Dr Farzana Kastury

UCL Santos Research Fellow Future Industries Institute

Mawson Lakes Campus (X2-05)
tel +61 8 830 23810

mob 0433100212
email Farzana.Kastury@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Environmental science
Remediation
Exposure assessment
Bioaccessibility
Bioavailability

I am a passionate advocate for sustainable environmental solutions via assessing exposure to emerging and legacy contaminants and developing remeidation strategies. My current research is focused on assessing bioavailability of PFAS, mapping arsenic contamination in the legacy Victorian goldfields and assessing the effect of smelter emissions on mangroves that populate the Upper Spencer Gulf, Port Pirie.

Among my other research projects include developing cost-effective lead immobilization strategies that can be applied to Australian mining and smelting impacted communities. To carry out this research I have been awarded Fulbright fellowship from the Australian American Fulbright Commission in 2020, Early Career Researcher Grant by... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Chemical Sciences
Crop and Pasture Production
Ecological Applications
Ecology

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Kastury, F, Tang, W, Herde, C, Noerpel, MR, Scheckel, KG & Juhasz, AL 2021, 'Plumbojarosite formation in contaminated soil to mitigate childhood exposure to lead, arsenic and antimony', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 418, article no. 126312, pp. 1-39. 12 11 1
2019	Kastury, F, Placitu, S, Boland, J, Karna, RR, Scheckel, K, Smith, E & Juhasz, AL 2019, 'Relationship between Pb relative bioavailability and bioaccessibility in phosphate amended soil: uncertainty associated with predicting Pb immobilization efficacy using in vitro assays', Environment International: A Journal of Environmental Science, Risk & Health, vol. 131, article no, 104967, pp. 1-9. Open access 19 17
2019	Kastury, F, Smith, E, Doelsch, E, Lombi, E, Donnelley, M, Cmielewski, PL, Parsons, DW, Scheckel, KG, Paterson, D, de Jonge, MD, Herde, C & Juhasz, AL 2019, 'In vitro, in vivo, and spectroscopic assessment of lead exposure reduction via ingestion and inhalation pathways using phosphate and iron amendments', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 17, pp. 10329-10341. Open access 28 28

