Stuart Harrad
doctor
Environmental Chemistry
hull
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Harrad gained his BSc in Applied Chemistry from De Montfort University in 1984. He then moved to the University of East Anglia where he completed an MSc in Analytical Chemistry in 1985, and his PhD on Levels and Sources of PCDD/Fs in UK soils in 1989. After several postdoctoral appointments in both the USA and UK, he took up his present post in September 1994. He heads a National Network on Persistent Organic Pollutants, sits on the International Advisory Board of the Annual International Symposia on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants and chaired the 28th such symposium in Birmingham, August 17-22, 2008.
Research Interest
Assessment of human exposure; The significance of indoor contamination; The exploitation of the chiral properties of POPs to provide new insights into their sources, environmental fate and behaviour
Publications
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S. Harrad, E. Goosey, J. Desborough, M. A-E. Abdallah, L. Roosens, A. Covaci. “Dust from UK primary school classrooms and daycare centers: The significance of dust as a pathway of exposure of young UK children to Brominated Flame Retardants and Polychlorinated Biphenylsâ€, Environmental Science and Technology 44, 4198–4202 (2010).
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J. Desborough, S. Harrad “Chiral Signatures Show Volatilization from Soil Contributes to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Grassâ€, Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 7354-7357 (2011)
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M. Abdallah, S. Harrad. “Tetrabromobisphenol-A, Hexabromocyclododecane and Its Degradation Products in UK Human Milk: Relationship to External Exposureâ€, Environment International, 37, 443–448 (2011)
