Astrid Avellan is studying the reactivity of contaminants in interaction with living organisms. She obtained her PhD in Environmental Geosciences at the European Research and Teaching Center for Environmental Geosciences at the University of Aix-Marseille (France) in 2015. Her research as a post-doctoral fellow in Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) contributed to highlight the importance of foliar uptake of nanoparticles in their atmosphere-soil fluxes. Her work as an associated researcher at the Universidade de Aveiro allowed her to identify the potential benefits of these foliar absorptions for a more efficient fertilization of plants. In 2022, Astrid has been granted an ERC Starting grant to push that field forward, and she is now a CNRS researcher at the Geosciences Environment Institute in Toulouse (France).
Avellan, A., Yun, J., Zhang, Y., et al. (2019) Nanoparticle Size and Coating Chemistry Control Foliar Uptake Pathways, Translocation, and Leaf-to-Rhizosphere Transport in Wheat. ACS Nano, 13 (5), 5291-5305. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09781
Lowry, G.V., Avellan, A. & Gilbertson, L.M. (2019 Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution. Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 517–522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0461-7
Rodrigues, S., Avellan, A., Bland, G.D., et al. (2024) Effect of a Zinc Phosphate Shell on the Uptake and Translocation of Foliarly Applied ZnO Nanoparticles in Pepper Plants (Capsicum annuum). Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (7), 3213-3223. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08723
Avellan, A., Yun, J., Morais, B.P., et al. (2021) Critical Review: Role of Inorganic Nanoparticle Properties on Their Foliar Uptake and in Planta Translocation. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (20), 13417-13431. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00178
Calas, A., Schreck, E., Viers, J., et al. (2024) Air quality, metal(loid) sources identification and environmental assessment using (bio)monitoring in the former mining district of Salsigne (Orbiel valley, France). Chemosphere, 357, 141974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141974
