Thomas ter Laak PhD

As senior researcher in Chemical Water Quality, Thomas ter Laak focuses on the sources, monitoring, behaviour, occurrence as well as modelling of (emerging) micropollutants in the water cycle. Thomas studies the occurrence and trends of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, microplastics, PFAS and illicit drugs. He also studies their transformation products and tries to understand where these substances come from and how they spread in the environment (forensic environmental chemistry). Finally, he applies advanced data analysis techniques to describe and, if possible, predict trends of these substances in water systems. Thomas is affiliated to the University of Amsterdam (IBED) as associate professor one day a week, where he teaches and supervises research in the field of environmental chemistry.