Education

• BSc, Chemistry, Free University of Amsterdam
  
• MSc, Environ. Chem. & Toxicology, University of Amsterdam
• PhD, Chemical Eng., University of Toronto

Biography

Dr. Gobas is an environmental chemist and toxicologist, who is interested in the behavior, effects and associated ecological and human health risks of chemical pollutants in the environment. Dr. Gobas teaches in the Resource & Environmental Management Program and in the Master of Environmental Toxicology Program at SFU.

Information on his current research program can be found at his website and his publications include:

• Cantu M.A. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Bioaccumulation of Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) in Fish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. Submitted.
• Conder J., J. Zodrow, J. Arblaster, B. Kelly, F. Gobas, J. Suski, E. Osborn, M. Frenchmeyer, C. Divine, A. Leeson. 2020. Strategic Resources for Assessing PFAS Ecological Risks at AFFF Sites. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. Submitted.
• Ghosh, U., M. Bokare, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Deconvoluting thermodynamics from biology in the aquatic food web model. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. Submitted.
• Michelle R. Embry, Jon A. Arnot, Markus Brinkmann, Yongshu Fan, Kellie Fay, Frank APC Gobas, Kai-Uwe Goss, Marlies Halder, Karla Johanning, Sophia Krause, Heike Laue, Matthew MacLeod, Diane Nabb, John Nichols, Kristin Schirmer, Helmut Segner, Julita Stadnickan. 2020. Application of the OECD 319 Test Guidelines for Bioaccumulation Assessment:  Opportunities, Challenges, and Next Steps. In preparation.
• Jennifer J. Trowell, Frank A. P. C. Gobas, Margo M. Moore and Christopher J Kennedy. 2019. The effect of environmental temperature on in-vitro estimates of elimination rate constants and bioconcentration factors of hydrophobic chemicals in fish. In preparation
• Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Passive treatment of naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected waters with a surface flow treatment wetland. Environ. Sci. Technol. Submitted
• Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Treatment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oil Sands Process Affected Water with a Surface Flow Treatment Wetland. Environments. 7, 64; DOI:10.3390/environments7090064
  
• Gobas, F.A.P.C., Y.S Lee, J. Arnot. 2020. Lipid Normalizing the Biomagnification Factor. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
• Saunders L.J., P.N. Fitzsimmons, J.W. Nichols, Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. In Vitro-In Vivo Extrapolation Of Hepatic And Gastrointestinal Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Chemicals In Rainbow Trout. Aquatic Toxicology. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105629.
• Saunders L.J., G. Diaz-Blanco, Y.S. Lee, S.V. Otton, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Hepatic Clearance Binding Terms Of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals In Rainbow Trout: Application Of A Streamlined Sorbent-Phase Dosing Method. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 7 (9), 672-676. 
• Saunders, L., A. Hoffman, J. Nichols, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2019. Dietary Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Hydrophobic Organic Sunscreen Agents in Rainbow Trout. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. DOI:10.1002/etc.4638.
• Gobas, F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee, J.C. Lo, T.F. Parkerton, D. Lettinski. 2019. A Toxicokinetic Framework and Analysis Tool for Interpreting OECD 305 Dietary Bioaccumulation Tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 39(1): 171-188
• Gobas F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee. 2019. Growth Correcting the BCF and BMF in Bioaccumulation Assessments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 38: 2065–2072.
• Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas, W. Qian, B.C. Kelly. 2018. Development And Evaluation Of A Mechanistic Model To Assess The Fate and Removal Efficiency Of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants In Horizontal Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands. Water Research.
  
• Saunders L.J., S. Fontanay, J.W. Nichols, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2018. Concentration-Dependence Of In Vitro Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Organic Sunscreen Agents In Rainbow Trout S9 Fractions: Implications For Bioaccumulation Assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
  
• Gobas F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee, L.J. Saunders, M.M. Moore, J.J. Trowell1, C. J. Kennedy. 2018. Response to Comment on: “Estimating the Bioconcentration Factors of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals from Biotransformation Rates Using Rainbow Trout Hepatocytes”. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
  
• Gobas F.A.P.C., H. Lai, D. Mackay, L.E. Padilla, A. Goetz, S.H. Jackson. 2018. AGRO-2014: A Time Dependent Model For Assessing The Fate And Food-Web Bioaccumulation Of Organic Pesticides In Farm Ponds: Model Testing And Performance Analysis. Science of the Total Environment 639: 1324–1333.
  
• Gobas F.A.P.C., P. Mayer, T.F. Parkerton, R.M. Burgess, D. van de Meent, T. Gouin. 2018. A Chemical Activity Approach to Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemicals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 37(5): 1235-1251.
  
• Trowell J.J, F.A.P.C. Gobas, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy. 2018. Estimating the bioconcentration factors of hydrophobic organic compounds from biotransformation rates using rainbow trout hepatocytes. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.
  
• Lee Y.S., J.C. Lo, S.V. Otton, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2017. In-vitro-to-in-vivo extrapolation of biotransformation rates for assessing bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in mammals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 36, 1934–1946.
  
• Gobas F.A.P.C., S.V. Otton, L.F. Tupper-Ring, M.A. Crawford, K.E. Clark, M.G. Ikonomou. 2017. Chemical activity-based environmental risk analysis of the plasticizer di-ethylhexyl phthalate and its main metabolite mono-ethylhexyl phthalate. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 36(6): 1483–1492, 1-10.
• Gobas F.A.P.C. and J.C. Lo. 2016. Deriving Bioconcentration Factors And Somatic Biotransformation Rates From Dietary Bioaccumulation And Depuration Tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 35: in Press. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3481
• Kim Jaeshin, F.A.P.C. Gobas, J.A. Arnot, D.E. Powell, R.M. Seston, K.B. Woodburn. 2016. Evaluating the roles of biotransformation, spatial concentration differences, organism home range, and field sampling design on trophic magnification factors. Science of the Total Environment. 551–552, 438–451.
• Alava, J.J., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2016. Modeling ¹³⁷Cs bioaccumulation in the salmon–resident killer whale food web of the Northeastern Pacific following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. Science of The Total Environment. 554:56-67. 
• Alava J.J., P.S. Ross and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2016. Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Resident Killer Whales from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean as a Tool for the Derivation of PBDE-Sediment Quality Guidelines. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70:155–168. DOI 10.1007/s00244-015-0215-y
• Gobas, F.A.P.C., D.E. Powell, K.B. Woodburn, T. Springer, D.B. Huggett. 2015. Bioaccumulation of Decamethylpentacyclosiloxane (D5) in Aquatic and Non-Aquatic Biota: A Review. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(12), 2703–2714.
• Lo, J.C., G.N. Allard, S.V. Otton, D.A. Campbell, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Concentration Dependence Of Biotransformation In Fish Liver S9: Optimizing Substrate Concentrations To Estimate Hepatic Clearance For Bioaccumulation Assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(12), 2782–2790.
• Fairbrother A.E., Burton A., Klaine S.J., Powell D.E., Staples C.A., Mihiach E., Woodburn K.B., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Characterization of ecological risks from environmental releases of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Environ Toxicol Chem. 34(12), 2715–2722.
• Lo J.C., D.A. Campbell, C.J. Kennedy, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Somatic And Gastro-Intestinal In-Vivo Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Chemicals In Fish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(10), 2282–2294.