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

10.06.2025
 

Faiz Haque joined EDGE as a PhD student in May 2025. He will be working on elucidation of sources and transformation pathway of transformation...

10.06.2025
 

A recent study published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces introduces a promising advancement in the development of efficient, low-cost...

10.06.2025
 

With increasing regulatory restrictions on pesticides, there is growing interest in alternatives based on natural products that are expected to have a...

01.06.2025
 

We are pleased to announce that Michael Zumstein has been appointed Associate Professor at the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems...

26.05.2025
 

Vanessa Pap joined EDGE as an M.Sc. student in March 2025. In her master’s thesis, she investigates the cell permeability and cytotoxicity of tire...

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...

 EDGE Lecture Series

26.06.2025 16:00
 

Anke Neumann

Paul Scherrer Institute

Eberhard Clar Saal (2B204), UZA II

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

 Publications

Martino, C., Savoca, D., Mauro, M., Byrne, M., Hüffer, T., Chiarelli, R., Badalamenti, R., Maccotta, A., Arizza, V., & Vazzana, M. (2025). Heatwave conditions increase the toxicity of phthalates in marine organisms. Science of the Total Environment, 979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179479