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Professor Jochen Mueller is an ARC Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland's Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. He also holds affiliate positions with the Centre for Marine Science (Faculty of Science) and the Minderoo Centre for Plastics and Human Health. His research program focuses on monitoring trace organic pollutants through innovative passive sampling techniques and wastewater epidemiology.
Mueller leads major national initiatives including Australia's National Dioxin Program and established the Australian Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) for retrospective pollutant analysis. His research examines:
- Sources and fate of environmental contaminants
- Human exposure pathways to trace chemicals
- Development of passive samplers for emerging pollutants
- Wastewater-based epidemiology for public health monitoring
His recent publications demonstrate strong focus on PFAS contamination pathways, wastewater-based drug monitoring, and human biomonitoring techniques. Research consistently addresses chemical fate across environmental matrices and human exposure biomarkers.
Scientific Awards & Recognition:
- ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship
- ARC Future Fellowship
- Lead investigator for UNEP Toolkit on bush-fire emissions
Mueller currently supervises 6 PhD/Master's candidates as principal advisor and 7 as associate advisor, with projects spanning contaminant exposure, wastewater epidemiology, and environmental chemistry. He leads over 20 active grants including the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program and PFAS exposure studies. His laboratory conducts cutting-edge environmental specimen banking and passive sampler development.
