Alina Koch

My research focuses on environmental pollutants and their impact on the environment. During my PhD I studied PFAS and their biotransfer from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems. Now I assess pesticides as they occur in the field and their direct and indirect impact on non-target organisms (i.e. aquatic alage, fungi and invertebrate communities or pollinators). Additionally, I explore assessment criteria for ecological impacts of pesticides for environmental risk assessment (ERA). 

Förorenad mark - riskbedömning och åtgärder (TE0020)

Environmental issues of crop production (BI1283)

Grundkurserna i kemi (KE0062-63)

PARC (2022-2028)

The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) aims to advance research, share knowledge, and improve skills in chemical risk assessment. My involvment is in project 6.4.4. that aims to improve the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of plant protection products (PPP).  

My projects contributing to PARC 6.4.4c "Effects project":

1. BAPaqua (2022-2024)

• A field study in which pesticide residue concentration were measured in aquatic invertebrate groups, biofilm, water and sediment. Data were combined with pesticide application data, taxonomic data as well as biolgical indexes to assess distrubtion and bioaccumulation between different matrices in the aquatic ecosystem. 

     2. Biofilm study (2022-2024)

• A field study to assess impact of seasonal pesticide exposure on periphyton structure and nutritional quality in agricultural streams. 

     3. Aquatic fungi project (upcoming 2025-2028)

PollinERA project (2024-2028)

• Understanding Pesticide-Pollinator Interactions to Support EU Environmental Risk Assessment and Policy 
• Main contribution: pesticide residue analysis for different pollinators and exposure matrices and development of an indicator for effects of pesticides on pollinators (PollSPEAR)
• PollinERA receives funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe

Biochar filter project (2023-2024)

• Reducing pesticide transport from agricultural drainage systems using biochar filters 

Pollinator (2022)

• Invloment in CKB´s pollinator project AirBeeSafe and other collaboration with Lund University.

Responsibilties within environmenal monitoring and assessment programmes:

• Operations manager for the area of operation "Biological effects" at CKB
• Assisstent coordinator for the Non-Toxic Environment programme

Pollinators’ exposure to pesticides via pollen, nectar and air in the agricultural landscape (report in Swedish), SLU Centre for Pesticides in the Environment, pulished: 12/22/2022

Quantification of Biodriven Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from the Aquatic to the Terrestrial Environment via Emergent Insects, Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), 2021

Characterization of an AFFF impacted freshwater environment using total fluorine, extractable organofluorine and suspect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance screening analysis, Chemosphere, 2021

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl-Contaminated Freshwater Impacts Adjacent Riparian Food Webs, Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), 2020

Pharmaceuticals in source separated sanitation systems: Fecal sludge and blackwater treatment, Science of The Total Environment, 2019

Point source characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and extractable organofluorine (EOF) in freshwater and aquatic invertebrates, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2019

Towards a comprehensive analytical workflow for the chemical characterisation of organofluorine in consumer products and environmental samples, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019

SLU Centre for Pesticides in the Environment (CKB)

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