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Avellan Astrid studied in France, worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) for 3 years, has been a research fellow at the Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal) from 2019 to 2022 and is now a Tenured Researcher in France (CNRS, Toulouse). Her research focusses on the fate and the impact of inorganic (nano)phases in the environment at the biota interface. She aims to highlight the role of environmental changes and biological activity in the biogeochemical cycle of these phases. Given the high level of complexity of these systems that require to capture multiple parameters (from the responses of organisms to changes in elemental speciation and ecosystem responses), her research is interdisciplinary, multi-scale and highly collaborative.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Avellan Astrid

Citation names

  • Astrid, Avellan

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BF18-22E5-EC38
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6081-4389
Google Scholar ID
BxkZQPcAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
R-3779-2016
Scopus Author Id
56385860900

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Inorganic Chemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/10/01 - 2015/12/15
Concluded
 Environmental geosciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
Aix-Marseille Université, France
"Relating structure, reactivity and cellular interactions of inorganic nanotubes; case of imogolites." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 graduated with highest honors
2009/09/01 - 2011/10/01
Concluded
 Biotechnology (Master)
Major in Environmental engineering
Université de Montpellier, France
"Nanoparticle detection and characterization in industrial and household wastes." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 graduated with highest honors
2006/09/01 - 2009/07/01
Concluded
 Biology (Licence)
Major in ecology and environment
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
"Adaptation of Alpin plants to global changes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, France
2019/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2016/07/15 - 2019/09/01 Postdoc (Research) Carnegie Mellon University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States
(...)
2012/10/01 - 2015/12/01 Research Trainee (Research) Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement, France
Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement, France
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - Current AgriTarget - Development and testing of multifunctional carriers based on micro- and nano-scale engineering for targeted, controlled, and safe delivery of agrochemicals to crops
PTDC/BAA-AGR/29258/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/10 - Current Life No_Waste
LIFE14 ENV/PT/000369
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2027/09/01 ERC StG LEAPHY: Unravelling the behaviour of inorganic (nano)phases in leaves to optimize the foliar delivery of sustainable agrochemicals
101041729
Principal investigator
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
European Research Council
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2019/01/01 NanoFertil - Effect of soil (in)organic constituents on the efficacy, fate and phytoavailability of fertilizer and plant protection manufactured nano materials
PTDC/AGR-PRO/6262/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Biological Barriers, Processes, and Transformations at the Soil–Plant–Atmosphere Interfaces Driving the Uptake, Translocation, and Bioavailability of Inorganic Nanoparticles to Plants". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-94155-0_4
Journal article
  1. Sandra Rodrigues; Astrid Avellan; Garret D. Bland; Matheus C. R. Miranda; Camille Larue; Mickaël Wagner; Diana A. Moreno-Bayona; et al. "Effect of a Zinc Phosphate Shell on the Uptake and Translocation of Foliarly Applied ZnO Nanoparticles in Pepper Plants (Capsicum annuum)". Environmental Science & Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08723.
    10.1021/acs.est.3c08723
  2. João Pinto da Costa; Astrid Avellan; Aleksandra Tubic; Armando C. Duarte; Teresa Rocha-Santos. "Understanding Interface Exchanges for Assessing Environmental Sorption of Additives from Microplastics: Current Knowledge and Perspectives". Molecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29020333.
    10.3390/molecules29020333
