Kristina Hitzfeld
Contact/Adresse
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Tel.:+49 (0) 341 235 1360
Department Isotope Biogeochemistry
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15,
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Academic background
Since 01/2014 | Scientist for a ZIM (Central Innovation Program SME) project, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry |
10/2010 - 03/2015 | Postgraduate studies on Ecotoxicology (GDCh/SETAC GLB) |
09/2014 - 12/2015 | Guest Scientist at UBA, Environmental Protection Agency, Germany |
11/2009 - 08/2013 | PhD student, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry |
06-09/2009 | Guest scientist at EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland |
02/2009 | Diploma degree in Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
08/2006-04/2007 | Studies at Lund University, Sweden |
Research
Compound-specific Isotope Ratio Analysis (CSIA) development for online measurements of isotopic ratios of chlorine, bromine, sulphur and oxygen
My research interest is instrumental analytics with the focus on environmental applications.
At the Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry I am working on method development for isotopic ratio measurements and their application. Isotopic ratio measurements of natural samples can be used to identify and follow the distribution of organic contaminants e.g. in aquifers. Not only allows this technique to deduce contaminations to their origin, it also allows monitoring their attenuation in the environment. Our aim is to improve and reduce operating expenses for the compound-specific isotope ratio analysis of organic compounds by means of online solutions.
Publications
Evaluating degradation of hexachlorcyclohexane (HCH) isomers within a contaminated aquifer using compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis (CSIA)
Water Res. 71 , 187 - 196 10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.033
Evaluation of the performance of high temperature conversion reactors for compound-specific oxygen stable isotope analysis
Isot. Environ. Health Stud. 53 (2), 116 - 133 10.1080/10256016.2016.1215983
A novel online approach to the determination of isotopic ratios for organically bound chlorine, bromine and sulphur
Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 25 (20), 3114 - 3122 10.1002/rcm.5203
Mechanistic toxicodynamic model for receptor-mediated toxicity of diazoxon, the active metabolite of diazinon, in Daphnia magna
Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 (11), 4980 - 4987 10.1021/es1042386
Development and validation of an universal interface for compound-specific stable isotope analysis of chlorine (37Cl/35Cl) by GC-high-temperature conversion (HTC)-MS/IRMS
Anal. Chem. 87 (5), 2832 - 2839 10.1021/ac504232u
Compound-specific hydrogen isotope analysis of heteroatom-bearing compounds via gas chromatography-chromium-based high-temperature conversion (Cr/HTC)-isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Anal. Chem. 87 (18), 9443 - 9450 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02475