Journal Articles
Kumar, Sazal, Andrew-Priestley, Megan, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Leusch, Frederic D.L., Luengen, Allison C., Rogers, Zoe, Newton, Katie and MacFarlane, Geoff R. (2026). Assessment of legacy and emerging contaminants in sediment of an Australian deepwater ocean outfall. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 226 119413, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119413
Binet, Monique T, Batley, Graeme E, Stauber, Jenny L, Kumar, Anu, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng and Ashbolt, Nicholas J (2025). An approach for deriving water quality guideline values for antimicrobials that integrates ecotoxicity and antimicrobial resistance endpoints. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 22 (3), 643-660. doi: 10.1093/inteam/vjaf176
Hampton, Leah M. Thornton, Wyler, Dana Briggs, Almroth, Bethanie Carney, Coffin, Scott, Cowger, Win, Doyle, Darragh, Hataley, Eden K., Hutton, Sara J., Mair, Magdalena M., Miller, Ezra L., Monclús, Laura, Sharpe, Emma E., Samreen, Siddiqui, Ahmed, Kazi Towsif, Allamby, Quinn P. V., Vital, Ana L. Antonio, Asnicar, Davide, Bare, Jennifer L., Barrick, Andrew, Berreman, Katherine, Bertrand, Lidwina, Boone, Virginia, Bour, Agathe, Brehm, Julian, Carrasco-Navarro, Victor, Cook, Travis, Covernton, Garth A., Cubanski, Patricia, Da Silva, Pedro M. C. ... Mehinto, Alvine C. (2025). The Toxicity of Microplastics Explorer (ToMEx) 2.0. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 5 (1) 38, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s43591-025-00145-6
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Cao, Winnie, Jones, Scott, Leusch, Frederic D.L., Slynkova, Nikol, Trevorah, Raymond, Warwick, Barry and Ziajahromi, Shima (2025). Microplastic in Australian processed organics: Abundance, characteristics and potential transport to soil ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Management, 375 124359, 124359-375. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124359
Ziajahromi, Shima, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Dwyer, Jason, Fernandes, Milena, Griffith, Merran and Leusch, Frederic DL (2024). Transport and accumulation of microplastics from biosolids to Australian agricultural soils: Detection of microplastics down to 1 μm. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (38) acs.est.4c04661, 17048-17057. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04661
Sherrod, Hannah, Leong, Nicholas, Hapich, Hannah, Gomez, Fabian, Moore, Shelly, Maurer, Ben, Coffin, Scott, Hampton, Leah Thornton, Hale, Tony, Nelson, Richard, Murphy-Hagan, Clare, Fadare, Oluniyi O., Kukkola, Anna, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Markley, Laura and Cowger, Win (2024). One4All: an open source portal to validate and share microplastics data and beyond. Journal of Open Source Software, 9 (99) 6715, 1-13. doi: 10.21105/joss.06715
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Melvin, Steven D., Ziajahromi, Shima, Neale, Peta A., Leusch, Frederic D.L. and Kumar, Anupama (2024). Polyethylene microplastics induced lipidomic responses in Chironomus tepperi: A two-generational exploration. Science of the Total Environment, 919 170837, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170837
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Smith, Julia L., Ziajahromi, Shima and Leusch, Frederic D.L. (2024). Microplastics and other anthropogenic fibres in large apex shark species: Abundance, characteristics, and recommendations for future research. Chemosphere, 349 140957, 140957. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140957
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Kumar, Anupama, Melvin, Steven D., Ziajahromi, Shima, Neale, Peta A. and Leusch, Frederic D.L. (2023). Metabolomic responses in freshwater benthic invertebrates, Chironomus tepperi, exposed to polyethylene microplastics: a two-generational investigation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 459 132097, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132097
Ziajahromi, Shima, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Drapper, Darren, Hornbuckle, Andy and Leusch, Frederic D. L. (2023). Microplastics and tire wear particles in urban stormwater: Abundance, characteristics, and potential mitigation strategies. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (34), 12829-12837. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03949
Leusch, Frederic D. L., Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Perera, Kushani, Neale, Peta A. and Ziajahromi, Shima (2023). Analysis of the literature shows a remarkably consistent relationship between size and abundance of microplastics across different environmental matrices. Environmental Pollution, 319 120984, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120984
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Ziajahromi, Shima, Locke, Ashley, Neale, Peta A. and Leusch, Frederic D. L. (2022). Microplastics profile in constructed wetlands: distribution, retention and implications. Environmental Pollution, 313 120079, 120079. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120079
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Ziajahromi, Shima, Neale, Peta A. and Leusch, Frederic D. L. (2022). Letter to the editor regarding "Microplastics: a review of analytical methods, occurrence and characteristics in food, and potential toxicities to biota" by Bai et al. (2022). The Science of the total environment, 819 152706, 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152706
Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Ziajahromi, Shima, Neale, Peta A. and Leusch, Frederic D. L. (2021). A systematic review of freshwater microplastics in water and sediments: Recommendations for harmonisation to enhance future study comparisons. Science of the Total Environment, 781 146693, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146693
Townsend, Kallie R., Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Sharley, David J. and Pettigrove, Vincent (2019). Associations between microplastic pollution and land use in urban wetland sediments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (22), 22551-22561. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-04885-w
Creative Work
Turner, Ryan D. R., Mann, Reinier, Mendelow, Justin, Orr, David, Marsh, Angela, Wilson, Eloise, Stephenson, Sarah, McMahon, Joseph, Te Ngaio, Payton, Welk, Kylee, Lu, Hsuan-Cheng, Ferguson, Ben, Ortiz, Chalier Dones, Houseman, Ben, Wallace, Stephen, Gardiner, Richard, Davis, Aaron, Rowston, Mika, Mitchell, Hannah and Neelamraju, Catherine (2026). Catchment Water Quality Alliance 2025 year in review showcase. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Reef Catchments Science Partnership.