Felicia Fredriksson
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher School/office: School of Science and TechnologyEmail: felicia.fredriksson@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 302357
Room: B3120
About Felicia Fredriksson
Felicia works within a research project aimed at studying the presence of high-fluorinated substances, per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), with a focus of the PFAS class called side-chain fluorinated polymers. PFASs consists of a large group of chemicals used in several applications both commercial and industrial. Several PFASs have been found to pose a risk to the environment due to their persistence, mobility and toxicity. There are several thousands of PFASs registered on the global market, however only a minor part are commonly monitored. Recent studies, here at Örebro University, indicates large amount of unidentified organofluorine in the Swedish environment. Felicia’s research is to identify new PFASs included in the class side-chain fluorinated polymers by develop and optimize new analytical methods specified for these compounds and study their occurrence in different matrices. The results will provide an insight in the current environmental contamination of new PFASs in the Swedish environment, together with information on their origin, characteristics and fate in the environment. The research is conducted within the profile EnForce and in cooperation with for example the Swedish EPA.
Research projects
Active projects
- Occurrence, distribution and toxicity of emerging perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alternatives
- PFAS-Risk
Completed projects
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Ruyle, B. J. , Pickard, H. M. , Schultes, L. , Fredriksson, F. , Heffernan, A. L. , Knappe, D. R. U. , Lord, H. L. , Meng, P. & et al. (2023). Interlaboratory Comparison of Extractable Organofluorine Measurements in Groundwater and Eel (Anguilla rostrata): Recommendations for Methods Standardization. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (48), 20159-20168.
- Fredriksson, F. , Kärrman, A. , Eriksson, U. & Yeung, L. W. Y. (2022). Analysis and characterization of novel fluorinated compounds used in surface treatments products. Chemosphere, 302.
- Fredriksson, F. , Eriksson, U. , Kärrman, A. & Yeung, L. W. Y. (2022). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Sweden: First findings of novel fluorinated copolymers in Europe including temporal analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 846.
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Fredriksson, F. (2023). Analysis of fluoroalkyl sulfonamide (FASA) based copolymers: An indirect source of non-polymeric PFAS. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University.
Manuscripts
- Fredriksson, F. , Kärrman, A. , Eriksson, U. & Yeung, L. W. Y. Experimental and field studies of bioavailability and transformation of fluoroalkyl sulfonamide (FASA) based copolymers in earthworms.
- Fredriksson, F. , Eriksson, U. , Kärrman, A. & Yeung, L. W. Y. Impact of sample treatment on extractable organofluorine mass balance in sludge – an insight into the characteristics of unidentified organofluorine.
Reports
- Fredriksson, F. , Eriksson, U. , Kärrman, A. & Yeung, L. (2020). A Pilot Study of the Fluorinated Ingredient of Scotchgard Products and Their Levels in WWTP Sludge and Landfill Leachate from Sweden. Örebro: Örebro universitet.
- Kärrman, A. , Wang, T. , Kallenborn, R. , Langseter, A. M. , Grønhovd, S. M. , Ræder, E. M. , Lyche, J. L. , Yeung, L. W. Y. & et al. (2019). PFASs in the Nordic environment: Screening of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Extractable Organic Fluorine (EOF) in the Nordic Environment. Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd (TemaNord 2019:515).