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03.02.2021
 

Natalie Wichmann has joined EDGE as Ph.D. student. She will work with Michael Zumstein on extracellular hydrolases from wastewater and soil...

29.01.2021
 

Klaus Erlmeier has joined EDGE for his master thesis that deals with the river-aquifer-interaction as a part of a groundwater modelling project. The...

29.01.2021
 

Michael Zumstein won a 4-year SNF Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). This competitive funding scheme supports...

22.01.2021
 

Gabriel Sigmund contributed to this study led by colleagues from the University of Zurich who used 13C labeled pyrogenic carbon to investigate the...

22.01.2021
 

The detection and characterization of soluble metal nanoparticles in plant tissues are an analytical challenge, though a scientific necessity for...

08.01.2021
 

Michael Zumstein has joined EDGE as a junior group leader in January 2021. Michael received an M.Sc. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in environmental...

15.12.2020
 

Robert Brünjes, Stephanie Castan, and Jan Schüürman from EDGE won the University of Vienna’s Corona Award in the category New Teaching.

Out of over...

05.12.2020
 

Prof. Zimeng Wang from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan University gave a seminar talk on the environmental...

05.12.2020
 

Emissions of Ce from anthropogenic activities (anthropogenic Ce) into urban wastewater systems and the environment result from its widespread...

05.12.2020
 

In recent laboratory studies, sulfidated nanoscale zero-valent iron (S-nZVI) particles showed increased reactivity, reducing capacity, and electron...

20.11.2020
 

Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) treated by reduced sulfur compounds (i.e., sulfidated nZVI, S-nZVI) have attracted increased attention as...

20.11.2020
 

Carbonates and cherts in the 3.35 billion-year-old Strelley Pool Formation (Fm.; Australia) host stromatolites that are among the oldest remnants of...

20.11.2020
 

Paulo joined Hofmann group at EDGE as a Visiting Researcher in November 2020. He is involved in Dr. Hofmann´s groundwater modelling and risk...

20.11.2020
 

Humic acid-coated goethite nanoparticles (HA-GoeNPs) have been recently proposed as an effective reagent for the in situ nanoremediation of...

19.11.2020
 

e have used synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (structure of Fe–S clusters), transmission electron microscopy (solid-phase...