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Dr. T.L. (Thomas) ter Laak

Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

Visiting address
  • Science Park 904
  • Room number: C4.225
Postal address
  • Postbus 94240
    1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Publications

    2024

    • Sadia, M., Beltrán Beut, L., Pranic, M., van Wezel, A. P., & ter Laak, T. L. (2024). Sorption of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and their precursors on activated carbon under realistic drinking water conditions: Insights into sorbent variability and PFAS structural effects. Heliyon.
    • Ter Laak, T. L., Emke, E., Dolot, N., van Loon, E. E., van der Kooi, M. M. E., van Asten, A. C., & de Voogt, P. (2024). Mapping consumptions and market size of cocaine, amphetamine and MDMA through wastewater analysis: A Dutch case study. Addiction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16649
    • Wieringa, N., Droge, S. T. J., Ter Laak, T. L., Nair, A. A. K., Walker, K., Verdonschot, P. F. M., & Kraak, M. H. S. (2024). Combining Passive Sampling and Dosing to Unravel the Contribution of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants to Sediment Ecotoxicity. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(1), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07807 [details]

    2023

    • Bäuerlein, P. S., Pieke, E. N., Oesterholt, F. I. H. M., Ter Laak, T., & Kools, S. A. E. (2023). Microplastic discharge from a wastewater treatment plant: long term monitoring to compare two analytical techniques, LDIR and optical microscopy while also assessing the removal efficiency of a bubble curtain. Water Science and Technology, 87(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.419
    • Gkika, I. S., Xie, G., van Gestel, C. A. M., Ter Laak, T. L., Vonk, J. A., van Wezel, A. P., & Kraak, M. H. S. (2023). Research Priorities for the Environmental Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(11), 2302-2316. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5729
    • Sadia, M., Kunz, M., ter Laak, T., De Jonge, M., Schriks, M., & van Wezel, A. P. (2023). Forever legacies? Profiling historical PFAS contamination and current influence on groundwater used for drinking water. Science of the Total Environment, 890, Article 164420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164420 [details]
    • Sadia, M., Nollen, I., Helmus, R., ter Laak, T. L., Béen, F., Praetorius, A., & van Wezel, A. P. (2023). Occurrence, Fate, and Related Health Risks of PFAS in Raw and Produced Drinking Water. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(8), 3062-3074. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06015 [details]

    2022

    2021

    2020

    • Brunsch, A. F., Zubieta Florez, P., Langenhoff, A. A. M., ter Laak, T. L., & Rijnaarts, H. H. M. (2020). Retention soil filters for the treatment of sewage treatment plant effluent and combined sewer overflow. Science of the Total Environment, 699, Article 134426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134426

    2019

    • Hernández, F., Bakker, J., Bijlsma, L., de Boer, J., Botero-Coy, A. M., Bruinen de Bruin, Y., Fischer, S., Hollender, J., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Lamoree, M., López, F. J., ter Laak, T. L., van Leerdam, J. A., Sancho, J. V., Schymanski, E. L., de Voogt, P., & Hogendoorn, E. A. (2019). The role of analytical chemistry in exposure science: Focus on the aquatic environment. Chemosphere, 222, 564-583. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.118 [details]

    2018

    • van Wezel, A. P., van den Hurk, F., Sjerps, R. M. A., Meijers, E. M., Roex, E. W. M., & ter Laak, T. L. (2018). Impact of industrial waste water treatment plants on Dutch surface waters and drinking water sources. Science of the Total Environment, 640-641, 1489-1499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.325

    2017

    • Fischer, A., Ter Laak, T., Bronders, J., Desmet, N., Christoffels, E., van Wezel, A., & van der Hoek, J. P. (2017). Decision support for water quality management of contaminants of emerging concern. Journal of Environmental Management, 193, 360-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.002
    • Van Wezel, A. P., Ter Laak, T. L., Fischer, A., Bäuerlein, P. S., Munthe, J., & Posthuma, L. (2017). Mitigation options for chemicals of emerging concern in surface waters operationalising solutions-focused risk assessment. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 3(3), 403-414. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ew00077d

    2016

    • Sjerps, R. M. A., Vughs, D., van Leerdam, J. A., ter Laak, T. L., & van Wezel, A. P. (2016). Data-driven prioritization of chemicals for various water types using suspect screening LC-HRMS. Water Research, 93, 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.034

    2015

    • Coppens, L. J. C., van Gils, J. A. G., Ter Laak, T. L., Raterman, B. W., & van Wezel, A. P. (2015). Towards spatially smart abatement of human pharmaceuticals in surface waters. Water Research, 81, 356-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.061
    • Haftka, JJ-H., Bäuerlein, P. S., Emke, E., Lammertse, N., Belokhovstova, D., Hilvering, B., de Voogt, P., & ter Laak, T. L. (2015). Colloidal stability of (functionalised) fullerenes in the presence of dissolved organic carbon and electrolytes. Environmental Science: Nano, 2(3), 280-287. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4en00206g [details]

    2013

    • Kolkman, A., Emke, E., Bäuerlein, P. S., Carboni, A., Tran, D. T., ter Laak, T. L., van Wezel, A. P., & de Voogt, P. (2013). Analysis of (functionalized) fullerenes in water samples by liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 85(12), 5867-5874. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac400619g [details]

