Dr LeeHoon Lim

Dr Lim Lee Hoon is a senior assistant professor in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, Univeristi Brunei Darussalam. She obtained her PhD in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1999. Her current researches concentrate mainly trace ion analysis and environmental monitoring: rain composition and acidity, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, food additives, heavy metals, nitrate and nitrite in water, vegetables and food matrices.

Email: leehoon.lim@ubd.edu.bn

Affiliation: Chemical Science Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE 1410

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Monitoring of toxic contaminants in food matrices, marine organisms and the environment.

FUTURE PROJECTS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Sample Preparation and Analysis in Beverages: A Review
PL Peng, LH Lim, Food Analytical Methods, 1-20, 2022.

Transfer of heavy metals from soils to curly mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.) grown in an agricultural farm in Brunei Darussalam,
AA Zunaidi, LH Lim, F Metali, Heliyon 7 (9), e07945, 2021.

Characterization of Ground Water Quality in Southern and Northern Region of Zanzibar Island
AJM Abdul, H Lim, AK Miza, JOURNAL OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMISTRY 3 (3), 22-31, 2021

Assessments of heavy metals in commercially available fertilizers in Brunei Darussalam
AA Zunaidi, LH Lim, F Metali, Agricultural Research 10 (2), 234-242, 2021.

Assessment of nitrate, nitrite and chloride in selected cured meat products and their exposure to school children in Brunei Darussalam
NFH Abd Hamid, MM Khan, LH Lim, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 91, 103520. 2020.

TOP PUBLICATIONS

The contribution of traffic to atmospheric concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons LH Lim, RM Harrison, S Harrad Environmental science & technology 33 (20), 3538-3542, 1999
Temporal trends, temperature dependence, and relative reactivity of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons M Dimashki, LH Lim, RM Harrison, S Harrad Environmental science & technology 35 (11), 2264-2267, 2001
Short-term variation in the concentration of selected ions within individual tropical rainstorms M Radojevic, LH Lim Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 85 (4), 2363-2368,1995
Azolla pinnata: An Efficient Low Cost Material for Removal of Methyl Violet 2B by Using Adsorption Method K Muhammad Raziq Rahimi, LBL Lim, MK Dahri, LH Lim, JMRS Bandara Waste and Biomass Valorization 6 (4), 547-559, 2015
A rain acidity study in Brunei Darussalam M Radojevic, LH Lim Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 85 (4), 2369-2374,1995.

GRANT DETAILS

Grant type: URG, Grant Number: UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1 (177), Project Title: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in occupational environments, Investigators (PI/Co-PI): PI Dr Lim Lee Hoon, Funding Details: Start Date: 25/02/2011, End Date: 25/01/2013.

Grant type: FIC Block grant. Ref. no.: UBD/RSCH/1.4/FICBF(b)/2018/006: Project title: Study on the migration pathways of heavy metals in vegetables via the application of fertilizers. Investigators: PIs Dr Lim Lee Hoon and Dr Faizah Hj Metali, End date: March 2020.

CONSULTANCY

1. Offshore Environmental Baseline Study – Block C1A (AECOM/TOTAL), 2011
2. Jointly prepared a “State of the Environment” report for the Ministry of Development (Environmental unit) – 2006
3. Jointly prepared a report for UNEP on “Brunei Darussalam inventory of dioxin and furan releases to environment using a tool kit” under the Ministry of Development (Environmental unit) – 2002 http://www.pops.int/documents/guidance/toolkit_inv.pdf
4. Kampung Batu Marang Project under the ministry of Fishery – 2001-2002