Dr Beatrice Olutoyin Opeolu is a Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). She is also the Leader, Climate Change and Environment Research Focus Area at the CPUT. She is an established researcher- rated by the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, She focuses on the interactions between man and environment, investigating chemical contaminations and the health risks (toxicology) to humans and ecosystems. Beatrice has worked on remediation of trace inorganic and organic chemicals in the environment using biomass. Many of these chemicals are classified as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) capable of impairing human health and the health of the ecosystem. She recently started a study on ecological and human health risks of microplastics in water and wastewater systems of Western Cape, South Africa.
