ITM's Staff

Research field

My main research field is the development and application of biological test methods for studying effects of single substances and complex effluents. The focus is on methods with algae where I have developed a growth inhibition method with the red macroalga Ceramium tenuicorne. This test has been accepted as a new working item within ISO and will hopefully become an international standard in a couple of years. The biological test methods are applied for assessing the toxicity of e.g. antifouling paints, pulp mill effluents, exhaust from boat engines.

Since 2007 I have received a FORMAS grant for three years together with Magnus Breitholtz (ITM), Christina Rudén (KTH) and Misse Weter-Herber (KTH). This is an interdisciplinary project where we will investigate the effects from pleasure boats and the professional fleet to the Baltic Sea Coastal ecosystem and compare the existing rules and the acceptance among stakeholders. We will concentrate on effects from the use of antifouling paints and exhasuts from differnt types of boat engines.