Professor Eugenia (Éva) Valsami-Jones PhD

Professor Eugenia (Éva) Valsami-Jones

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chair in Environmental Nanoscience
Director of FENAC

Contact details

Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Eugenia Valsami-Jones - Research in 60 seconds videoProfessor Valsami-Jones’ research interests focus on understanding reactivity at the nanoscale, particularly interactions of nanoparticles with pollutants and biota and biomineralisation processes. She has carried out research on the interaction of a variety of carbon- and metal-based nano-objects with biota in vitro and in vivo and has pioneered novel methods of labelling nanomaterials. She has also worked on understanding the formation and stability of biogenic apatite.

Professor Valsami-Jones is part of the Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of plastics.  This unique team brings together chemists, environmental scientists, philosophers, linguists, economists, and experts in many other fields, to holistically address the global plastics problem.

Qualifications

1990 – PhD, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1986 – BSc Geology, University of Athens, Greece

Teaching

  • Course director: MRes Biological and Environmental Nanoscience.
  • Lectures on pollutant mobility and modelling (Environmental Pollution).
  • Lectures on the safety of nanotechnology (Global Environmental Issues).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Chakraborty, S, Langford, N, Kohl, Y, Varsou, DD, Stokes, W, Papaioannou, E, Wien, S, Berkesi, K, Britton, A, Ibrahim, B, Afantitis, A, Zoikis Karathanasis, A, Nelson, A & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Are Ni-SiC nanoparticle electroplated coatings a safer alternative to hard chromium? A comprehensive aging, toxicity, and in silico study to assess safety by design', Environmental Science: Nano. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4en00751d

Oyehan, TA, Ganiyu, SA, Pfrang, C, Walker, M & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Low cost MXene synthesis for regenerative adsorption of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX)', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 492, 152217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152217

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2024, 'Modulation of Heat Shock Protein Expression in Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells through Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Treatment', Pharmaceutics, vol. 16, no. 3, 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16030380

Chakraborty, S, Ibrahim, B, Dhumal, P, Langford, N, Garbett, L & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Perturbation of enzyme structure by nano-metal organic frameworks: A question mark on their safety-by-design?', Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, vol. 5, 100127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2024.100127

Cassee, FR, Bleeker, EAJ, Durand, C, Exner, T, Falk, A, Friedrichs, S, Heunisch, E, Himly, M, Hofer, S, Hofstätter, N, Hristozov, D, Nymark, P, Pohl, A, Soeteman-Hernández, LG, Suarez-Merino, B, Valsami-Jones, E & Groenewold, M 2024, 'Roadmap towards Safe and Sustainable Advanced and Innovative Materials. (outlook for 2024-2030)', Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.05.018

Soeteman-Hernandez, LG, Apel, C, Nowack, B, Sudheshwar, A, Som, C, Huttunen-Saarivirta, E, Tenhunen-Lunkka, A, Scheper, J, Falk, A, Valsami-Jones, E, Rocca, C, Brennan, M, Igartua, A, Mendoza, G, Midander, K, Strömberg, E & Kümmerer, K 2024, 'The safe-and-sustainable-by-design concept: innovating towards a more sustainable future', Environmental Sustainability, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-024-00324-w

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2023, 'Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Suppress the Proliferation of Human Lung Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells by Deubiquitinating Enzymes Inhibition', ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 43, pp. 40622-40638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c05452

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2023, 'Gold Nanoparticles Induced Size Dependent Cytotoxicity on Human Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells by Inhibiting the Ubiquitin Proteasome System', Pharmaceutics, vol. 15, no. 2, 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15020432

Oyehan, TA, Salami, BA, Abdulrasheed, AA, Hambali, HU, Gbadamosi, A, Valsami-Jones, E & Saleh, TA 2023, 'MXenes: Synthesis, properties, and applications for sustainable energy and environment', Applied Materials Today, vol. 35, 101993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2023.101993

Akere, TH, Zigiotto de Medeiros, AM, Martinez, DST, Ibrahim, B, Ali-Boucetta, H & Valsami-Jones, E 2023, 'Nanotoxicity of Graphene Oxide: – Gold Nanohybrid to Daphnia magna', Aquatic Toxicology, vol. 260, 106552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106552

Abdolahpur Monikh, F, Guo, Z, Zhang, P, Vijver, MG, Lynch, I, Valsami-Jones, E & Peijnenburg, WJGM 2022, 'An analytical workflow for dynamic characterization and quantification of metal-bearing nanomaterials in biological matrices', Nature protocols, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1926-1952. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-022-00701-x

Chapter

Menon, D, Chakraborty, S, Goyal, P, Valsami-Jones, E & Misra, SK 2023, Nano Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Promising Candidate for Biomedical Applications. in R Srivastava, SK Debnath & R Prasad (eds), Nanomaterials in Healthcare. 1st edn, Routledge, pp. 115-132. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003322368-7

Review article

Dhumal, P, Chakraborty, S, Ibrahim, B, Kaur, M & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Green-Synthesised Carbon Nanodots: A SWOT Analysis for their Safe and Sustainable Innovation', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 480, 144115. https://doi.org/1016/j.jclepro.2024.144115

Harrison, DM, Briffa, SM, Mazzonello, A & Valsami-Jones, E 2023, 'A Review of the Aquatic Environmental Transformations of Engineered Nanomaterials', Nanomaterials, vol. 13, no. 14, 2098. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13142098

Furxhi, I, Costa, A, Vázquez-Campos, S, Fito-López, C, Hristozov, D, Ramos, JAT, Resch, S, Cioffi, M, Friedrichs, S, Rocca, C, Valsami-Jones, E, Lynch, I, Araceli, SJ & Farcal, L 2023, 'Status, implications and challenges of European safe and sustainable by design paradigms applicable to nanomaterials and advanced materials', RSC Sustainability, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 234-250. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2su00101b

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Expertise

Environmental nanoparticles, pollutants