  3. N. Cruz; L. Ruivo; A. Avellan; P.F.A.M. R¿mkens; L.A.C. Tarelho; S.M. Rodrigues. "Stabilization of biomass ash granules using accelerated carbonation to optimize the preparation of soil improvers". Waste Management 156 (2023): 297-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.11.011.
    10.1016/j.wasman.2022.11.011
  4. Nuno Cruz; Astrid Avellan; L. Ruivo; F.C. Silva; P.F.A.M. R¿mkens; Luís António da Cruz Tarelho; S. Rodrigues. "Biomass ash-based soil improvers: Impact of formulation and stabilization conditions on materials’ properties". Journal of Cleaner Production (2023): 136049-136049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136049.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136049
  5. João Pinto da Costa; Astrid Avellan; Catherine Mouneyrac; Armando Duarte; Teresa Rocha-Santos. "Plastic additives and microplastics as emerging contaminants: Mechanisms and analytical assessment". TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 158 (2023): 116898-116898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2022.116898.
    10.1016/j.trac.2022.116898
  6. Bergemann, Christina M.; Avellan, Astrid; Perrotta, Brittany G.; Bernhardt, Emily S.; Simonin, Marie. "Seasonal Differences and Grazing Pressure Alter the Fate of Gold Nanoparticles in a Microcosm Experiment". Environmental Science & Technology (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/63689951/.
    10.1021/ACS.EST.3C01839
  7. "Organic contaminants in marine sediments and seawater: A review for drawing environmental diagnostics and searching for informative predictors". Science of The Total Environment 808 (2022): 152012-152012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152012.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152012
  8. "Biomass ash formulations as sustainable improvers for mining soil health recovery: Linking soil properties and ecotoxicity". Environmental Pollution 291 (2021): 118165-118165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118165.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118165
  9. "Critical Review: Role of Inorganic Nanoparticle Properties on Their Foliar Uptake and in Planta Translocation". Environmental Science & Technology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00178.
    10.1021/acs.est.1c00178
  10. Zhang Y; Bland GD; Yan J; Avellan A; Xu J; Wang Z; Hoelen TP; et al. "Amphiphilic Thiol Polymer Nanogel Removes Environmentally Relevant Mercury Species from Both Produced Water and Hydrocarbons.". Environmental science & technology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33404237.
    10.1021/acs.est.0c05470
  11. Xu J; Avellan A; Li H; Clark EA; Henkelman G; Kaegi R; Lowry GV. "Iron and Sulfur Precursors Affect Crystalline Structure, Speciation, and Reactivity of Sulfidized Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron.". Environmental science & technology (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32966049.
    10.1021/acs.est.0c03879
  12. Astrid, Avellan. "Copper and Gold Nanoparticles Increase Nutrient Excretion Rates of Primary Consumers". Environmental Science & Technology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02197.
    10.1021/acs.est.0c02197
  13. Astrid, Avellan. "CuO Nanoparticles Alter the Rhizospheric Bacterial Community and Local Nitrogen Cycling for Wheat Grown in a Calcareous Soil". Environmental Science & Technology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00036.
    10.1021/acs.est.0c00036
  14. Astrid, Avellan. "Temperature- and pH-Responsive Star Polymers as Nanocarriers with Potential for in Vivo Agrochemical Delivery". ACS Nano (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03140.
    10.1021/acsnano.0c03140
  15. Astrid, Avellan. "Sulfur Loading and Speciation Control the Hydrophobicity, Electron Transfer, Reactivity, and Selectivity of Sulfidized Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron". Advanced Materials (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201906910.
    10.1002/adma.201906910
  16. Astrid, Avellan. "Composites of Biopolymers and ZnO NPs for Controlled Release of Zinc in Agricultural Soils and Timed Delivery for Maize". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b01492.
    10.1021/acsanm.9b01492
  17. Astrid, Avellan. "Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-Based Nanomaterials Controls Their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm". Environmental Science & Technology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05097.
    10.1021/acs.est.9b05097
  18. Astrid, Avellan. "Protein Coating Composition Targets Nanoparticles to Leaf Stomata and Trichomes". Nanoscale (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9nr08100c.
    10.1039/c9nr08100c
