and multiple stressors on the individual and population level. So far, most of the research has focused on birds (including song birds, seabirds and raptors), but recently also studies on Daphnia are performed in collaboration with Sigurd Einum. Different types of environmental pollutants are considered (including metals, legacy POPs and emerging compounds).

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Veerle Jaspers presentation

In June 2014 Associate Professor Veerle Jaspers was selected for the Outstanding Academic Fellows Programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is currently managing an international research project on emerging pollutants in birds of prey (NewRaptor) funded by the Norwegian Research Council and NTNU until the end of 2018.