Anna Kärrman
Anna Kärrman Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Science and TechnologyEmail: anna.karrman@oru.se
Phone: No number available
Room: B3315
About Anna Kärrman
Anna Kärrman is an associate professor (docent) in environmental chemistry conducting research in the Environment and Health group at MTM Research Centre.
Research
Anna Kärrman’s main research agenda is to unravel the identity of drivers of toxicity by seeking relevant and sensitive methods including non-targeted methodologies. Focus is on analytical chemistry and emerging organic pollutants, their distribution in the environment, sources, and human exposure. Among her research work are studies of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and microplastics. Most of her work is conducted within the Environmental Forensic Laboratory (EnForce), of which she is the deputy manager. Among her external assignments are the Swedish Chemical Society editorial board and The Toxicological Council, the latter an expert group acting as an early warning system for the identification of chemical substances that can be harmful to human health or the environment.
Research projects
Active projects
- Exponering av föregångarämnen till PFAS
- Identification of unknown pollutants
- Reducing the discharge of microplastics into source waters - source tracking and identifying targeted mitigation measures
- Mixture-Risk
- Occurrence, distribution and toxicity of emerging perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alternatives
- PAC-Risk
- PFAS-Risk
- PLASTIC-Risk
- REHAZE- Reduced inflows of hazardous substances from landfills into the Baltic Sea
- RESPONSE - Towards a risk-based assessment of microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems
- Screening of microplastics and streamlined risk assessment of hazardous substances in sludge using effect driven analysis for a safe recycling on arable lands
- Biochar application for pollutant stabilization and ecological restoration of contaminated land in Sweden
Completed projects
- A pilot study on unidentified poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in sewage in Sweden
- A temporal study on unidentified poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in sewage sludge in Sweden
- Analyses of PFAS precursors and TOF in serum from individuals with a high PFAS-exposure living in Ronneby
- Baltic Sea Expedition 2014
- Biomonitoring PFAS in Sweden
- Infant's exposure for environmental pollutants
- UN global monitoring of PFAS in human milk
- Global Monitoring Plan on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Are humans and the environment exposed to increasing amounts of unknown highly fluorinated substances?
- A pilot study on human exposure to novel poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) and its alternatives and total extractable organofluorine (TOF) in Sweden
- Plastic pollution - chemical risks for marine ecosystems
- Occurrence of microplastics in Sweden's great lakes
- Miljöneutrala brandsläckningsmetodiker
- Effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on metabolic pathways studied in an avian embryo model
- A pilot study on analytical method development and measurement of fluorinated active ingredient of Scotchgard and its levels in sludge and landfill leachate from Sweden
- Screening of total organofluorine substances (TOF) and emerging PFASs in the Swedish environment
- Screening of PFAS and total organic fluorine (TOF) in Nordic Countries
- Environmental and health effects of fire fighting foams
- Ultra-short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the Swedish environment - an unknown environmental threat?
- Transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from the aquatic environment to the terrestrial ecosystem: mechanisms and ecological effects