Joost Lahr
Research scientist
Education
1988 M.Sc. Environmental Sciences
(specialization: Toxicology, Water purification & Water quality). Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
2000 PhD Biology. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Key qualifications
Project management
Experience in developing countries (West Africa)
Field and laboratory research on ecological risk assessment (ERA) and ecology:
• Large-scale field experiments with pesticides
• Emerging substances such as (veterinary) pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors
• Polluted soils and sediments (TRIAD approach)
• Development of bioassays and biomarkers
• Ecology of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates
Policy-oriented research and desk studies (ERA):
• Reviews of fate and effects of substances
• Setting up and conducting monitoring studies
• Development of decision support systems
• Indicators for ecological risks and sustainability
• Ecotoxicological profiling of animal species
• Ecological risk and vulnerability mapping of pollutants
• Risk mapping for communication and management
• Agrobiodiversity
Experience in other countries
• Internship ecotoxicology in Vancouver, Canada (4 mo, 1988)
• Consultancy for WHO (UN) in Ivory Coast (2 mo, 1988/1989)
• Employed by Wageningen University in Senegal (7 mo, 1988)
• Employed by FAO (UN) in Senegal, Africa (6 yrs, 1991-1997), with various visits
abroad
Training and lecturing
• Apprentice co-trainer internal Alterra courses on tendering skills
• Organizing and reporting various workshops
• Teaching ecotoxicology of pesticides (and setting up a 2-week course) for the
regional plant protection school DFPV, Niamey, Niger, West Africa (1996)
Key projects
• Pesticide Risk Reduction Project –Ethiopia (PRRP-Ethiopia). 2010-2013. In commission of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Co-ordinator of Work Package E, ‘Impact monitoring study’.
• Harmonized environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk (HAIR). In commission of the European Commission (FP-6) and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Development of terrestrial pesticide risk indicators.
• Novel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of Cumulative Stressors in Europe (NOMIRACLE). 2004-2009. In commission of the European Union, 6th framework programme. Co-ordinator of work package 4.4 ‘Risk presentation and visualisation’.
• Terrestrial ecology of Nature management Research Programme. 2005-2010. In commission of the Direction of Knowledge of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV, currently EL&I), Policy-oriented research, programme. Leader of project ‘Veterinary pharmaceuticals and biodiversity of dung and soil fauna in nature conservation areas’.
• The importance of agro-biodiversity for a transition towards a more sustainable agriculture, 2004-2007. In commission of the Direction of Knowledge of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV, currently EL&I), Policy-oriented research, programme. Leader of subproject ‘The importance of agricultural areas for the species diversity in the Netherlands’.
Key publications
• Lahr, J. B. Münier, H.J. De Lange, J.F. Faber, P.B. Sørensen Wildlife vulnerability and risk maps for combined pollutants. Science of the Total Environment 408: 3891–3898.
• Lahr, J. & L. Kooistra. 2009. Environmental risk mapping of pollutants: State of the art and communication aspects. Science of the Total Environment 408: 3899–3907.
• Lahr, J.; Kools, S.A.E.; Hout, A. van der; Faber, J.H. (2008) Combined effects of zinc and earthworm density on soil ecosystem functioning. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 334 - 341.
• Lahr, J., R.V. Kuiper, A. van Mullem, B.L. Verboom, J. Jol, P. Schout, G.C.M. Grinwis, T. Rouhani Rankouhi, J.P.F. Pieters, A.A.M. Gerritsen, J.P. Giesy, A.D. Vethaak (2006) Chapter 7. A field survey of estrogenic effects in freshwater and marine fish in the Netherlands. In: Vethaak, A.D., Schrap, S.M., de Voogt, P. (eds.) Estrogens and xenoestrogens in the aquatic environment: an integrated approach for field monitoring and effect assessment. SETAC Technical Publications Series. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, pp. 151-178.
• Lahr J., J.L. Maas-Diepenveen, S.C. Stuifzand, P.E.G. Leonards, J.M. Drüke, S. Lücker, A. Espeldoorn, L.C.M. Kerkum, L.L.P. van Stee, A.J. Hendriks (2003) Responses in sediment bioassays used in The Netherlands: can observed toxicity be explained by routinely monitored ‘priority’ pollutants? Wat. Res. 37: 1691-1710.
• Lahr J., A.O. Diallo, B. Gadji, P.S. Diouf, J.J.M. Bedaux, A. Badji, K.B. Ndour, J.E. Andreasen, N.M. van Straalen (2000) Ecological effects of experimental applications with four insecticides used against desert locusts on invertebrates in Sahelian temporary ponds. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19: 1278-1289.
• Lahr J. (1997) Ecotoxicology of organisms adapted to life in temporary freshwater ponds in arid and semi-arid regions. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 32: 50-57.
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