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Associate Professor of Ecotoxicology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Dr.ir. C.A.M. van Gestel. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences. Department of Ecological Science. Section Animal Ecology
De Boelelaan 1085. 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Author or coauthor of over 250 papers, 3 books, more than 25 book chapters and more than 60 reports
* Research on the toxicity of organic chemicals for earthworms and higher plants in relation to bioavailability in soil
* Development of toxicity tests with oribatid mites and earthworms
* Development of bioassays for the assessment of the ecological risk of polluted and decontaminated soils for earthworms, enchytraeids, oribatid mites, Collembola and higher plants
* Research on the development of QSARs for the toxicity of organic chemicals to earthworms, Collembola and higher plants
* Research on the toxicity and bioaccumulation of heavy metals and metal based nanoparticles in earthworms, enchytraeids, isopods, Collembola and oribatid mites, in relation to soil properties and other biotic and abiotic variables.
* Partner in several European projects (H2020: NanoFASE; FP7: NanoFATE; FP6: AquaTerra, NoMiracle, OSIRIS; FP5: MIXTOX, TME; FP4: ECOFASE, BIOPRINT) and the BE Basic project dRISK.
* Several advisory tasks, e.g. on the behaviour and side effects of pesticides within the frame work of the Dutch Pesticide Act, on the setting of standards for soil and water quality and on deriving criteria for soil clean up urgency on the basis of ecotoxicological data, and within the frame work of the Netherlands Health Council; member of the Dutch Advisory Group on the Risk Assessment of chemicals in air and water
* Winner of the 2015 SETAC Europe / Noack Laboratories Environmental Education Award
* Editor of Applied Soil Ecology
* Member of the editorial boards of the journals Ecotoxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
My research interest is in the ecotoxicological effects of chemicals on soil invertebrates and methods to assess such effects. In complex substrates like soil, the availability of chemicals to organisms is highly dependent on their interaction with soil particles and the resulting concentrations in the soil pore water. Organisms may affect their exposure to chemicals by the way they interact with the soil, with some organisms like earthworms literally eating themselves through the soil while others just walk on it or feed on leaf litter. In soil, pollution rarely is restricted to single chemicals, with chemicals interacting with each other at different levels. Live in soil is dynamic, asking for a dynamic approach when assessing bioaccumulation and effects of chemicals in soil organisms. Finally, effects on single species may have consequences for the soil community and its role in important ecological processes like decomposition and nutrient cycling. My research especially focuses on aspects like bioavailability, routes of exposure, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, and mixture toxicity, but also aims at addressing effects at different levels of biological organisation. I am interested in the application of our results in the risk assessment of new and existing chemicals. In addition, I am looking for possibilities to apply the approaches used for assessing soil contamination to other substrates containing complex mixtures, like waste or process streams from the bio-based production of chemicals or biofuels
2017
- Keshavarz Jamshidian, M., Verweij, R.A., Gestel, C.A.M. van & Straalen, N.M. van (in press). Toxicokinetics and time-variable toxicity of cadmium in Oppia nitens Koch (Acari: Oribatida). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. doi: 10.1002/etc.3548
- Ribeiro, Fabianne, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Pavlaki, M.D., Azevedo, S., Soares, A.M.V.M. & Loureiro, S. (2017). Bioaccumulation of silver in Daphnia magna:Waterborne and dietary exposure to nanoparticles and dissolved silver. Science of the Total Environment, 574, 1633-1639. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.204
- Romero-Freire, A., Lofts, S., Martin Peinado, F.J. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2017). Effects of aging and soil properties on zinc oxide nanoparticle availability and its ecotoxicological effects to the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36 (1), 137-146. doi: 10.1002/etc.3512
2016
- Ardestani, M.M. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Sorption and pH determine the long-term partitioning of cadmium in natural soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 23 (18), 18492-18501. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-7034-1
- Azarbad, H., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Niklińska, M., Laskowski, R., Röling, W.F.M. & Straalen, N.M. van (2016). Resilience of Soil Microbial Communities to Metals and Additional Stressors: DNA-Based Approaches for Assessing “Stress-on-Stress” Responses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17:933. doi: 10.3390/ijms17060933
- Azarbad, H., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Niklinska, M., Laskowski, R., Roling, W.F.M. & Straalen, N.M. van (2016). Resilience of soil microbial communities to metals and additional stressors: DNA-Based approaches for assessing "stress-on-stress" responses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17 (6):E933. doi: 10.3390/ijmsl17060933
- Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Gebruik van springstaarten en mijten in de bodemecotoxicologie. Entomologische Berichten, 76 (2), 56-62.
