Bachelor of Science (Environmental Studies) (Hons)
PhD Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Contact Details for Associate Professor Heather Chapman
Research Interests
- ecotoxicology
- water quality guidelines and the development of techniques for the use of biomarkers for biologically active substances in water
- quality and wastewater management
- water recycling
- quantitative risk assessment
- sustainable urban water management
Publicaitons
- Chapman H.F., Leusch F.D.L., Prochazka E., Cumming J., Ross V.; Humpage A., Froscio S., Laingam S., Khan S.J., Trinh T., McDonald J.A.. (2011). A national approach to health risk assessment, risk communication and management of chemical hazards from recycled water, Waterlines report, National Water Commission, Canberra.
- Cumming, J., Hawker, D., Chapman, H. and Nugent, K., (2011), Fugacity model and Monte Carlo analysis of the fate of polymeric quaternary ammonium salts from cosmetics in wastewater treatment plants. Water Air Soil Pollution. In press DOI 10.1007/s11270-010-0543-5.
- Cumming, J., Hawker, D., Chapman, H. and Nugent, K., (2011) Sorption of polymeric quaternary ammonium salts (polyquaterniums) as used in cosmetics to prepared humic acid. Water Air Soil Pollution, Volume 214: 5-11.
Cumming J.L., Hawker, D.W., Matthews, C., Chapman, H.D.and Nugent, K., (2010), Analaysis of polymeric quaternary ammonium salts as found in cosmetics by metachromatic polyelectrolyte titration. Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry, Volume 92(9):1595-1608. - Annalie Roux et al (2010) Hazard identification, qualitative risk assessment and monitoring on the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project. Water Practice and Technology 5(1):1-10.
- Lampard, J., Leusch, F., Roiko, A. and Chapman, H.F., (2010), Contaminants of Concern in Recycled Water. Water, Volume 37(8):54-60.
- Leusch F.D.L, DeJager, C., Levi,Y., Lim. R., Puijker,L., Sacher, F., Tremblay,L.A., Wilson, V. and HF Chapman, (2010), "Comparison of five in vitro bioassays to measure estrogenic activity in environmental waters", Environmental Science Technology.Volume, Volume 44:3853-3860.
- Reitsema T., Nice, H.E., Leusch, F.D.L., Quayle, P., Chapman, H.F., Khan, S.J., Trinh, T., Coleman, H., Rawson, C., Gagnon, M.M and Blair, (2009),‘Development of an Ecotoxicity toolbox to characterise water quality for recycling’. Water Science Technical Series, Report No 36, Department of Water, Western Australia.
- Leusch, F.D.L., Moore, M.R. and H.F. Chapman, (2009), Balancing the budget of environmental estrogen exposure: the contribution of recycled water. Water Science technical Series, Volume 60:1003.
- Huston, R., Chan, Y.C, Gardner,T. ,Shaw, G. and Chapman, H., (2009), Characterisation of atmospheric deposition as a source of contaminants in urban rainwater tanks. Water Research, doi:10.1016/jwartres.2008.12.045 (1-11).