  19. Astrid, Avellan. "Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution". Nature Nanotechnology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0461-7.
    10.1038/s41565-019-0461-7
  20. Astrid, Avellan. "Impact of mercury speciation on its removal from water by activated carbon and organoclay". Water Research (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.006.
    10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.006
  21. Astrid, Avellan. "Nanoparticle Size and Coating Chemistry Control Foliar Uptake Pathways, Translocation, and Leaf-to-Rhizosphere Transport in Wheat". ACS Nano (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09781.
    10.1021/acsnano.8b09781
  22. Astrid, Avellan. "Effect of Soil Organic Matter, Soil pH, and Moisture Content on Solubility and Dissolution Rate of CuO NPs in Soil". Environmental Science & Technology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07243.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b07243
  23. Astrid, Avellan. "Biogenic Cyanide Production Promotes Dissolution of Gold Nanoparticles in Soil". Environmental Science & Technology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05884.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b05884
  24. Astrid, Avellan. "Nanoparticle surface charge influences translocation and leaf distribution in vascular plants with contrasting anatomy". Environmental Science: Nano (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9en00626e.
    10.1039/c9en00626e
  25. Astrid, Avellan. "Gold nanoparticle biodissolution by a freshwater macrophyte and its associated microbiome". Nature Nanotechnology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0231-y.
    10.1038/s41565-018-0231-y
  26. Simonin M; Colman BP; Anderson SM; King RS; Ruis MT; Avellan A; Bergemann CM; et al. "Engineered nanoparticles interact with nutrients to intensify eutrophication in a wetland ecosystem experiment.". Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29939451.
    10.1002/eap.1742
  27. Scifo L; Chaurand P; Bossa N; Avellan A; Auffan M; Masion A; Angeletti B; et al. "Non-linear release dynamics for a CeO2 nanomaterial embedded in a protective wood stain, due to matrix photo-degradation.". Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29804051.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2018.05.045
  28. Gao X; Avellan A; Laughton S; Vaidya R; Rodrigues SM; Casman EA; Lowry GV. "CuO Nanoparticle Dissolution and Toxicity to Wheat ( Triticum aestivum) in Rhizosphere Soil.". Environmental science & technology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29385794.
    10.1021/acs.est.7b05816
  29. Avellan A; Stegemeier JP; Gai K; Dale J; Hsu-Kim H; Levard C; O'Rear D; Hoelen TP; Lowry GV. "Speciation of Mercury in Selected Areas of the Petroleum Value Chain.". Environmental science & technology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29224346.
    10.1021/acs.est.7b05066
  30. Geitner, N.K.; Cooper, J.L.; Avellan, A.; Castellon, B.T.; Perrotta, B.G.; Bossa, N.; Simonin, M.; et al. "Size-Based Differential Transport, Uptake, and Mass Distribution of Ceria (CeO2) Nanoparticles in Wetland Mesocosms". Environmental Science and Technology 52 17 (2018): 9768-9776. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052403477&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b02040
  31. Spielman-Sun, E.; Lombi, E.; Donner, E.; Avellan, A.; Etschmann, B.; Howard, D.; Lowry, G.V.. "Temporal Evolution of Copper Distribution and Speciation in Roots of Triticum aestivum Exposed to CuO, Cu(OH)2, and CuS Nanoparticles". Environmental Science and Technology 52 17 (2018): 9777-9784. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052400091&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b02111
  32. Stegemeier JP; Avellan A; Lowry GV. "Effect of Initial Speciation of Copper- and Silver-Based Nanoparticles on Their Long-Term Fate and Phytoavailability in Freshwater Wetland Mesocosms.". Environmental science & technology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29017014.
    10.1021/acs.est.7b02972
  33. Avellan A; Schwab F; Masion A; Chaurand P; Borschneck D; Vidal V; Rose J; Santaella C; Levard C. "Nanoparticle Uptake in Plants: Gold Nanomaterial Localized in Roots of Arabidopsis thaliana by X-ray Computed Nanotomography and Hyperspectral Imaging.". Environmental science & technology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28686423.
    10.1021/acs.est.7b01133
  34. Eric McGivney; Linchen Han; Astrid Avellan; Jeanne VanBriesen; Kelvin B. Gregory. "Disruption of Autolysis in Bacillus subtilis using TiO2 Nanoparticles". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsrep44308.
