Dr. Thorsten HÜFFER
Research interests
Fate and effects of emerging contaminants including microplastics in the environment; application of nanomaterials in analytical chemistry pre-concentration techniques; phase transfer processes: (modeling of) fate and transport of organic compounds in environmental systems.
Curriculum vitae
since 2018: Research Faculty at the Department for Environmental Geosciences
2022: Habilitation in Environmental Chemistry at University of Vienna
2019-2022: Vice Head of the Department
2013-2018: Assistant at the Department for Environmental Geosciences
2014: Doctorate degree in natural science (Dr. rer. nat.) Thesis title: “Sorption of non-ionic organic compounds by carbon-based nanomaterials – Systematic characterization, modeling, and application”.
2010-2013: PhD student / research assistant, Instrumental Analytical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2008-2010: M.Sc. in Environmental Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2005-2008: B.Sc. in Water Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Activities
- Member of expert committee „Polymers in the aquatic environment“ within the Waterchemistry Society
- Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- Member of the German Waterchemical Society
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- Member of the Center for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU)
