Rate My Professor Olwenn Martin

Olwenn Martin is Associate Professor in Health and Environment in the interdisciplinary Department of Arts and Sciences at University College London. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Kingston University, awarded in 1997, and a PhD in Environmental Science. Her academic career includes prior appointments as Lecturer in Global Challenges with a focus on Planetary Health at Brunel University London and Research Fellow in Environmental Health at UCL School of Pharmacy from 2010 to 2011. In her current role, Martin leads the Health and Environment pathway on the BASc Arts and Sciences degree programme. Her research specializations encompass the health effects of environmental chemicals, particularly mixtures of chemicals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, plastic-related substances, and chemicals migrating from food contact materials. She contributes to interdisciplinary projects such as the European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) and UCL's Inclusive Health and Wellbeing initiative. Martin also engages in planetary health education and environmental justice research.

Martin's scholarly impact is evidenced by key publications including 'Ten years of research on synergisms and antagonisms in chemical mixtures: A systematic review and quantitative reappraisal of mixture studies' (Environment International, 2021), 'A framework to guide planetary health education' (The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021), 'Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement' (Environmental Health, 2020), 'Scientific challenges in the risk assessment of food contact materials' (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017), and 'Overview of intentionally used food contact chemicals and their hazards' (Environment International, 2021). Recent works address antimony as a cryptic metabolism disruptor in food contact materials (Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2026) and the need for a mixture allocation factor in EU chemical risk management (Science, 2025). Professionally, she serves as Associate Editor for Evidence-Based Toxicology, provides scientific expertise to the UK Health and Safety Executive, and is a member of the OECD Issue Team on Sustainable Chemistry. Her contributions influence chemical risk assessment policies and advance evidence-based approaches to environmental health challenges.