    2012

    • Bäuerlein, P. S., Mansell, J. E., ter Laak, T. L., & de Voogt, P. (2012). Sorption behavior of charged and neutral polar organic compounds on solid phase extraction materials: which functional group governs sorption? Environmental Science and Technology, 46(2), 954-961. https://doi.org/10.1021/es203404x [details]
    • Bäuerlein, P. S., ter Laak, T. L., Hofman-Caris, R. C. H. M., de Voogt, P., & Droge, S. T. J. (2012). Removal of charged micropollutants from water by ion-exchange polymers - effects of competing electrolytes. Water Research, 46(16), 5009-5018. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.048 [details]
    • de Jongh, C. M., Kooij, P. J. F., de Voogt, P., & ter Laak, T. L. (2012). Screening and human health risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products in Dutch surface waters and drinking water. Science of the Total Environment, 427/428, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.010 [details]
    • ter Laak, T. L., Puijker, L. M., van Leerdam, J. A., Raat, K. J., Kolkman, A., de Voogt, P., & van Wezel, A. P. (2012). Broad target chemical screening approach used as tool for rapid assessment of groundwater quality. Science of the Total Environment, 427/428, 308-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.013 [details]

    2011

    • Van Wezel, A. P., Morinière, V., Emke, E., ter Laak, T., & Hogenboom, A. C. (2011). Quantifying summed fullerene nC60and related transformation products in water using LC LTQ Orbitrap MS and application to environmental samples. Environment International, 37(6), 1063-1067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.020

    2010

    • ter Laak, T. L., van der Aa, M., Houtman, C. J., Stoks, P. G., & van Wezel, A. P. (2010). Relating environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals to consumption: A mass balance approach for the river Rhine. Environment International, 36(5), 403-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2010.02.009

    2008

    • León Paumen, M., Stol, P., ter Laak, T. L., Kraak, M. H. S., van Gestel, C. A. M., & Admiraal, W. (2008). Chronic exposure of the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus to Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PACs): Bioavailability and effects on reproduction. Environmental Science and Technology, 42(9), 3434-3440. https://doi.org/10.1021/es702500t [details]

    2006

    • Dekker, T., Greve, G. D., Admiraal, W., ter Laak, T. L., Boivin, M. E., & Veuger, B. (2006). Development and application of a sediment toxicity test using the benthic cladoceran Chydorus sphaericus. Environmental Pollution, 140(2), 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.07.015 [details]

    2002

    • Leslie, H. A., ter Laak, T. L., Busser, F. J. M., Kraak, M. H. S., & Hermens, J. L. M. (2002). Bioconcentration of organic chemicals: is a solid phase microextraction fiber a good surrogate for biota? Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 5399-5404. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0257016 [details]

    2021

    • Helmus, R. (Author), van de Velde, B. (Developer), Brunner, A. M. (Other), ter Laak, T. L. (Author), van Wezel, A. P. (Other), & Schymanski, E. L. (Other). (2021). patRoon 2.0: Improved non-target analysis workflows including automated transformation product screening. Software, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5752071

    2022

    2023

    • ter Laak, T. L., Emke, E., Dolot, N., van Loon, E. E., & de Voogt, W. P. (2023). Mapping the market of illicit stimulants through wastewater analysis: a Dutch case study. Poster session presented at Testing The Waters 6, Cranfield, United Kingdom.

    2021

    • Helmus, R., van de Velde, B., ter Laak, T. L., & Schymanski, E. L. (2021). patRoon 2.0: Comprehensive non-target screening workflows including automated transformation product screening and other major improvements. Abstract from International Conference on Non-Target Screening, Erding, Bavaria, Germany.

    2019

    • Béen, F., Emke, E., ter Laak, T. L., & de Voogt, W. P. (2019). Advancing wastewater-based epidemiology towards a comprehensive community-wide monitoring and early-warning system. Paper presented at NPS Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
    • Helmus, R., Schymanski, E. L., ter Laak, T. L., & de Voogt, W. P. (2019). Open source software platform for mass spectrometry based non-target screening in the environment. Poster session presented at Metabolomics 2019, Den Haag, Netherlands.

    2012

    • Bäuerlein, P. S., Mansell, J. E., Droge, S. T. J., Hofman-Caris, R. C. H. M., ter Laak, T. L., & de Voogt, P. (2012). Polar (un)charged micropollutants on SPE materials - which factors control the adsorption?. 22. Abstract from 6th SETAC World Congress/SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 2012.
    • Bäuerlein, P. S., ter Laak, T. L., Droge, S. T. J., & de Voogt, P. (2012). Ionic compounds and SPE materials - What do you have to bear in mind?. 148. Abstract from 6th SETAC World Congress/SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 2012.

    2008

    • Leon Paumen, M., Stol, P., ter Laak, T. L., Kraak, M. H. S., van Gestel, C. A. M., & Admiraal, W. (2008). Chronic exposure of the Oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus to PACs: bioavailability and effects of reproduction. Poster session presented at 18th SETAC-Europe Annual Meeting.

    2021

    • Helmus, R., van de Velde, B., Brunner, A. M., ter Laak, T., van Wezel, A. & Schymanski, E. L. (3-12-2021). patRoon 2.0: Improved non-target analysis workflows including automated transformation product screening. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5752071
    • Helmus, R., Schymanski, E. L., ter Laak, T., van Wezel, A. P. & de Voogt, P. (2021). Additional file 6 of patRoon: open source software platform for environmental mass spectrometry based non-target screening. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13535204.v1
    • Helmus, R., Schymanski, E. L., ter Laak, T., van Wezel, A. P. & de Voogt, P. (2021). Additional file 5 of patRoon: open source software platform for environmental mass spectrometry based non-target screening. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13535201.v1
    • Helmus, R., Schymanski, E. L., ter Laak, T., van Wezel, A. P. & de Voogt, P. (2021). Additional file 4 of patRoon: open source software platform for environmental mass spectrometry based non-target screening. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13535198.v1
    • Helmus, R., Schymanski, E. L., ter Laak, T., van Wezel, A. P. & de Voogt, P. (2021). Additional file 1 of patRoon: open source software platform for environmental mass spectrometry based non-target screening. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13535189.v1
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