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

30.09.2024
 

Alban Beaujean joined EDGE as an M.Sc. student in August. His master’s thesis focuses on the extraction of flavonoids from orange peels using deep...
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30.09.2024
 

Hundreds of tons of plastic are released into the environment every year, and the trend is set to increase exponentially in the future. In the...
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27.09.2024
 

Recent discoveries have raised interest in the biological and environmental role of guanidine – a small, nitrogen-rich compound. Because little is...
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27.09.2024
 

After our annual retreat at Knofeleben mountain hut in the beautiful environment of the Rax-Schneeberg area we are motivated for another year of doing...
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23.09.2024
 

Madeleine Lomax-Vogt joined EDGE in September as a Postdoctoral Researcher. She will be working on elucidating the transportation, transformations,...
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23.09.2024
 

Esther Breuninger joined EDGE as a postdoctoral researcher in September 2024. Linked to the “Cluster of Excellence: Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health...
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 EDGE Lecture Series

27.06.2024 16:00
 

Laurel Thomas Arrigo

Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Eberhard Clar Saal, UZA II
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13.06.2024 16:00
 

Markus Holzner

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)

HS 1, UZA II
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06.06.2024 16:00
 

Prof. Thomas Borch

Professor at Colorado State University, USA

Eberhard Clar Saal, UZA II
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 Publications

Protsak, I., Stockhausen, M., Brewer, A., Owton, M., Hofmann, T., & Kleitz, F. (2024). Enhanced selective extraction of indium and gallium using mesoporous sorbents. Chemical engineering journal, 498, [154468]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154468
Henkel, C., Hüffer, T., Peng, R., Gao, X., Ghoshal, S., & Hofmann, T. (2024). Photoaging enhances the leaching of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and transformation products from polyvinyl chloride microplastics into aquatic environments. Communications Chemistry, 7(1), [218]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01310-3
Gruseck, R. J., Palatinszky, M., Wagner, M., Hofmann, T., & Zumstein, M. (Accepted/In press). Quantification of Guanidine in Environmental Samples using Benzoin Derivatization and LC-MS Analysis. MethodsX, [102972]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102972
Palatinszky, M., Herbold, C. W., Sedlacek, C. J., Pühringer, D., Kitzinger, K., Giguere, A. T., Wasmund, K., Nielsen, P. H., Dueholm, M. K. D., Jehmlich, N., Gruseck, R., Legin, A., Kostan, J., Krasnici, N., Schreiner, C., Palmetzhofer, J., Hofmann, T., Zumstein, M., Djinović-Carugo, K., ... Wagner, M. (2024). Growth of complete ammonia oxidizers on guanidine. Nature, 633, 646-653. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07832-z
Rodler-Rørbo, A., Brøns, C., Tepe, N., Van Ham-Meert, A., Artioli, G., Frei, R., Hofmann, T., & Koeberl, C. (2024). Analytical methodological adaptations for sampling ancient pigments in provenance research. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 69, 126-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2024.08.004