Simon Zonkpoedjre
Contact / address
PhD StudentDepartment of Lake Research
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr.3a
39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 341 60252483
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 - 5.2023 | Integrated water resources manager assistant– Join for Water (Protos) NGO, Benin |
| 4.2020 - 3.2021 | African-German Youth Initiative (AGYI) Training – Actions pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACED) NGO, Benin |
| 11.2017 - 9.2019 | Master of Science in Hydrobiology & Aquatic Sciences – University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria |
| 2.2013 - 1.2016 | 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