- Gonzalez Alcaraz, M.N. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Changes in soluble metal concentrations induced by variable water table levels as response to liming and Phragmites australis growth in metal-polluted wetland soils: Management effectiveness. Geoderma, 289, 20-28. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.11.019
- González Alcaraz, M.N. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Metal/metalloid (As, Cd and Zn) bioaccumulation in the earthworm Eisenia andrei under different scenarios of climate change. Environmental Pollution, 215, 178-186. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.012
- González-Alcaraz, M. Nazaret & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Toxicity of a metal(loid)-polluted agricultural soil to Enchytraeus crypticus changes under a global warming perspective: Variations in air temperature and soil moisture content. Science of the Total Environment, 573, 203-211. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.061
- Lavtižar, V., Berggren, K., Trebše, P., Kraak, M.H.S., Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). Comparative ecotoxicity of chlorantraniliprole to non-target soil invertebrates. Chemosphere, 159, 473-479. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.036
- Oorts, K., Smolders, E., McGrath, S.P., Gestel, C.A.M. van, McLaughlin, M.J. & Carey, S. (2016). Derivation of ecological standards for risk assessment of molybdate in soil. Environmental Chemistry, 13 (1), 168-180. doi: 10.1071/EN15086
- Roelofs, D., Bicho, R.C., Boer, T.E. de, Castro-Ferreira, M.P., Montagne-Wajer, K, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Soares, A.M.V.M. & Straalen, N.M. van (2016). Mechanisms of phenanthrene toxicity in the soil invertebrate, Enchytraeus crypticus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 35 (11), 2713-2720. doi: 10.1002/etc.3433
- Topuz, E. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2016). An approach for environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy inference rules. Environment International, 92-93, 334-347. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.022
- Tourinho, P.S., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Morgan, A.J., Kille, P., Svendsen, C., Jurkschat, K., Mosselmans, F.W., Soares, A.M.V.M. & Loureiro, S. (2016). Toxicokinetics of Ag in the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus exposed to Ag NPs and AgNO3 via soil and food. Ecotoxicology, 25 (2), 267-278. doi: 10.1007/s10646-015-1585-7
2015
- Ardestani, M.M., Straalen, N.M. van & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Biotic ligand modeling approach: Synthesis of the effect of major cations on the toxicity of metals to soil and aquatic organisms. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34 (10), 2194-2204. doi: 10.1002/etc.3060
- Azarbad, H., Niklinska, M., Laskowski, R., Straalen, N.M. van, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Zhou, J., He, Z., Wen, C. & Roling, W.F.M. (2015). Microbial community composition and functions are resilient to metal pollution along two forest soil gradients. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiu003
- Chen, G., Braver, M.W. den, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van & Roelofs, D. (2015). Ecotoxicogenomic assessment of diclofenac toxicity in soil. Environmental Pollution, 199, 253-260. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.032
- Diez-Ortiz, M., Lahive, E., George, S., Ter Schure, A., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Jurkschat, K., Svendsen, C. & Spurgeon, D.J. (2015). Short-term soil bioassays may not reveal the full toxicity potential for nanomaterials; bioavailability and toxicity of silver ions (AgNO3) and silver nanoparticles to earthworm Eisenia fetida in long-term aged soils. Environmental Pollution, 203, 191-198. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.033
- Diez-Ortiz, M., Lahive, E., Kille, P., Powell, K., Morgan, A.J., Jurkschat, K., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Mosselmans, J.F.W., Svendsen, C. & Spurgeon, D.J. (2015). Uptake routes and toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles and silver ions in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34 (10), 2263-2270. doi: 10.1002/etc.3036
- Giska, I., Babik, W., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van & Laskowski, R. (2015). Genome-wide genetic diversity of rove beetle populations along a metal pollution gradient. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 119, 98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.04.048
- Gonzalez Alcaraz, M.N., Tsitsiou, E., Wieldraaijer, R., Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Effects of climate change on the toxicity of soils polluted by metal mine wastes to Enchytraeus crypticus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34 (2), 346-354. doi: 10.1002/etc.2807
- González-Alcaraz, M.N. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Climate change effects on enchytraeid performance in metal-polluted soils explained from changes in metal bioavailability and bioaccumulation. Environmental Research, 142, 177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.027
- He, E., Qiu, H., Dimitrova, K. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). A generic biotic ligand model quantifying the development in time of Ni toxicity to Enchytraeus crypticus. Chemosphere, 124, 170-176. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.034
- He, E. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Delineating the dynamic uptake and toxicity of Ni and Co mixtures in Enchytraeus crypticus using a WHAM-FTOX approach. Chemosphere, 139, 216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.057
