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Frank Wania

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ProfessorDepartment of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto

Frank Wania

Professor

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

University of Toronto Scarborough

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Latest funding

Modelling the long-term release of additive chemicals from environmental micro-plastic
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$159,000
A chemical thermodynamics-based approach to quantifying contaminant exposure
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$395,000
Occurrence and Health Impacts of Legacy and Novel Environmental Contaminants in the Endangered St.Lawrence Estuary Beluga
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 11 grants and awards

Modelling the long-term release of additive chemicals from environmental micro-plastic

Principal investigatorNSERC2025ECCC - Plastics

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

Keywords: Environment; Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902)

$159,000

A chemical thermodynamics-based approach to quantifying contaminant exposure

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

Keywords: organic contaminants; human exposure; chemical activity; fugacity; chemical equilibrium; bioaccumulation; mechanistic modelling; wildlife exposure; contaminant absorption; fecal matter

$395,000

Occurrence and Health Impacts of Legacy and Novel Environmental Contaminants in the Endangered St.Lawrence Estuary Beluga

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Whale Science for Tomorrow

Principal investigators: Verreault, Jonathan

$100,000

Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Describe the Chemodynamics of Hydrophobic Organics, Ionogenic Organics and Methyl Mercury in the Food Chain

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$445,000

A passive air sampler for precise, spatially distributed atmospheric mercury monitoring and source characterization

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$200,000

Comparative analysis of the potential of different organisms, food chains, and ecosystems to accumulate organic contaminants

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$250,000

Application for an accelerated solvent extractor

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Diamond, Miriam

$119,394

A gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer for environmental organic trace analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$105

Quantitative investigations of organic contaminant distribution along environmental gradients

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$140,500

Advancing passive air sampling techniques for semi-volatile organic contaminants

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Wania, Frank

$271,580

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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