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11.02.2022
 

We are inviting applications for a tenure track position in Environmental Systems Toxicology. We are seeking an individual with an excellent track...

10.02.2022
 

In aquatic environments, dissolution is an important mechanism governing the fate of metal-based engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), and the release of...

08.02.2022
 

Extreme precipitation events due to climate change will be more frequent. Surface sealing by grey infrastructure additionally hinders the infiltration...

02.02.2022
 

Melanie Vital joined EDGE in January 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher in the project of Frank von der Kammer and will work on the Standardization of...

26.01.2022
 

A single gunshots produces thousands of micro- and nanoparticles. These particles can be lifted from a suspects skin or clothes and identified via...

19.01.2022
 

Hundreds of different organic chemicals enter wastewater streams in response to human activities. Microorganisms residing in wastewater treatment...

23.12.2021
 

Mathematical models of hydrological systems are used routinely to guide decision making in diverse subjects, such as: environmental and risk...

01.12.2021
 

Laura Lotteraner joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in November 2021. She is part of the Urban Futures Platform and will be working on Data Science /...

12.10.2021
 

Dr. Martina Vrsanska, Head of The Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Enzymology (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in...

11.10.2021
 

Paulina Pfisterer joined EDGE in September 2021 to support our administrative team – she will be responsible for organizing the lecture series,...

07.10.2021
 

Water-soluble polymers are used in numerous home and personal care products and they thereby enter wastewater streams. Despite their widespread use,...

07.10.2021
 

Heavy metals from motorway runoff enter waterways causing high levels of contamination. In this study, Sampriti Chaudhuri, Gabriel Sigmund and Thilo...

04.10.2021
 

I’m Lorenzo Sanjuan, PhD student from MINTOTA Research Group of University of Valencia. I am going to do my research stay for three months in EDGE...

17.09.2021
 

A new study by EDGE researchers rejects a widespread assumption: Nano- and microplastics that end up on farmland through compost, sewage sludge or the...

07.09.2021
 

Cities need to prepare for heat and heavy rain more effectively: Environmental geoscientist Thilo Hofmann argues for replacing the gray infrastructure...