- He, E., Baas, J. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Interaction between nickel and cobalt toxicity in Enchytraeus crypticus is due to competitive uptake. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34 (2), 328-337. doi: 10.1002/etc.2802
- Lavtižar, V., Helmus, R., Kools, S.A., Dolenc, D., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Trebše, P., Waaijers, S.L. & Kraak, M.H. (2015). Daphnid life cycle responses to the insecticide chlorantraniliprole and its transformation products. Environmental Science and Technology, 49 (6), 3922-3929. doi: 10.1021/es506007q
- Li, Lianzhen, Wu, Huifeng, Ji, Chenglong, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Allen, H.E. & Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M. (2015). A metabolomic study on the responses of daphnia magna exposed to silver nitrate and coated silver nanoparticles. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 119, 66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.05.005
- Li, Lianzhen, Wu, Huifeng, Peijenburg, Willie J.G.M. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Both released silver ions and particulate Ag contribute to the toxicity of AgNPs to earthworm Eisenia fetida. Nanotoxicology, 9 (6), 792-801. doi: 10.3109/17435390.2014.976851
- Luo, Wei, Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Toxicity of Pb contaminated soils to the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer. Ecotoxicology, 24 (5), 985-990. doi: 10.1007/s10646-015-1439-3
- Ribeiro, Fabianne, Gallego-Urrea, Julián Alberto, Goodhead, Rhys M., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Moeger, Julian, Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. & Loureiro, Susana (2015). Uptake and elimination kinetics of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate by Raphidocelis subcapitata: The influence of silver behaviour in solution. Nanotoxicology, 9 (6), 686-695. doi: 10.3109/17435390.2014.963724
- Romero Freire, A., Martin Peinado, F.J. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Effect of soil properties on the toxicity of Pb: Assessment of the appropriateness of guideline values. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 289, 46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.02.034
- Romero Freire, A., Martin Peinado, F.J., Diez Ortiz, M. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Influence of soil properties on the bioaccumulation and effects of arsenic in the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 22 (19), 15016-15028. doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-4659-4
- Topuz, E.M.E.L. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of differently coated silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate in Enchytraeus crypticus upon aqueous exposure in an inert sand medium. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34 (12), 2816-2823. doi: 10.1002/etc.3123
- Tourinho, P.S., Waalewijn-Kool, P.L., Zantkuijl, I., Jurkschat, K., Svendsen, C., Soares, A.M.V.M., Loureiro, S. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2015). CeO2 nanoparticles induce no changes in phenanthrene toxicity to the soil organisms Porcellionides pruinosus and Folsomia candida. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 113, 201-206. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.12.006
- Tourinho, P.S., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Jurkschat, K., Soares, A.M.V.M. & Loureiro, Susana (2015). Effects of soil and dietary exposures to Ag nanoparticles and AgNO3 in the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus. Environmental Pollution, 205, 170-177. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.044
- Yuantari, M.G.C., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van, Widianarko, B., Sunoko, H.R. & Shobib, M.N. (2015). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Indonesian farmers regarding the use of personal protective equipment against pesticide exposure. Environmental Monitoring
2014
- Ardestani, M.M., Oduber, F. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). A Combined Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics Approach to Assess the Effect of Porewater Composition on Cadmium Bioavailability to Folsomia Candida. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33 (7), 1570-1577. doi: 10.1002/etc.2585
- Ardestani, M.M. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). The effect of pH and calcium on copper availability to the springtail Folsomia candida in soil solutions. Pedobiologia, 57 (1), 53-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.12.001
- Ardestani, M.M., Straalen, N.M. van & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). The relationship between metal toxicity and biotic ligand binding affinities in aquatic and soil organisms: A review. Environmental Pollution, 195, 133-147. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.08.020
- Ardestani, M.M., Straalen, N.M. van & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Uptake and elimination kinetics of metals in soil invertebrates: A review. Environmental Pollution, 193, 277-295. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.06.026
- Castro-Ferreira, M.P., Boer, T.E. de, Colbourne, J.K., Vooijs, H., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van, Soares, A.M.V.M., Amorim, M.J.B. & Roelofs, D. (2014). Transcriptome assembly and microarray construction for Enchytraeus crypticus, a model oligochaete to assess stress response mechanisms derived from soil conditions. BMC Genomics, 15 (302). doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-302
- Chen, G., Boer, T.E. de, Wagelmans, M., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van & Roelofs, D. (2014). Integrating transcriptomics into triad-based soil-quality assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33 (4), 900-909. doi: 10.1002/etc.2508
