Dr. Szandra Klátyik is a Research Fellow at the Department of Ecotoxicology within the Research Center for Agro-Environmental Sciences at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Gödöllő, Hungary.

Her research activities focus on the ecotoxicological assessment and evaluation of environmental pollutants (e.g., veterinary pharmaceuticals and plant protection products) with special emphasis on their effects on aquatic (e.g., algae, daphnia, freshwater biofilms) and terrestrial (e.g., terrestrial plant species) non-target organisms. Her work addresses both single-compound and combined (mixture) toxicity, contributing to a more realistic assessment of environmental risks. In the assessment of toxic effects, she applies and further develops biomarker-based approaches, including enzyme activity assays (e.g. glutathione-S-transferase, acetylcholinesterase) and stress protein responses. In parallel, she is actively involved in the development, validation, and application of biosensor-based methods for the detection and evaluation of ecotoxicological effects. Her research also encompasses the detection, fate, and degradation of agricultural pollutants in environmental matrices using environmental analytical techniques.

The findings obtained by her and her research group provide valuable insights into the mechanisms of toxicity and mixture effects of environmental pollutants on non-target organisms, and make significant contributions to the development of integrative ecotoxicological assessment frameworks.

She authored and co-authored 29 research articles in high-impact scientific journals and 1 book chapter. Her Hirsch index currently is 13.

Dr. Szandra Klátyik has been involved in collaborations with several research groups across Europe/worldwide (e.g., Southwest University in Chongqing, China, King’s College London, Sheffield-Hallam University), leading to the successful co-authorship of review articles and the submission of joint international research grant applications (e.g., Bilateral Science and Technology projects).

She was one of the Guest Editors of Toxics - Special Issue "Impacts of Pesticides: Environmental Fate, Ecotoxicology, Risk Assessment, and Remediation”. In addition, she is a member of the Hungarian Society of Toxicologists and the executive vice president of the Hungarian Society of Ecotoxicology.