News

New publication in Environmental Technology & Innovation: Wood ash amended biochar for the removal of lead, copper, zinc and cadmium from aqueous solution

07.10.21

Publication

Heavy metals from motorway runoff enter waterways causing high levels of contamination. In this study, Sampriti Chaudhuri, Gabriel Sigmund and Thilo Hofmann from EDGE collaborated with colleagues from Swansea University to investigate efficient removal mechanisms of these heavy metals using ...
- Full text at Environmental Technology & Innovation
New research project on biodegradation of water-soluble polymers

07.10.21

News

Water-soluble polymers are used in numerous home and personal care products and they thereby enter wastewater streams. Despite their widespread use, many aspects related to the fate of water-soluble polymers in wastewater and downstream environments remain to be elucidated. Michael ...
Welcome new group member: Lorenzo Sanjuan

04.10.21

Personal

I’m Lorenzo Sanjuan, PhD student from MINTOTA Research Group of University of Valencia. I am going to do my research stay for three months in EDGE with Frank von der Kammer. My work will focus in the study of Carbon ...
New Publication in Nature CommsEarth: Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils

17.09.21

Publication

A new study by EDGE researchers rejects a widespread assumption: Nano- and microplastics that end up on farmland through compost, sewage sludge or the use of mulching foils generally do not transport pollutants to deeper soil layers or groundwater. By ...
Pollution of our water resources and the climate crisis

07.09.21

News

Cities need to prepare for heat and heavy rain more effectively: Environmental geoscientist Thilo Hofmann argues for replacing the gray infrastructure of our cities with a blue-green infrastructure as quickly as possible. Only with such an infrastructure, which is designed ...
- Op-ed in UniVie Medienportal (German)
Welcome new group member: Carlotta Carlini

03.09.21

Personal

Carlotta Carlini has joined EDGE as a visiting Ph.D. student from the Environmental and Management Research Group (UNIBO) at Bologna University in September 2021 and will stay at EDGE for six months. She will be working with Gabriel Sigmund and ...
Welcome new group member: Veer Singh

30.08.21

News

Veer Vikram Singh has joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in August 2021. He will work with Stephan Kraemer, Richard Kimber, and Naresh Kumar towards understanding the underlying mechanisms of DNA interaction with Minerals surfaces. He is a part of ...
Plastic for breakfast

23.08.21

News

Plastic is still underestimated as an environmental hazard. Thilo Hofmann, Thorsten Hüffer, and their colleagues at EDGE are researching micro- and nanoplastics that reach our bodies through our food and inhalation. In that way, we ingest about one credit card worth ...
- ORF - Wissen für Alle (Video)
Gabriel Sigmund gives talk for the "Green Carbon Webinar" series

16.08.21

News

Gabriel Sigmund recently gave a seminar talk for the open virtual "Green Carbon Webinar" series. His talk on biochar's potential for sorbing ionic and polar organic compounds can be found on the Green Carbon Webinar series website as well as ...
- YouTube
- Green Carbon Webinar series
Swimming to raise awareness for plastic pollution

04.08.21

News

Every day, the Danube carries four tons of plastic into the Black Sea. Thilo Hofmann and Thorsten Hüffer from EDGE are collaborating on a project that analytically investigates this plastic pollution and aims to draw attention to it. Project leader ...