Suzie Reichman

Associate Professor Suzie Reichman serves as Associate Professor of Ecotoxicology in the School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne. She leads the SoilTox Lab and directs the Centre for Anthropogenic Pollution Impact and Management (CAPIM). Her research centers on contaminants in soil and groundwater, investigating their impacts on plants, soil invertebrates, and human health. The SoilTox Lab addresses both traditional pollutants, including metals and hydrocarbons, and emerging chemical pollutants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and microplastics. Reichman's work integrates soil chemistry, terrestrial ecotoxicology, environmental risk assessment, and human health risk assessment to deliver evidence-based outcomes for government agencies, industry partners, and communities in managing polluted environments. She also holds a status-only appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Key contributions from Reichman's research include the first on-farm study in Australia of repeated biosolids applications to soil, published in Waste Management (2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.114777), which examined long-term soil quality and biota effects. Another publication analyzed the relationship between site history and human health risks, drawing from 13 years of contaminated land risk assessments in Victoria, Australia (Soil Use and Management, 2024, DOI: 10.1111/sum.12973). She co-authored a comprehensive literature review on industrial waste applications to soils, highlighting hazards and benefits (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26893-7). Additionally, her modeling of ambient background concentrations of elements in soils (Environmental Pollution, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.083) informed the Environment Protection Authority Victoria’s Proposed methodology for deriving background level concentrations (Publication #1936, 2021). Other notable works encompass phytoremediation of toxic metals in soils and wetlands, and studies on microplastic toxicity using springtails and earthworms. Reichman delivered the G.W. Leeper Memorial Lecture in 2022 on micro- and nano-plastics in agricultural systems. Her scholarship has garnered over 4,500 citations on Google Scholar, underscoring her influence in ecotoxicology and soil science.

Professional Email: suzie.reichman@unimelb.edu.au