Dr Joanna Wragg

Dr Joanna WraggEnvironmental Scientist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 9363069

E-mail Dr Joanna Wragg

Biography

  • 2003–current: Research Scientist, BGS
  • 2006–2007: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Sciences Group, Royal Military College of Canada
  • 2006: Alan Ure Bursary winner, RSC
  • 2005: PhD Nottingham University, “A study of the relationship between arsenic bioaccessibility and its solid phase distribution in Wellingborough soils”.
  • 1995: Analytical Chemist, BGS, Nottingham
  • 1994: BSc (Hons) University of Central Lancashire, Applied Chemistry
  • 1993: HND University of Central Lancashire, Chemistry

Research interests

  • Bioaccessibility of potentially harmful substances from soil
  • Climate change and health
  • The effect of inundation on contaminant mobility
  • Environment and health

Skills

  • Bioaccessibility method development
  • International collaborative networks
  • Inorganic analytical chemistry

Current projects and collaboration

  • The BARGE inter-laboratory study to evaluate a standardised in vitro bioaccessibility for arsenic, cadmium and lead in soil
  • Development of a fed state bioaccessibility method for the assessment of human health risks associated with land contaminated by PAHs, in particular benzo(a)pyrene
  • Collaborative investigation with INERIS for the development of in vitro methodologies to simulate the human lung environment for the estimation of contaminants from respirable dusts
  • Collaborative study with the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Science ICENS to determine the sources and solid phase distribution of Cadmium in Jamaican soils
  • Medical Geology: Investigating relationships between natural geological features and human health on a regional basis, specifically Northamptonshire for 2009–2010
  • Investigation into the use of slag materials for the treatment of contaminated acid mine effluent

Professional association

  • member of Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Chartered Chemist
  • Chartered Scientist
  • member of the International Society of Exposure Sciences (ISES)
  • Secretary of the Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe (BARGE)
  • member of Bioaccessibility Research Canada (BARC)

Published outputs

Key Papers

CAVE, M R, WRAGG, J, DENYS, S, JONDREVILLE, C, and FEIDT, C.  2009. Oral Bioavailability in Dealing with Contaminated Sites (From Theory towards Practical Application), Springer, Ed Frank Swarjtes (in press)

CAVE, M R, WRAGG, J, HARRISON, I, VANE, C H, VAN DE WIELE, T, NATHANAIL, C P, THOMAS, R, ROBINSON, J and DALEY, P.  A comparison of a batch mode and dynamic bioaccessibility tests for PAHs in soil samples (in submitted to ES & T)

WRAGG, J, CAVE, M R, and NATHANAIL, C.P. 2007.  A study of the relationship between arsenic bioaccessibility and its solid phase distribution in Wellingborough soils.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, Vol. 42 (9), 1303-1316

WRAGG, J and KLINCK, B A. 2007.  The Bioaccessibility of Lead from Welsh Mine Waste using a Respiratory Uptake Test.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, Vol. 42 (9), 1223-1232

OOMEN, A G., HACK, A, MINEKUS, M, ZEIJDNER, E, CORNELIS, C, SSHOETERS, G, VERSTAETE, W, VAN DE WIELE, T, WRAGG, J, ROMPLEBERG, C J M, SIPS, A and VAN WIJNEN, J H. (2002) Comparison of five in vitro digestion models to study the bioaccessibility of soil contaminants, Environmental Science & Technology, 36 (15), 3326-3334