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Welcome new group member: Luzian Hämmerle

12.05.2021 EDGE

Luzian Hämmerle joined EDGE in May 2021 as a student assistant for Nathalie Tepe. He is involved in the EU Horizon 2020 project Gov4Nano and will…

Welcome new group member: Chloé Allo

12.05.2021

Chloé Allo joined EDGE in April 2021 as a student assistant supporting Boyoung Song. She will be involved in the UBA OECD Dissolution project and will…

Thorsten Hüffer receives society medal from the German Water Chemistry Society

11.05.2021 EDGE

Thorsten Hüffer, Senior Scientist at EDGE, was awarded the societal medal from the Society for Water Chemistry, division of the German Chemical…

Welcome new group member: Johannes Ehrendorfer

10.05.2021 EDGE

Johannes Ehrendorfer joined EDGE in March 2021 as a student assistant for Professor Hofmann. Johannes is involved in preparing project data, revising…

New publication in CHIMIA: Towards more Sustainable Peptide-based Antibiotics: Stable in Human Blood, Enzymatically Hydrolyzed in Wastewater?

03.05.2021 EDGE

There is a great need for new antibiotics to fight infections caused by resistant bacteria. In this contribution to the 2021 Junior Laureates Issue of…

Welcome new group member: Felix Spiegel

03.05.2021 EDGE

Felix Spiegel has joined EDGE in May 2021 as an undergraduate research assistant. He is currently enrolled in the MSc program in microbial ecology at…

Welcome new group member: Valeska Hass

29.03.2021 EDGE

Valeska Hass joined EDGE in March 2021 to assist the administrative team and support the organisation of the Master Programme in Environmental…

New publication in Communications Earth & Environment: Environmentally persistent free radicals are ubiquitous in wildfire charcoals and remain stable for years

26.03.2021 EDGE

Every year, an estimated four percent of the world's vegetated land surface burns, leaving more than 250 megatons of carbonized plants behind. This…

EE: talks - Stefan Wallner on Light Pollution

25.03.2021 EDGE

At Environmental Engegements:talks, astrophycisist Stefan Wallner spoke online in front of well over 100 people about the sustainability implications…