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wastewater, stormwater, landfill leachate, water quality, sediment quality, organic contaminants, metals, stormwater remediation, stormwater management, adsorption, filter technologies

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Employment (6)

Kerr Wood Leidal Associates (Canada): Burnaby, British Columbia, CA

2019-11-01 to present | Water Quality Specialist (Stormwater Engineering)
Employment
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Karin Björklund

Chalmers University of Technology: Gothenburg, SE

2018-01-01 to 2019-10-31 | Research specialist (Architecture and Civil Engineering)
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Karin Björklund

Chalmers University of Technology: Gothenburg, SE

2015-10 to 2017-12-31 | Assistant Professor (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Karin Björklund

Chalmers University of Technology Campus Lindholmen: Goteborg, SE

2013-07-01 to 2015-10 | International Post doc (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Karin Björklund

University of British Columbia: Vancouver, BC, CA

2012-08-01 to 2015-08 | Postdoctoral fellow (Civil Engineering)
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Karin Björklund

Chalmers University of Technology: Göteborg, SE

2006-03-01 to 2011-04-31 | PhD candidate (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Karin Björklund

Education and qualifications (2)

Chalmers University of Technology: Göteborg, SE

2011-02-25 | PhD Water Engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Education
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Karin Björklund

Umeå University: Umeå, SE

2005-06-01 | MSc Environmental Engineering
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Karin Björklund

Works (18)

Hydrodynamic modelling of traffic-related microplastics discharged with stormwater into the Göta River in Sweden

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2020-04-18 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08637-z
Source: Self-asserted source
Karin Björklund

Organic pollutants, nano- and microparticles in street sweeping road dust and washwater

Environment International
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105337
Part of ISSN: 0160-4120
Source: Self-asserted source
Karin Björklund

Transport of Traffic-Related Microplastic Particles in Receiving Water

New Trends in Urban Drainage Modelling
2019 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99867-1_53
Part of ISBN: 9783319998664
Part of ISBN: 9783319998671
Part of ISSN: 1865-3529
Part of ISSN: 1865-3537
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Karin Björklund

Generation of nano- and micro-sized organic pollutant emulsions in simulated road runoff

Environment International
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105140
Part of ISSN: 0160-4120
Source: Self-asserted source
Karin Björklund

Hydrodynamic modelling of the influence of stormwater and combined sewer overflows on receiving water quality: Benzo(a)pyrene and copper risks to recreational water

Journal of Environmental Management
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.11.014
EID:

2-s2.0-85034029847
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Bondelind, M.; Karlsson, A.; Karlsson, D.; Sokolova, E.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Sorption of organic pollutants frequently detected in stormwater: evaluation of five potential sorbents

Environmental Technology
2018-09-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1354924
Contributors: Karin Björklund; Loretta Li
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Removal of organic contaminants in bioretention medium amended with activated carbon from sewage sludge

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2017-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9508-1
Contributors: Karin Björklund; Loretta Li
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Adsorption of organic stormwater pollutants onto activated carbon from sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Management
2017-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.011
Contributors: Karin Björklund; Loretta Y. Li
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Emissions of organic pollutants from traffic and roads: Priority pollutants selection and substance flow analysis

Science of The Total Environment
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.074
Contributors: Anna Markiewicz; Karin Björklund; Eva Eriksson; Yuliya Kalmykova; Ann-Margret Strömvall; Anna Siopi
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Sorption of DOM and hydrophobic organic compounds onto sewage-based activated carbon

Water Science and Technology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.240
EID:

2-s2.0-84982124183
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Li, L.Y.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of low-cost materials for sorption of hydrophobic organic pollutants in stormwater

Journal of Environmental Management
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.005
EID:

2-s2.0-84937042953
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Li, L.
Source: Self-asserted source
Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Sorption and degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols, bisphenol A and phthalates in landfill leachate using sand, activated carbon and peat filters

Water Research
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.011
EID:

2-s2.0-84897001694
Contributors: Kalmykova, Y.; Moona, N.; Strömvall, A.-M.; Björklund, K.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols, bisphenol A and phthalates in landfill leachates and stormwater

Water Research
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.054
EID:

2-s2.0-84872685028
Contributors: Kalmykova, Y.; Björklund, K.; Strömvall, A.-M.; Blom, L.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Screening of organic contaminants in urban snow

Water Science and Technology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.642
EID:

2-s2.0-79960460683
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Strömvall, A.-M.; Malmqvist, P.-A.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Simulating organic pollutant flows in urban stormwater: Development and evaluation of a model for nonylphenols and phthalates

Water Science and Technology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.251
EID:

2-s2.0-79952216778
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Malmqvist, P.-A.; Strömvall, A.-M.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Substance flow analyses of phthalates and nonylphenols in stormwater

Water Science and Technology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.923
EID:

2-s2.0-78049383621
Contributors: Björklund, K.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Phthalates and nonylphenols in urban runoff: Occurrence, distribution and area emission factors

Science of the Total Environment
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.040
EID:

2-s2.0-67349206455
Contributors: Björklund, K.; Cousins, A.P.; Strömvall, A.-M.; Malmqvist, P.-A.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier

Environmental risk assessment of antibiotics in the Swedish environment with emphasis on sewage treatment plants

Water Research
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.014
EID:

2-s2.0-33846039024
Contributors: Lindberg, R.H.; Björklund, K.; Rendahl, P.; Johansson, M.I.; Tysklind, M.; Andersson, B.A.V.
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Karin Björklund via Scopus - Elsevier
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