Virissa Lenters is Assistant Professor in environmental epidemiology at the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and affiliated as a visiting researcher with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht. She earned her MSc and PhD in Epidemiology from Utrecht University. 

Virissa Lenters investigates how plastic and chemical pollution impact reproductive and child health. She (co-)leads research in national (FLES) and EU-funded projects on the health risks of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (AURORA, GOLIATH, FREIA) and has contributed to (inter)national chemical risk assessments. She also investigates disparities in exposure to pollution and factors that promote resilience and susceptibility to environmental insults. Her teaching and societal engagement more broadly address planetary health, public health, and exposome science.

She recently described her research for the Studium Generale public lecture series of Utrecht University: 'How our environment affects our health'.