Annabelle Nicolas-Kopec

Dr Annabelle Nicolas-Kopec is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. She holds an MSc and PhD in Chemistry and an MSc in Chemical Engineering, with postgraduate research experience in analytical and synthetic chemistry.

Since joining ITOPF in 2011, Annabelle has responded to numerous oil and chemical spills worldwide, including incidents in highly sensitive areas. She has advised on clean-up techniques, environmental monitoring, and claims and compensation, as well as contributing to contingency planning, exercises and international workshops.

Annabelle leads ITOPF’s HNS Working Group, including its work on alternative fuels, and its New Development Functional Group, which explores potential future services in emerging areas such as nuclear propulsion.

Annabelle represents ITOPF at IMO Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meetings and has also been a visiting professor at the World Maritime University and an observer at the GESAMP EHS Working Group.

Languages

English (fluent), French (native), Spanish (conversational), Italian (basic).

Published Papers

Le Floch. S., Dussauze, M., Merlin, F.-X.,Claireaux, G.,Theron, M., Le Maire, P., Nicolas-Kopec, A. (2014) DISCOBIOL: Assessment of the impact of dispersant use for oil spill response in coastal or estuarine areas. Proceedings of the 41st International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC), Savannah, USA, 5-8 May 2014