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Kastury, F, Li, H, Karna, R, Betts, A, Scheckel, KG, Ma, LQ, Sowers, TD, Bradham, KD, Hettiarachchi, GM & Juhasz, AL 2023, 'Opportunities and challenges associated with bioavailability-based remediation strategies for lead-contaminated soil with arsenic as a co-contaminant-a critical review', Current Pollution Reports, online, pp. 1-13. Open access
2023	Roman, L, Kastury, F, Petit, S, Aleman, R, Hardesty, BD & Wilcox, C 2023, 'Nutrients and seabird biogeography: feather elements differ among oceanic basins in the Southern Hemisphere, reflecting bird size, foraging range and nutrient availability in seawater', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 495-510. Open access
2022	Juhasz, AL, Kastury, F, Herde, C & Tang, W 2022, 'Application of soil amendments for reducing PFAS leachability and bioavailability', Environmental Pollution, vol. 307, article no. 119498. 3 1 1
2022	Kastury, F, Cahill, G, Fernando, A, Brotodewo, A, Huang, J, Juhasz, AL, Vandeleur, HM & Styan, C 2022, 'Metallic mangroves: sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead-zinc smelter in South Australia', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 857, article no. 159503, pp. 1-10.
2021	Kastury, F, Tang, W, Herde, C, Noerpel, MR, Scheckel, KG & Juhasz, AL 2021, 'Plumbojarosite formation in contaminated soil to mitigate childhood exposure to lead, arsenic and antimony', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 418, article no. 126312, pp. 1-39. 12 11 1
2020	Kastury, F, Karna, RR, Scheckel, KG & Juhasz, AL 2020, 'Correlation between lead speciation and inhalation bioaccessibility using two different simulated lung fluids', Environmental Pollution, vol. 263, article no. 114609, pp. 1-9. Open access 7 7 1
2020	Kastury, F, Ritch, S, Rasmussen, PE & Juhasz, AL 2020, 'Influence of household smoking habits on inhalation bioaccessibility of trace elements and light rare earth elements in Canadian house dust', Environmental Pollution, vol. 262, article no. 114132, pp. 1-9. Open access 10 9 1
2020	Roman, L, Kastury, F, Petit, S, Aleman, R, Wilcox, C, Hardesty, BD & Hindell, MA 2020, 'Plastic, nutrition and pollution; relationships between ingested plastic and metal concentrations in the livers of two Pachyptila seabirds', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, article no. 18023, pp. 1-14. Open access 13 12 56
2019	Kastury, F, Placitu, S, Boland, J, Karna, RR, Scheckel, K, Smith, E & Juhasz, AL 2019, 'Relationship between Pb relative bioavailability and bioaccessibility in phosphate amended soil: uncertainty associated with predicting Pb immobilization efficacy using in vitro assays', Environment International: A Journal of Environmental Science, Risk & Health, vol. 131, article no, 104967, pp. 1-9. Open access 19 17
2019	Kastury, F, Smith, E, Doelsch, E, Lombi, E, Donnelley, M, Cmielewski, PL, Parsons, DW, Scheckel, KG, Paterson, D, de Jonge, MD, Herde, C & Juhasz, AL 2019, 'In vitro, in vivo, and spectroscopic assessment of lead exposure reduction via ingestion and inhalation pathways using phosphate and iron amendments', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 17, pp. 10329-10341. Open access 28 28
2019	Kastury, F, Smith, E, Lombi, E, Donnelley, MW, Cmielewski, PL, Parsons, DW, Noerpel, M, Scheckel, KG, Kingston, AM, Myers, GR, Paterson, D, de Jonge, MD & Juhasz, AL 2019, 'Dynamics of lead bioavailability and speciation in indoor dust and x-ray spectroscopic investigation of the link between ingestion and inhalation pathways', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 19, pp. 11486-11495. Open access 21 21 15
2018	Kastury, F, Rahimi Eichi, V, Enju, A, Okamoto, M, Heuer, S & Melino, V 2018, 'Exploring the potential for top-dressing bread wheat with ammonium chloride to minimize grain yield losses under drought', Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Open access 3 1 5
2018	Kastury, F, Smith, E, Karna, RR, Scheckel, KG & Juhasz, A 2018, 'An inhalation-ingestion bioaccessibility assay (IIBA) for the assessment of exposure to metal(loid)s in PM₁₀', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 631-632, pp. 92-104. Open access 39 36
2018	Kastury, F, Smith, E, Karna, RR, Scheckel, KG & Juhasz, A 2018, 'Methodological factors influencing inhalation bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s in PM₂.₅ using simulated lung fluid', Environmental Pollution, vol. 241, pp. 930-937. Open access 38 36 1
2017	Kastury, F, Smith, E & Juhasz, AL 2017, 'A critical review of approaches and limitations of inhalation bioavailability and bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s from ambient particulate matter or dust', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 574, pp. 1054-1074. 132 133
2015	Kastury, F, Juhasz, A, Beckmann, S & Manefield, M 2015, 'Ecotoxicity of neutral red (dye) and its environmental applications', Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 122, pp. 186-192. 18 16 1

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Australian Synchrotron	AUSTRALIA
Bennett Aerospace	UNITED STATES
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere	AUSTRALIA
Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
Health Canada	CANADA
Kansas State University	UNITED STATES
Nanjing University	CHINA
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education	UNITED STATES
Rothamsted Research	UNITED KINGDOM
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)	AUSTRALIA
United States Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Cagliari	ITALY
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
US Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Fulbright Scholarship Australian and American Fulbright Commission	2020

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Assessment of PFAS exposure from produce grown in contaminated media	Current
Environmental and biokinetic behaviour of technology critical elements	Current

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