Frederic Béen

Dr. Frederic Béen is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Chemistry for Environment & Health research group at the Amsterdam Institute for Environment and Health (A-LIFE) and the Faculty of Science. His work focuses on integrating environmental analytical chemistry with data science, particularly in developing suspect/non-target screening methods using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) to monitor environmental contaminants. Key research areas include wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), microplastic analysis, and machine learning applications in environmental data analysis.

Frederic teaches courses such as 'Project Sustainable Ecosystems' and contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in environmental protection and public health. His research emphasizes optimizing chromatography (LC/GC) and HRMS techniques, alongside cheminformatics tools like machine learning, to address contaminants' sources, fate, and impacts on humans and ecosystems.

His recent publications span wastewater epidemiology, plastic particle quantification, and interdisciplinary collaborations to bridge research and policy. He has 23 total research outputs and actively collaborates internationally.