Simon Zonkpoedjre

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Research Interest

My academic focus lies in freshwater microbiology, aquatic ecology, water quality analysis, and the sources, fate, transport, and toxicity of chemical pollutants in the aquatic environment. For my PhD, I am investigating how plastic particles' size, shape, and transport time influence microbial, meiobenthic, and macrobenthic communities, along with assessing their potential biological effects in freshwater reservoir systems.

Curriculum vitae

since 12/2023      PhD student in the project “Size and shape matter - colonization of plastic particles in a freshwater reservoir system” – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
10/2022 – 05/2023 Integrated water resources manager assistant– Join for Water (Protos) NGO, Benin
04/2020 – 03/2021 African-German Youth Initiative (AGYI) Training – Actions pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACED) NGO, Benin
11/2017 – 09/2019 Master of Science in Hydrobiology & Aquatic Sciences – University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
02/2013 – 01/2016 Bachelor of Science in conservation and protected areas management (ENSAGAP) –University of Parakou, Benin

Publications

Zonkpoedjre, S., Zonkpoedjre, S., Attamah, G.N. et al. Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Fish and the Associated Human Health Risk at Porto-Novo Lagoon, Benin Republic. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 351 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05809-0

Zonkpoedjre, S., Zonkpoedjre, S., Ezeorah, C. et al. Sources, pollution, and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Porto-Novo Lagoon, Benin Republic. Environ Geochem Health 45, 825–841 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01250-8