    10.1038/srep44308
  35. Joe D. Moore; Astrid Avellan; Clinton W. Noack; Yisong Guo; Gregory V. Lowry; Kelvin B. Gregory. "Time-dependent bacterial transcriptional response to CuO nanoparticles differs from that of Cu2+ and provides insights into CuO nanoparticle toxicity mechanisms". Environmental Science: Nano 4 12 (2017): 2321-2335. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc7en00600d.
    10.1039/c7en00600d
  36. Clement Levard; Antoine Thill; Astrid Avellan; Cyprien Mauroy; Vladimir Vidal; Andrea P. C. Campos; Armand Masion; Jerome Rose. "Alignment of Ge-imogolite nanotubes in isomalt with tunable inter-tube distances". RSC Advances 7 34 (2017): 21323-21327. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc7ra01380a.
    10.1039/c7ra01380a
  37. Astrid, Avellan. "Accelerated microwave assisted synthesis of alumino-germanate imogolite nanotubes". RSC Advances (2016): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ra/c6ra19275k/unauth#!divAbstract.
    10.1039/C6RA19275K
  38. Astrid Avellan; Melanie Auffan; Armand Masion; Clément Levard; Marie Bertrand; Jérôme Rose; Catherine Santaella; Wafa Achouak. "Remote Biodegradation of Ge–Imogolite Nanotubes Controlled by the Iron Homeostasis of Pseudomonas brassicacearum". Environmental Science & Technology 50 14 (2016): 7791-7798. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.est.6b01455.
    10.1021/acs.est.6b01455
  39. Avellan, A.; Levard, C.; Rose, J.; Auffan, M.; Bertrand, M.; Olivi, L.; Santaella, C.; Achouak, W.; Masion, A.. "Influence of structural defects of Ge-imogolite nanotubes on their toxicity towards: Pseudomonas brassicacearum". Environmental Science: Nano 3 4 (2016): 839-846. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981194151&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c6en00060f
  40. Astrid, Avellan. "Influence of structural defects of Ge-imogolite nanotubes on their toxicity towards Pseudomonas brassicacearum". Environmental Science: Nano (2016): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/en/c6en00060f/unauth#!divAbstract.
    10.1039/C6EN00060F
  41. Avellan, A.; Levard, C.; Kumar, N.; Rose, J.; Olivi, L.; Thill, A.; Chaurand, P.; Borschneck, D.; Masion, A.. "Structural incorporation of iron into Ge-imogolite nanotubes: A promising step for innovative nanomaterials". RSC Advances 4 91 (2014): 49827-49830. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907978070&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4ra08840a
  42. Sybille van den Brule; Emilie Beckers; Perrine Chaurand; Wei Liu; Saloua Ibouraadaten; Mihaly Palmai-Pallag; Francine Uwambayinema; et al. "Nanometer-long Ge-imogolite nanotubes cause sustained lung inflammation and fibrosis in rats". Particle and Fibre Toxicology 11 1 (2014): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12989-014-0067-z.
    10.1186/s12989-014-0067-z
  43. Astrid, Avellan. "Structural incorporation of iron into Ge–imogolite nanotubes: a promising step for innovative nanomaterials". RSC Advances (2014): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2014/ra/c4ra08840a.
    10.1039/C4RA08840A
  44. Pierre Hennebert; Astrid Avellan; Junfang Yan; Olivier Aguerre-Chariol. "Experimental evidence of colloids and nanoparticles presence from 25 waste leachates". Waste Management 33 9 (2013): 1870-1881. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.wasman.2013.04.014.
    10.1016/j.wasman.2013.04.014
  45. Juliette Doumayrou; Astrid Avellan; Rémy Froissart; Yannis Michalakis. "AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE TRANSMISSION-VIRULENCE TRADE-OFF HYPOTHESIS IN A PLANT VIRUS". Evolution 67 2 (2012): 477-486. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1558-5646.2012.01780.x.
    10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01780.x
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/10/01 - Current Foliar delivery of copper-based nanomaterials as sustainable fungicides against common grapevine diseases
Co-supervisor

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/11/01 - Current Topic board editor for Biology, an open-source journal (MDPI)
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/07/04 - 2021/07/09 Co-convener at the Goldschmidt 2021 Biota and geochemical cycles: mechanisms of transformation, uptake, and translocation of metal and metalloid species in the critical zone

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2016 - Current Environmental Science & Technology
Distinctions

Award

2015 Best 2015 science PhD thesis of Aix-Marseille University
Aix-Marseille Université, France