Dr Vincent Lal
BSc, MSc, S. Pac, Phd, Qld
Dr. Vincent Lal joined IAS in November 2017 as the Manager Laboratory Services. He has expertise in water, trace contaminant, food nutritional, biofuel analysis and Human Health Risk Assessment with applications in chemical mixtures.
Dr Lal obtained his PhD from the University of Queensland and his MSc in Monitoring for Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) in Fiji’s environment and Bachelor of Science degree from USP.
Project experience
FAO – Food Composition Tables Update Project 2019 – 2020
Busara/AECOM – DFAT/MFAT funded Project Food Bev 2019
UNEP POPs GMP 2 2017 – 2020
Taiwan ROC grant (Mercury sampler) – 2019
US EPA/Taiwan EPA (Mercury sampler) – 2019
USP Research – French funding Kadavu woodstove 2012-2013
UNEP POPs GMP 1 2007 – 2012
Taiwan ROC grant – 2007 – 2009
Research Interests
Human health risk assessment
Mixture toxicology
Population Health
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Environmental Health
Hobbies
Poetry, movies, traveling, cooking