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Name
Dr Elissa O’Malley

Office
G51, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus

Email
e.omalley@griffith.edu.au

Links
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elissa-Omalley-2
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elissaomalley/

Short bio
Elissa graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Science from the University of Queensland after which she went on to complete a PhD. Her PhD was completed at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences where she researched the presence, fate, and risk of UV filters in the aquatic environment. She now works as a research assistant across projects investigating the toxicity of water samples using a range of bioassays. Elissa is also passionate about environmental awareness and enjoys taking mindful walks in nature.

Position
Senior Research Assistant – Cell Toxicology

Journal articles

  1. O’Malley, E. McLachlan, MS. O’Brien, JW. Verhagen, R. Mueller, JF. The presence of selected UV filters in a freshwater recreational reservoir and fate in controlled experiments. Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 754(2):142373.

  2. O’Malley, E. O’Brien, JW. Verhagen, R. Mueller, JF. Annual release of selected UV filters via effluent from wastewater treatment plants in Australia. Chemosphere, 2020, 247:125887.

  3. Stalter, D. O’Malley, E. Von Gunten, U. Escher, BI. Mixture effects of drinking water disinfection by-products: implications for risk assessment. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6, 2341-2351

  4. O’Malley, E. O’Brien, JW. Tscharke, B. Thomas, KV. Mueller, JF. Per capita loads of organic UV filters in Australian wastewater influent. Sci. Total Environ., 2019, 662, 134-140.

  5. Verhagen, R. O’Malley, E. Smedes, F. Mueller, JF. Kaserzon, S. Calibration parameters for the passive sampling of organic UV filters by silicone; diffusion coefficients and silicone-water partitioning coefficients. Chemosphere, 2019, 223, 731-737.

  6.  

    Stalter, D. O’Malley, E. Gunten, U. Escher, B.I. Fingerprinting the reactive toxicity pathways of 50 drinking water disinfection by-products. Water Research, 2016, 91, 19-30.

Education

Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours), 2013, The University of Queensland
PhD, 2020, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland

Awards and Travel Grants

Best Student Oral Presentation in Environmental Chemistry, SETAC Australasia, July 2019
Student Travel Grant, SETAC Australasia, July 2019
Moreton Bay Research Station Research Scholarship, The University of Queensland, May 2017