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Thilo Hofmann urges PFAS testing to protect Austrian groundwater in Ö1 Mittagsjournal

06.07.2026 EDGE

Thilo Hofmann, environmental geoscientist at EDGE, was invited to the Austrian radio broadcast Ö1 Mittagsjournal as an expert on PFAS, so-called…

New Tenure-Track Professors at CeMESS

03.07.2026 CeMESS

CeMESS is delighted to welcome Megan Sorensen and Clarissa Campbell, who joined the University of Vienna as Tenure-Track Professors in May 2026. We…

Frank von der Kammer leads OECD’s New Global Guideline for Testing Nanomaterial Dissolution

02.07.2026 EDGE

The OECD has adopted a new Test Guideline for the determination of the solubility and dissolution rate of nanomaterials under environmentally relevant…

Univie Teaching Award 2026: CeMESS

02.07.2026 CeMESS

Congratulations to Alexander Pfundner, who received the CeMESS Teaching Award 2026!

Congratulations to Anna Lopatina, our postdoctoral fellow at CeMESS, on receiving the FWF-ASTRA Award with the Medical University of Vienna!

25.06.2026 DOME

Her project will explore the systems-level interactions between bacteriophages and bacterial defense, with implications for engineering phages for…

Congratulations to Sarah Pati on receiving an FWF-ASTRA Award!

25.06.2026 EDGE

From source to tap, Sarah Pati will trace the hidden journey of emerging sulfonate pollutants: we’re excited to announce that she has been awarded a…

Congratulations to Bettina Glasl on receiving an FWF-ASTRA Award!

25.06.2026 DOME

We’re thrilled to announce that Bettina Glasl has been awarded a prestigious FWF-ASTRA grant to explore at CeMESS how ancient animal–microbe…

Congratulations, Dr. Lotteraner!

24.06.2026 EDGE

Laura Lotteraner successfully defended her PhD thesis “Signs and Sensitivity: Visualization and Data Analysis Practices in Environmental Pollution…

New Publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials finds zinc accumulation drives co-exposure toxicity in earthworms

22.06.2026 EDGE

Tire and road wear particles introduce complex mixtures of metals and organic additives into soils, yet the primary drivers of their combined toxicity…