Toxicology Centre

Academic Credentials

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Northumbria University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California Riverside
  • Bachelor of Science Honors, Department of Applied Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo

Current Teaching

  • TOX 877 Practical Skills for Characterizing the Exposome

Current and Recent Research Projects

  • Development and application of novel analytical methods for chemical exposomes
  • Chemodynamics of contaminants in the environment
  • Risk assessment of emerging contaminants and complex chemical mixtures
  • Bioaccumulation and ecotoxicology of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems


Recent Grants/Awards

  • Low-Cost 3D-Printed Passive Samplers for Emerging Contaminant Monitoring in River Waters, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Impact of microplastics on environmental and human health, Li-Ka Shing Foundation
  • Paleo-ecotoxicology: reconstructing ecological risk of pollutants to marine organisms in the eastern Guangdong coastal waters, Outstanding Young Talent Startup Program

Select Publications

Sanganyado, E. 2025 Aggregate exposure pathways for 6PPD-quinone: A source-to-target site continuum integrating exposure and human health. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology  7:394–406 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enceco.2025.02.002

Mofokeng, N. N., Madikizela, L. M., Tiggelman, I., Sanganyado, E., Chimuka, L. 2024 Suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paper by selective and non-selective extraction with UHPLC-Q Orbitrap MS. Chemosphere  363:142904 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142904

Xiao, Y., Zhang, Q.,  Yang, Y., Li, K., Xiao, Y.,  Zhang, S., Guo, F., Jiang, X., Liu, S.,  Sanganyado, E., Xinghui, X. 2024 Unraveling the pollution and discharge of aminophenyl sulfone compounds, sulfonamide antibiotics, and their acetylation products in municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Science and Technology 58(26): 11695–11706 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02292

Shang, N., Yang, Y., Xiao, Y., Wu, Y., Li, K., Jiang, X., Sanganyado, E., Zhang, Q., Xia, X. 2024 Exposure levels and health implications of fungicides, neonicotinoid insecticides, triazine herbicides and their associated metabolites in pregnant women and man. Environmental Pollution 342:123069 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123069

Zhang, Q., Yang, Y., Shang, N., Xiao, Y., Xiao, Y., Liu, Y., Jiang, X., Sanganyado, E., Liu, S., Xia, X. 2023 Identification and coexposure of neonicotinoid insecticides and their transformation products in retail cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Environmental Science & Technology 57(48):20182–20193 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05269

Zhang, Q., Yang, Y., Xiao, Y., Xia, T., Shang, N., Liu, Y., Guo, F., Sanganyado, E., Jiang, X., Xia, X. 2023 Identification, occurrence, concentration and composition profile of fiproles in municipal wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment 888:164198 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164198

Yu, X, Chen, J, Gutang, Q, Sanganyado, E, Bi, R, Liu, W. 2022 Biogeographic patterns of benthic microbial communities in metal(loid)-contaminated semi-enclosed bay. Chemosphere 299: 134412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134412

Sanganyado, E, Bi, R, Teta, C, Buruaem Moreira, L, Yu, X, Yajing, S, Dalu, T, Rajput, I, Liu, W. 2021 Toward an integrated framework for assessing micropollutants in marine mammals: Challenges, progress, and opportunities. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 51(23):2824–2871 https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2020.1806663

Sanganyado, E, Chingono, KE, Gwenzi, W, Chaukura, N, Liu, W. 2021 Organic pollutants in deep sea: Occurrence, fate, and ecological implications. Water Research 205:117658 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117658

Yu, X, Gutang, Q, Chen, X, Sanganyado, E, Li, P, Liu, W. 2021 Ecological risk of chlorinated organic pollutants in a semi-enclosed bay impacted by aquaculture. Science of The Total Environment 783:147000 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147000