About Us

The Division of Environmental Geosciences investigates key processes controlling the natural environment and anthropogenic impacts. Researchers at EDGE combine field observations with experimental work, linking molecular-scale mechanisms at environmental interfaces with complex large-scale environmental processes using quantitative modelling. At EDGE, we accept the challenges posed by the release of known and emerging pollutants and recognise the need to understand their impacts on soils, ground and surface waters, using process-based and mechanistic research.

 News

02.05.2025
 

From plastic bottles to non-stick pans – many everyday products release microscopic pollutants that can persist in the environment and our bodies. In...

29.04.2025
 

An international team of researchers from Italy, Australia, and Austria, in collaboration with EDGE, has uncovered that climate change-driven marine...

29.04.2025
 

Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter the lungs of climbers...

16.04.2025
 

Felix Machold joined EDGE as M.Sc. student in March. In his master’s thesis he will develop an approach to generate human pharmaceutical metabolites...

15.04.2025
 

Are you passionate about conducting fundamental research that creates impact to sustainability?

We are looking for two motivated PhD students to...

15.04.2025
 

Peptide-based chemicals are increasingly used in various applications and understanding peptidase specificity in wastewater systems is therefore...

 EDGE Lecture Series

12.06.2025 16:00
 

Philipp Mayer

DTU

Eberhard Clar Saal (2B204), UZA II

22.05.2025 12:00
 

Ruben Kretzschmar

ETH Zürich

Eberhard Clar Saal (2B204), UZA II

08.05.2025 12:00
 

Ksenia Groh

Eawag

Eberhard Clar Saal (2B204), UZA II

 Publications