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04.11.2022
 

Florence Lehutso joined EDGE as a postdoctoral researcher in October 2022. She will be working as part of the project "OECD test guideline development...

03.11.2022
 

asmine Thekkumthott Athil joined EDGE as a part time technician in October 2022, supporting supporting the lab team. She obtained her BSc in Food...

03.10.2022
 

Phthalic acid esters (phthalates) are crucial plasticizers for the flexibility of plastic products, especially polyvinyl chloride (PVC). They have...

03.10.2022
 

Organic soil amendments such as compost or biochar can change the dynamics of nutrients and pollutants in the soil: Researchers from EDGE partnered up...

19.09.2022
 

Jessica Drozdz joined EDGE in August 2022 as a student assistant for Thilo Hofmann. She will be involved in various projects in the EDGE department....

19.09.2022
 

Trees predominantly take up mercury (Hg) from the atmosphere via stomatal assimilation of gaseous elemen-tal Hg (GEM). Hg is oxidised in...

15.09.2022
 

Julie Riedel joined EDGE in September 2022 as a student assistant. She will be supporting the research platform „Plastics in the Environment and...

09.09.2022
 

Katharina Sodnikar has joined EDGE as a senior scientist/lab manager in September 2022. In this role, she will contribute to our research and...

08.09.2022
 

Lorenzo Sanjuan Navarro has joined EDGE as a postdoctoral researcher in September 2022 and he will be working as part of the project "OECD test...

07.09.2022
 

Successful applicants get a 4-year position and a €100k research budget: Excellent early-stage postdocs may now apply for a position in Environmental...

22.08.2022
 

Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) ensure that rain jackets remain waterproof, are an essential ingredient to many firefighting foams and were...

19.08.2022
 

Water-soluble polymers are used in a broad range of applications including personal care products, household cleaning products, and agricultural...

16.08.2022
 

Despite it being well accepted that the composition of real world complex waters strongly affects mechanisms of contaminant removal by biochar, the...

04.08.2022
 

Interest in geothermal heat as a renewable energy source is growing. However, the extraction of geothermal energy has an impact on groundwater quality...

01.07.2022
 

Wenhao Wang will be working on the project ‘Mobilization of chromium by organic matter in reduced systems’ (CHROMA) in Stephan Kraemer’s group.