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28.08.2019

Welcome new group member: Sampriti Chaudhuri

Sampriti Chaudhuri started as a new PhD student in August 2019 at the EDGE Hofmann group. She is involved in the KOKOSAN-II project funded by Autrian...

23.08.2019

New publication in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts: Biochar particle aggregation in soil pore water: the influence of ionic strength and interactions with pyrene

Stephanie Castan together with Gabriel Sigmund, Thorsten Hüffer and Thilo Hofmann published a new research article on biochar particle aggregation in...

09.08.2019

Short Student Tutorials now on YouTube (Hydrogeological Field Course)

Field courses are an important part of modern interactive teaching. In Hydrogeology, part of the Environmental Science curricular, it is particular...

15.07.2019

Thilo Hofmann from EDGE is organizing an international workshop at McGill University, Montreal

With a growing population set to reach 10 billion by 2050, agricultural production will need to increase significantly. New nano-enabled agrochemcials...

28.06.2019

New ES&T publication on mercury isotope fractionation in the subsurface of contaminated industrial legacy site

Flora Brocza, Stephan Kraemer and Jan Wiederhold, together with colleagues from the University of Braunschweig (Germany), published a new research...

28.06.2019

New position for Jan Wiederhold

After four years in the Environmental Geochemistry group, Jan Wiederhold is leaving the University of Vienna to start in July 2019 on a permanent...

25.06.2019

New publication in Geophysical Journal International: Complex-conductivity monitoring to delineate aquifer pore clogging during nanoparticles injection

Laboratory and field studies have demonstrated the applicability of nanoparticles (NP) for accelerated contaminant degradation. Beside other...

18.06.2019

Welcome new group member: Andrea Schmid

Andrea Schmid has joined EDGE for her master project which studies physical disintegration of biochar. As biochar is applied to agricultural and...

18.06.2019

Umwelt im Gespräch - Now on YouTube

The Environmental Science Research Network (ESRN) is proud to announce its first YouTube Video collection on the very successful public lectures in...

06.06.2019

New publication in PLoS ONE: The composition of bacterial communities associated with plastic biofilms

Maria Pinto together with Teresa M. Langer, Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann and Gerhard J. Herndl published a paper on microplastics fate in marine...

13.05.2019

Servus TV broadcasts on the work of EDGE on microplastic

The recent debate on effects of plastic debris and microplastics in the aquatic environment has raised the awareness that contaminants reach the...

13.05.2019

Welcome new group member: Miroslav Brumovský

Miroslav Brumovský joined the EDGE Hofmann group as a postdoctoral researcher involved in the bilateral FWF/Czech Science Foundation project...

26.04.2019

New publication in Environmental Science Nano: In-situ remediation of subsurface contamination using nanotechnology and advanced materials

Thilo Hofmann from EDGE participated at an international workshop in Nankai, China, where he is honoured as guest professor. Subsurface contamination...

21.03.2019

New publication in Trends in Analytical Chemistry: Sorption of organic substances to tire wear materials: Similarities and differences with other types of microplastic

Tire materials are a significant proportion of the (micro)plastics in the environment that until today have been clearly overlooked. These materials...

07.03.2019

New publication in Nature Nanotechnology: Legal and practical challenges in classifying nanomaterials according to regulatory definitions

The European Union (EU) has adopted nano-specific provisions for cosmetics, food and biocides, among others, which include binding definitions of the...

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