- Email:
- lumayer@iu.edu
- Research areas:
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Areas of Interest:
- Environmental fate and monitoring
- Chemical of Emerging Concerns (CECs)
- Persistent Organics Pollutants (POPs)
MSBII 328
Education
- Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2024
- M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France
- B.Sc., Biology, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France
Biography
Dr. Ludovic Mayer is an atmospheric and environmental chemist who investigates the occurrence, transport and overall fate of organic contaminants in the outdoor environment. Prior to joining IU in 2025, he was a researcher at RECETOX (Masaryk University, Brno, CZ) where he completed his Ph.D. on the atmospheric fate of current-use pesticides (CUPs). While his main focus was on atmospheric CUPs, he also investigated chemicals (CECs and POPs alike) in other environmental matrices such as soil, deposition and dust.
This experience gave him the opportunity to manage his own research projects, to collaborate and lead interdisciplinary multi-partners teams, and to be recognized as an expert in that field.
Highlights
- Brno Ph.D. Talent 2020 Recipient – awarded to Ph.D. candidates with most innovative Ph.D. projects. 300 000 CZK (≈ 12 000 USD)
- Founder and first president of the RECETOX Ph.D., candidates’ association
Selected Works
- Mayer, L., Degrendele, C., Šenk, P., Kohoutek, J., Přibylová, P., Kukučka, P., … & Lammel, G., 2024. Widespread pesticide distribution in European atmosphere questions their degradability in air. Environ. Sci. Technol., 58(7), 3342–3352.
- Mayer, L., Melymuk, L., Ceburnis, D., Holubová Šmejkalová, A., Přibylová, P., Šenk, P., Vinkler, J., Lammel, G., 2024. Particle size distribution of current-use pesticides in three European atmospheric environments. Atmos. Environ., 334, 120680.
- Mayer, L., Melymuk, L., Holubová Šmejkalová, A., Přibylová, P., Šenk, P., Martiník, J., Kukučka, P., Vinkler, J., Lammel, G. 2025, Current-use and organochlorine pesticides’ multi-annual trends in air in Central Europe: primary and unidentified secondary sources. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 12467-12482.
- Mayer, L., Melymuk, L., Vinkler, J., Šenk, P., Šudoma, M., Přibylová, P., Degrendele, C., Lammel, G., 2025. Current-use pesticides in ambient air - evaluation of air and deposition sampling and soil fugacity techniques. Atmos. Poll. Res., 102626.
- Nežiková, B., Degrendele, C., Bandowe, B. A., Šmejkalová, A. H., Kukučka, P., Martiník, J., Mayer, L., Prokeš, R., Přibylová, P., Klánová, J., Lammel, G., 2021, Three years of atmospheric concentrations of nitrated and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygen heterocycles at a central European background site. Chemosphere, 269, 128738.