Sara Karolak

Sara Karolak is a Lecturer at Université Paris Saclay, affiliated with the Laboratoire Écologie, Société et Évolution (IDEEV). She holds HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research) and is a member of the "Ecological Processes and human Impact" research team, focusing on environmental chemistry applications for public health.

Her research centers on wastewater epidemiology for estimating community drug consumption and pesticide exposure. She develops HPLC-MS/MS methodologies for residue analysis in water systems, with additional expertise in syringe residue characterization and environmental factor impacts (e.g., temperature, pH) on monitoring accuracy.

Analysis of her 2013-2021 publications reveals consistent leadership in international wastewater monitoring through projects like SCORE and ESCAPE. Her work spans tropical and urban environments, emphasizing method validation, inter-laboratory quality control, and cross-border drug consumption patterns.

Scientific awards: None mentioned in source material.

Dr. Karolak has contributed significantly to research supervision and collaborative initiatives:

• PhD Supervision: Co-supervised three doctoral candidates on wastewater contaminant analysis (Néfau 2010-2014, Bailly 2009-2013, Mullot 2005-2009).
• European Projects: Key participant in SCORE (wastewater drug monitoring until 2021) and ESCAPE (syringe residue analysis), advancing standardized epidemiological methodologies.

She operates within IDEEV (UMR 9195), a CNRS-AgroParisTech-Université Paris Saclay joint laboratory dedicated to interdisciplinary research on human-environment interactions.