Maria Kippler

The overall aim of the research in my research group is to increase the
knowledge about how early-life exposure to environmental pollutants,
especially metals, can affect child health and development. We
also study the role of essential trace elements and other nutrients (e.g.
selenium and iodine) and whether interactions may occur with different toxic
elements. This is achieved by combining epidemiological- and mechanistic
studies within several different mother-child cohorts. Metals and other trace
elements are mainly measured using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometry (ICP-MS), which enables high-throughput analyses of multiple
elements in the low-dose range. Effect biomarkers are measured with several
different molecular techniques.