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Jerker Fick
Research qualifications:
Docent
0000-0002-3949-7371
Contact
E-mail
jerker.fick@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 93 24
Works as
Affiliation
Associate professor
at
Department of Chemistry
Location
KB.E6, Linnaeus väg 6, (rum: 6.07.03)
Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Publications
Publications
Research
Research
Mentions
Mentions
2025
Slow-release pharmaceutical implants in ecotoxicology: validating functionality across exposure scenarios
ACS Environmental Au
, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2025, Vol. 5, (1) : 69-75
Bertram, Michael G.; Brand, Jack A.; Thoré, Eli S. J.; et al.
2025
Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Science
, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2025, Vol. 388, (6743) : 217-222
Brand, Jack A.; Michelangeli, Marcus; Shry, Samuel J.; et al.
2025
Environmental conditions explain variability in concentrations of nutrients but not emerging contaminants
Ecosphere
, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 16, (3)
Fork, Megan L.; Fick, Jerker; Reisinger, Alexander J.; et al.
2025
Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in muscle tissue of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) across subtropical estuaries: comparison to blood plasma and implications for human exposure
Science of the Total Environment
, Vol. 972
James, W. Ryan; Castillo, Nicholas A.; Distrubell, Andy; et al.
2025
Evaluating wastewater surveillance for estimating pharmaceutical use
Environment International
, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 204
Osena, Gilbert; Fick, Jerker; Flach, Carl-Fredrik; et al.
2025
A multi-estuary assessment of pharmaceutical exposure and risk of pharmacological effects in a recreational fishery
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 44, (10) : 2832-2847
Rehage, Jennifer S.; Castillo, Nicholas A.; Distrubell, Andy; et al.
2025
Antibiotic resistance selection and deselection in municipal wastewater from 47 countries
Nature Communications
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 16, (1)
Yu, Zhuofeng; Gray, Declan A.; Fick, Jerker; et al.
2024
Understanding pharmaceutical exposure and the potential for effects in marine biota: A survey of bonefish (Albula vulpes) across the Caribbean Basin
Chemosphere
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 349
Castillo, N. A.; James, W. R.; Santos, R. O.; et al.
2024
Identifying pathways of pharmaceutical exposure in a mesoconsumer marine fish
Journal of Hazardous Materials
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 477
Castillo, N.A.; James, W.R.; Santos, R.O.; et al.
2024
Widespread pharmaceutical exposure at concentrations of concern for a subtropical coastal fishery: Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
Marine Pollution Bulletin
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 209
Castillo, N.A.; Santos, R.O.; James, W.R.; et al.
2024
Differential tissue distribution of pharmaceuticals in a wild subtropical marine fish
Aquatic Toxicology
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 275
Castillo, N.A.; Santos, R.O.; James, W.R.; et al.
2024
Pesticide screening of surface water and soil along the Mekong River in Cambodia
Science of the Total Environment
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 912
Ngin, Putheary; Haglund, Peter; Proum, Sorya; et al.
2024
Evaluating soil-vegetable contamination with heavy metals in Bogura, Bangladesh: a risk assessment approach
Environmental Health Insights
, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 18 : 1-13
Samma, Sadia; Khan, Md. Sirajul Islam; Chowdhury, Md. Tazul Islam; et al.
2024
Pharmaceutical pollution in an Ethiopian rift valley lake Hawassa: occurrences and possible ecological risks
Environmental Challenges
, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 15
WM-Bekele, Daniel; Fick, Jerker; Tilahun, Girma; et al.
2023
Neuroactive pharmaceuticals in estuaries: occurrence and tissue-specific bioaccumulation in multiple fish species
Environmental Pollution
, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 316, (Part 1)
Duarte, Irina A.; Reis-Santos, Patrick; Fick, Jerker; et al.
2023
Cost-effective pharmaceutical implants in fish: validating the performance of slow-release implants for the antidepressant fluoxetine
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 42, (6) : 1326-1336
McCallum, Erin S.; Cerveny, Daniel; Bose, Aneesh P. H.; et al.
2023
The ability of biochars from cookstoves to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products from hospital wastewater
Environmental Technology & Innovation
, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 32
Mukarunyana, Brigitte; Boman, Christoffer; Kabera, Telesphore; et al.
