Dr. Lisa Melymuk
PI at "Chemical pollutants and human exposure routes" research group

Dr. Lisa Melymuk completed her Honours Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Canada, followed by a M.Sc. in Geography at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada in 2007. In 2012, she completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Prof. Miriam Diamond. Her Ph.D. focus was on sources and transport of toxic compounds in urban environments. She joined RECETOX as a post-doctoral researcher in 2012, and has held the position of Associate Professor since 2025. 

Her research focuses on linking external sources of toxic compounds and human exposure. This involves investigating toxic compounds in a range of indoor and outdoor environments, applying new tools to provide insight into priority chemical sources, and linking chemicals in products with human exposure and indoor environments. Specific topics are: characterizing chemicals in consumer products, understanding chemical exposure in indoor environments, optimizing indoor sampling techniques for dust and air sampling, and linking exposure pathways with human biomonitoring.  

She is an author of more than 85 scientific publications with over 3000 citations, and has an H-index of 36. She has on-going collaborations with researchers at many research organizations, including the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), the Swedish Chemicals Agency, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Toronto. 

She teaches the courses E1220: Environmental Pollutants and E0313: Environmental Chemistry.