Dr Anu Kumar

		Research Scientist
		CSIRO Land and Water PMB 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064 Ph: +61-8-8303 8597 Fax: +61-8-8303 8565 Email: Anupama Kumar

Anu Kumar works within the Trace Organics and Risk Assessment research group, which is part of the Environmental Biogeochemistry research program.

Current Research/Research Interests

• Assessment of pesticide impacts on the biological health of the aquatic ecosystems;
• Impacts of winery wastewater on the ecosystem health;
• Toxicity Identification and Evaluation (TIE) of effluents/stormwater;
• Application of biomarkers for screening and monitoring contaminants;
• Bioavailability of sediment-bound pesticides;
• Evaluation of mixture toxicity; and
• Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs).

Research Capabilities

Dr Anu Kumar conducts research in the area of ecotoxicology and possesses the following research capabilities:

• Ecotoxicological assessment of organic and inorganic contaminants,
• effluents, leachates and receiving waters;
• Use of cladocerans, freshwater shrimps, yabbies, rainbowfish, native frogs for freshwater testing;
• Use of polychaete worm, mulloway and oysters for marine testing;
• Sediment toxicity assessment;
• In situ biomonitoring; and
• In vitro screening test for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

Professional Experience

• Aquatic Ecotoxicologist: Jan 2002 - present, CSIRO Land and Water, Adelaide Laboratories
• Lecturer: June 1999 – Dec 2002, School of Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
• Research Associate: July 1997 – June 1999, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow: June 1996 - May 1997, Centre for Ecotoxicology, Environment Protection Authority (EPA-NSW), Sydney.

Qualifications

• PhD (Ecotoxicology),1996, Macquarie University, Sydney and Centre for Ecotoxicology, EPA-NSW, Sydney. Thesis title: "Ecotoxicology of the Organophosphate Pesticide, Profenofos, to Selected Australian Fauna."
• MPhil (Zoology), 1988, Panjab University, India
• MSc (Hons) Zoology, 1986, Panjab University, India

Professional Society Memberships

• Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology
• Society of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Other Positions Currently Held

• Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of South Australia (Uni-SA)
• South Australian representative of the Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology (ASE)
• Editorial committee member of the ASE
• OECD member of expert group on endocrine testing in amphibians
• Supervisor of 3 PhD students.

Publications

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