Griffith University

Emeritus Professor

Griffith School of Environment

Contact Details for Emeritus Professor Des Connell

Research Expertise

• Distribution and modelling of chemicals in the environment
• Bioconcentration and bioaccumulation
• Kinetics of movement of chemicals in the environment
• Quantitative structure activity relationships (QSARS)
• Water Quality
• Risk Assessment

Current Teaching Areas

• Environmental Toxicology
• Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Environmental Health Monitoring and Assessment
  

Selected Publications

• Connell, D.W., Hawker, D.W., Warne, M.J. and Vowles, P.D. (2005).  Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry, Second Edition, CRC Press ? Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida. 
  
• Hung, C.L.H., So, M.K., Connell, D.W., Fung, C.N., Lam, M.H.W., Nicholson, B.J., and    Lam, P.K.S. ( 2004 ). A preliminary risk assessment of trace elements accumulated in fish to the Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphin in the northwestern waters of Hong Kong. Chemosphere 56, 643-651.
• Djohan,D., Yu, Q. and Connell, D.W. ( 2005 ). Partition isotherms of chlorobenzenes in a sediment-water system. Air, Water and Soil Pollution 161, 157-173.
• Fung,C.N., Zheng, G.J., Connell,D.W., Zhang, X., Wong, H.L., Geisy, J.P, Fang, Z., Lam, P. K.S. (2005). Risks posed by trace contaminants in coastal sediments in the Pearl Delta, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50, 1036 ? 1049.
• Sadler, R., Seawright, A., Shaw, G., Dennison, N., Connell, D., Barron, W., and White P.,( 2005) Bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides from contaminated soil by cattle. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 87, 575-582.
• Connell, D.W., Wu, R.S.S., Richardson, B.J. and Lam, P.K.S. CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS INCLUDING AGROCHEMICALS, in Environmental and Ecological Chemistry  from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems ( EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK (http://www.eolss.net).
• Hunga, C.L.H.,   Xua, Y. , Lam, a J.C.W., Connella,b D.W., Lama, M.H.W.,   Nicholsonc, S.     B.J. Richardsona, B.J. , P.K.S. Lama*, P.K.S. ( 2006). A preliminary risk assessment of organochlorines accumulated in fish to the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Northwestern waters of Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution 144, 190 ? 196.
• Wei, S.,   Lau, R.K.F., Fung, C.N., Zheng, G/J., Lam, a J.C.W., Connella,b D.W., Lama, Fang.Z.,   Richardsona, B.J. , P.K.S. Lama*, P.K.S. ( 2006). Trace organic contamination in biota collected from the Pearl River estuary, China: A preliminary risk assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52, 1682-1694.
• Djohan, D., Yu, Q., Connell, D.W. and Christensen, E. ( 2007). Health risk assessment of chlorobenzenes in the air of residential houses using probabilistic techniques. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A,  70, 1594-1603.C
• Cooper K, Noller B, Connell D, Yu, Q., Sadler, R., Olszowy, H.,  Golding G., Tinggi, U., Moore, M., and Myers, S. (2007).   .Public health risks from heavy metals and metalloids present in traditional Chinese medicines.   Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A,  70, 1694-1699.
• Hu WN, Tong SL, Mengersen K, Connell D  (2007). Weather variability and the incidence of cryptosporidiosis: Comparison of time series Poisson regression and SARIMA models. Annals of Epidemiology 17, 679-688.
• Hu W, Connell D, Mengersen K.  (2007). Climate variability and the transmission of cryptosporidiosis.  Epidemiology 17, S424-S424 Suppl.
• Takahashi, E., Yu, J., Eaglesham, J., Connell, D.W., McBroom, J., Costanzo, S., and Shaw, G.R. (2007). Occurrence  and seasonal variations of algal toxins in water, phytoplankton and shellfish from North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. Marine Environmental Research   64, 429-442.
• Connell, D.W. (2007). Persistent organic pollutants: occurrence and health risks in Australia. In Persistent Organic Pollutants in Asia- Sources, Distributions, Transport  and Fate. Editors Li,A., Tanabe, S., Jiang, G., Giesy, J.P. and Lam, P.K.S. Developments in Environmental Science 7, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 753-772.
• Hamidin, N., Yu, Q.J., Connell D.W. ( 2008). Human health  risk assessment of chlorinated disinfection byproducts in drinking water using a probabilistic approach. Water Research 42, 3263-3274.
• Connell, D.W. and Yu, J., (2008). Use of time and life expectancy in models for toxicity to aquatic organisms. Marine Pollution Bulletin  57, 245-248.
• Cao, Q., Yu, Q. and  Connell,D.W. (2008). Degradation rate constants of steroids in sewage treatment works and receiving water. Environmental Technology 29, 1321-1330.
• Hu, W.,  Connell, D., Mengersen, K. and  Tong, S. (2009).  Weather variability, sunspots and the bloom of cyanobacteria. Ecohealth 10.1007/s10393-009-0223-3.
• Cao, Q., Garib, V.,  Yu, Q.,  Connell,D.W. and Campitelli, M. (2009). Quantitative structure-property relationships (QPSR) for steroidal compounds of environmental importance. Chemosphere 76, 453-459.