2023
Are animal disease reservoirs at risk of human antiviral exposure?
Environmental Science and Technology Letters
, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 10, (5) : 439-445
Rosi, Emma J.; Fick, Jerker B.; Han, Barbara A.
2022
Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution
Biological Reviews
, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 97, (4)
Bertram, Michael G.; Martin, Jake M.; McCallum, Erin S.; et al.
2022
Environmentally relevant concentration of caffeine: effect on activity and circadian rhythm in wild perch
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
, Springer 2022, Vol. 29, (36) : 54264-54272
Cerveny, Daniel; Cisar, Petr; Brodin, Tomas; et al.
2022
Bioconcentration of neuroactive pharmaceuticals in fish: Relation to lipophilicity, experimental design and toxicity in the aquatic environment
Science of the Total Environment
, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 812
Duarte, Irina A.; Fick, Jerker; Cabral, Henrique N.; et al.
2022
Acid-induced phosphorus release from hydrothermally carbonized sewage sludge
ESPC4 & PERM5 2022 – Book of Abstracts
Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Jansson, Stina; et al.
2022
Phosphorus release from hydrothermally carbonized digested sewage sludge using organic acids
Waste Management
, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 151 : 60-69
Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Skoglund, Nils; et al.
2022
Pharmaceuticals are identified in insects in River Fyris: a study with both tandem quadrupole and quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Environmental Advances
, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 8
Sedvall, Emelie; Fick, Jerker; Pettersson, Curt; et al.
2022
Effects of conventionally treated and ozonated wastewater effluent on the damselfly larva oxylipidome in response to on-site exposure
Chemosphere
, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 309
Späth, Jana; Brodin, Tomas; Falås, Per; et al.
2022
Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly
Journal of insect physiology
, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 136
Späth, Jana; Brodin, Tomas; McCallum, Erin; et al.
2022
Wastewater effluent affects behaviour and metabolomic endpoints in damselfly larvae
Scientific Reports
, Nature Publishing Group 2022, Vol. 12, (1)
Späth, Jana; Fick, Jerker; McCallum, Erin; et al.
2021
Water temperature affects the biotransformation and accumulation of a psychoactive pharmaceutical and its metabolite in aquatic organisms
Environment International
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 155
Cerveny, D.; Fick, Jerker; Klaminder, Jonatan; et al.
2021
Exposure via biotransformation: oxazepam reaches predicted pharmacological effect levels in European perch after exposure to temazepam
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
, Academic Press 2021, Vol. 217
Cerveny, Daniel; Fick, Jerker; Klaminder, Jonatan; et al.
2021
Neuroactive drugs and other pharmaceuticals found in blood plasma of wild European fish
Environment International
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 146
Cerveny, Daniel; Grabic, Roman; Grabicova, Katerina; et al.
2021
Screening of pharmaceuticals in coastal waters of the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji, South Pacific
Chemosphere
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 276
Dehm, Jasha; Singh, Shubha; Ferreira, Marta; et al.
2021
Impacts of Oxazepam on Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Behavior: Fish Familiarized to Lake Conditions Do Not Show Predicted Anti-anxiety Response
Environmental Science and Technology
, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021, Vol. 55, (6) : 3624-3633
Fahlman, Johan; Jonsson, Micael; Berglund Fick, Jerker; et al.
2021
Dosing the Coast: Leaking Sewage Infrastructure Delivers Large Annual Doses and Dynamic Mixtures of Pharmaceuticals to Urban Rivers
Environmental Science and Technology
, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021, Vol. 55, (17) : 11637-11645
Fork, Megan L.; Fick, Jerker B.; Reisinger, Alexander J.; et al.
2021
Do environmental pharmaceuticals affect the composition of bacterial communities in a freshwater stream?: A case study of the Knivsta river in the south of Sweden
Science of the Total Environment
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 763
Hagberg, Aleksandra; Gupta, Shashank; Rzhepishevska, Olena I; et al.
2021
Investigating the effects of municipal and hospital wastewaters on horizontal gene transfer
Environmental Pollution
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 276
Hutinel, Marion; Fick, Jerker; Larsson, D.G. Joakim; et al.
