Niladri Basu
Academic title(s):
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Environmental Health Sciences
Professor
Department:
Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment
Natural Resource Sciences
Areas of expertise:
Exposure of humans and wildlife to toxic environmental chemicals, such as mercury; development, validation, and application of new approaches to rapidly test chemicals/samples for toxicity; global health focused on policy, environmental justice and the extractive sector.
Link(s):
Area(s):
Environment, Ecology and Sustainability
Soil, Water and their Sustainable Management
Safe, Nutritious and Secure Food Supply
Human Nutrition and One Health
Research areas:
Animal models
Arctic and Northern
Biology
Contaminants
Ecology
Environment
Food safety
Food science
Gene-environment interactions
Health
Indigenous
Indigenous health
Regulatory frameworks
Water
Wildlife
Specialization:
Environmental pollution
Language(s) spoken:
English