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Transformative change towards sustainable futures: Talking from diverse perspectives

02.03.2021 EDGE

How can we contribute to transformative change towards sustainable futures for the entire planet? How can we face the challenges on this pathway…

Welcome new group member: Giovanni Formentin

26.02.2021 EDGE

Welcome to Giovanni Formentin from Milano, new Ph.D. candidate at EDGE. Giovanni received a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in environmental engineering at the…

Welcome new group member: Natalie Wichmann

03.02.2021 EDGE

Natalie Wichmann has joined EDGE as Ph.D. student. She will work with Michael Zumstein on extracellular hydrolases from wastewater and soil…

Welcome new group member: Klaus Erlmeier

29.01.2021 EDGE

Klaus Erlmeier has joined EDGE for his master thesis that deals with the river-aquifer-interaction as a part of a groundwater modelling project. The…

Michael Zumstein won Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation

29.01.2021 EDGE

Michael Zumstein won a 4-year SNF Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). This competitive funding scheme supports…

New publication in Biogeosciences: Vertical mobility of pyrogenic organic matter in soils: a column experiment

22.01.2021 EDGE

Gabriel Sigmund contributed to this study led by colleagues from the University of Zurich who used 13C labeled pyrogenic carbon to investigate the…

New publication in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry: Methanol-based extraction protocol for insoluble and moderately water-soluble nanoparticles in plants to enable characterization by single particle ICP-MS

22.01.2021 EDGE

The detection and characterization of soluble metal nanoparticles in plant tissues are an analytical challenge, though a scientific necessity for…

Welcome new group member: Michael Zumstein

08.01.2021 EDGE

Michael Zumstein has joined EDGE as a junior group leader in January 2021. Michael received an M.Sc. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in environmental…

EDGE lecturers win the "Corona Award - New Teaching"

15.12.2020 EDGE

Robert Brünjes, Stephanie Castan, and Jan Schüürman from EDGE won the University of Vienna’s Corona Award in the category New Teaching.

Out of over…