2021
Evidence for selection of multi-resistant E. coli by hospital effluent
Environment International
, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 150
Kraupner, Nadine; Hutinel, Marion; Schumacher, Kilian; et al.
2021
Identification of resistant pharmaceuticals in ozonation using QSAR modeling and their fate in electro-peroxone process
Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering
Mustafa, Majid; Wang, Huijiao; Lindberg, Richard H.; et al.
2021
Acid-Induced Phosphorus Release from Hydrothermally Carbonized Sewage Sludge
Waste and Biomass Valorization
, Springer Netherlands 2021, Vol. 12, (12) : 6555-6568
Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Jansson, Stina; et al.
2021
Biochar for the removal of detected micropollutants in south african domestic wastewater: a case study from a demonstration-scale decentralised wastewater treatment system in ethekwini
Water S.A.
, South African Water Research Commission 2021, Vol. 47, (4) : 396-416
Späth, Jana; Arumugam, Preyan; Lindberg, Richard H.; et al.
2021
Oxylipins at intermediate larval stages of damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum as biochemical biomarkers for anthropogenic pollution
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
, Springer 2021, Vol. 28, (22) : 27629-27638
Späth, Jana; Brodin, Tomas; Cerveny, Daniel; et al.
2021
Antipredator phenotype in crucian carp altered by a psychoactive drug
Ecology and Evolution
, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 11, (14) : 9435-9446
Vinterstare, Jerker; Brönmark, Christer; Nilsson, P. Anders; et al.
2020
Bioconcentration and behavioral effects of four benzodiazepines and their environmentally relevant mixture in wild fish
Science of the Total Environment
, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 702
Cerveny, Daniel; Brodin, T.; Cisar, P.; et al.
2020
Environmentally relevant concentrations of the common anxiolytic pharmaceutical oxazepam do not have acute effect on spawning behavior in mature male Atlantic salmon (
Salmo salar
) parr
Journal of Applied Ichthyology
, Wiley-Blackwell 2020, Vol. 36, (1) : 105-112
Hellström, Gustav; Brodin, Tomas; Jonsson, Micael; et al.
2020
Selective concentrations for trimethoprim resistance in aquatic environments
Environment International
, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 144
Kraupner, Nadine; Ebmeyer, Stefan; Hutinel, Marion; et al.
2020
Naproxen affects multiple organs in fish but is still an environmentally better alternative to diclofenac
Aquatic Toxicology
, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 227
Näslund, Johanna; Asker, Noomi; Fick, Jerker; et al.
2020
Extraction of active pharmaceutical ingredients from simulated spent activated carbonaceous adsorbents
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
, Springer 2020, Vol. 27, (20) : 25572-25581
Oesterle, Pierre; Lindberg, Richard H.; Fick, Jerker; et al.
2020
Long-term application of Swedish sewage sludge on farmland does not cause clear changes in the soil bacterial resistome
Environment International
, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 137
Rutgersson, Carolin; Ebmeyer, Stefan; Lassen, Simon Bo; et al.
2020
Novel metabolomic method to assess the effect-based removal efficiency of advanced wastewater treatment techniques
Environmental Chemistry
, CSIRO Publishing 2020, Vol. 17, (1) : 1-5
Späth, Jana; Nording, Malin; Lindberg, Richard; et al.
2020
Chronic Exposure to Oxazepam Pollution Produces Tolerance to Anxiolytic Effects in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Environmental Science and Technology
, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020, Vol. 54, (3) : 1760-1769
Vossen, Laura E.; Cerveny, Daniel; Österkrans, Marcus; et al.
2019
Concentration and reduction of antibiotic residues in selected wastewater treatment plants and receiving waterbodies in Durban, South Africa
Science of the Total Environment
, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 678 : 10-20
Faleye, A. C.; Adegoke, A. A.; Ramluckan, K.; et al.
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EcoChange Umeå
Research projects
1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022
Wastewater reuse in countries with high water stress - challenges and opportunities
1 October 2018 until 31 May 2024
Sludge: from problem to product
Published: 10 Apr, 2025
Largest study to date shows pharmaceutical pollution alters migration in Atlantic salmon
Published: 19 Nov, 2019
Pharmaceutical residues widespread in the Baltic Sea
Published: 14 Feb, 2013
Fish become bolder and more gluttonous from drug residue
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