- Giska, I., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Skip, B. & Laskowski, R. (2014). Toxicokinetics of metals in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus exposed to natural polluted soils – relevance of laboratory tests to the field situation. Environmental Pollution, 190, 123-132. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.022
- He, E., Qiu, Hao & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Modelling uptake and toxicity of nickel in solution to Enchytraeus crypticus with biotic ligand model theory. Environmental Pollution, 2014 (188), 17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.013
- Lavtižar, V., Gestel, C.A.M. van & Dolenc, D. (2014). Chemical and photochemical degradation of chlorantraniliprole and characterization of its transformation products. Chemosphere. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.057
- Li, Lianzhen, Wu, Huifeng, Gestel, C.A.M. van, Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M. & Allen, Herbert E. (2014). Soil acidification increases metal extractability and bioavailability in old orchard soils of Northeast Jiaodong Peninsula in China. Environmental Pollution, 2014 (188), 144-152. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.02.003
- Luo, W., Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Assessment of the bioavailability and toxicity of lead polluted soils using a combination of chemical approaches and bioassays with the collembolan Folsomia candida. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 280, 524-530. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.044
- Luo, W., Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Contribution of soil properties of shooting fields to lead biovailability and toxicity to Enchytraeus crypticus. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 76, 235-241. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.05.023
- Luo, W., Verweij, R.A. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Determining the bioavailability and toxicity of lead contamination to earthworms requires using a combination of physicochemical and biological methods. Environmental Pollution, 2014 (185), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.017
- Qiu, H., Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M., Gestel, C.A.M. van & Vijver, M.G. (2014). Can commonly measurable traits explain differences in metal accumulation and toxicity in earthworm species? Ecotoxicology, 23 (1), 21-32. doi: 10.1007/s10646-013-1147-9
- Qiu, H., Vijver, M.G., Gestel, C.A.M. van, He, E. & Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M. (2014). Modeling cadmium and nickel toxicity to earthworms with the free ion approach. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33 (2), 438-446. doi: 10.1002/etc.2454
- Santorufo, L., Gestel, C.A.M. van & Maisto, G. (2014). Sampling season affects conclusions on soil arthropod community structure responses to metal pollution in Mediterranean urban soils. Geoderma, 2014 (226-227), 47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.02.001
- Soedarini, B., Gestel, C.A.M. van, Straalen, N.M. van, Widianarko, B. & Roling, W.F.M. (2014). Interactions between accumulated copper, bacterial community structure and histamine levels in crayfish meat during storage. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94, 2023-2029. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.6519
- Vaj, C., Gestel, C.A.M. van & Vighi, M. (2014). Year-round behaviour of soil microarthropod communities under plant protection product application. Ecotoxicology, 23, 898-913. doi: 10.1007/s10646-014-1232-8
- Waalewijn-Kool, P.L., Mallenco Forniés, R. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Bioaccumulation and toxicity of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate to the soil arthropod Folsomia candida. Ecotoxicology, 23, 1629-1637. doi: 10.1007/s10646-014-1302-y
- Waalewijn-Kool, P.L., Rupp, S., Lofts, S., Svendsen, C. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Effect of soil organic matter content and pH on the toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles to Folsomia candida. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 108, 9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.06.031
- Yehouenou A. Pazou, E., Aleodjrodo, P.E., Azehoun, J.P., Straalen, N.M. van, Hattum, A.G.M. van, Swart, C.P. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Pesticide residues in sediments and aquatic species in Lake Nokoué and Cotonou Lagoon in the Republic of Bénin. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186 (1), 77-86. doi: 10.1007/s10661-013-3357-2
- Yehouenou, A, Pazou, E, Glin, L, Vodouhe, DS, Fanou, J, Babadankpodji, AP, Dassou, S, Vodouhe, S, Hattum, A.G.M. van, Swart, K. & Gestel, C.A.M. van (2014). Pesticide Contamination of the Dridji Cotton Plantation Area in the Republic of Bénin. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 14 (3), 8885-8902.
* Partner in several European projects (H2020: NanoFASE; FP7: NanoFATE; FP6: AquaTerra, NoMiracle, OSIRIS; FP5: MIXTOX, TME; FP4: ECOFASE, BIOPRINT) and the BE Basic project dRISK.
* Supervision of more than 35 Ph.D. students working on the toxicity and bioaccumulation of organic chemicals (pesticides, PAH, chlorobenzenes, pharmaceuticals), nanoparticles and metals, single and in mixtures, in earthworms, Collembola, isopods, oribatid mites, higher plants and aquatic crustaceans, on mechanisms of metal tolerance in soil invertebrates, and on the toxicity of metals and organic chemicals to fish.
* Senior lecturer in ecology and ecotoxicology, responsible for most of the BSc education on ecotoxicology within the VU University, and several PhD courses on ecotoxicology and risk assessment within the Dutch Research School SENSE and the Netherlands Postgraduate Education in Toxicology (PET) programme
* Lecturer in ecotoxicology and risk assessment in several international courses.