Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma
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Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma
Head
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig
Email
Phone
Fax
analytik@ufz.de
+49 341 235 1261
+49 341 235 1238
+49 341 235 1443
Main Research Topics
Analytical Chemistry
- Development of analytical methods for organic compounds in environmental compartments
- Trace analysis of polar compounds in water by HPLC-MS/MS
- Multimethods for the trace analysis of contaminants
- Identification of metabolites formed in natural and technical transformation processes by mass spectrometric means
Trace Organic Compounds
- Behaviour of trace pollutants in natural and engineered systems such as partially closed water cycles and wastewater treatment plants.
- Concerted chemical and biological transformation of organic compounds
- Metabolism of chemicals in humans
- Pollutants at biogeochemical interfaces (soil/water, biofilm/water, etc)
- Chemicals Testing
Natural Organic Matter
- Characterisation of dissolved natural organic matter using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS), including organic sulfur and nitrogen components
- Formation and transformation of NOM in terrestrial, marine and atmospheric environment
Curriculum vitae
since 2011
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig
Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the UFZ
2009
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry at TU Berlin
2006-2010
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR, Berlin)
Head of Unit 81 ‘Contaminants in the Food Chain’
Head of the ‘National Reference Laboratory for Dioxins and PCB in Feed and Food’
Coordinator of the Department ‘Chemicals Safety’
Deputy of Unit 67 ‘Residue Analysis of Pesticides’
2003-2006
Senior Researcher at the Department of Water Quality Control of TU Berlin
2001-2003
Scientific Manager of the Research Centre ‘Water in Urban Areas’ of TU Berlin
2002
Habilitation in ‘Environmental Chemistry’
1995-2001
Senior Researcher at the Department of Water Quality Control of TU Berlin
1991-1994
Ph.D. thesis (Prof. Dr. Martin Jekel) at the Department of Water Quality Control of Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin)
1988-1990
Pre-doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biogeochemistry (Prof. E.T. Degens, Prof. Dr. Venugopalan Ittekkot), University of Hamburg
1988
Diploma in Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Functions
Member of the Board of the
Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
("Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie") of the German cheical Society (GDCh)
Selected
Papers (2011 -2001)
2011
Reemtsma
T., Lingott J., Roegler S.
(2011)
Determination of 14 monoalkyl
phosphates, dialkyl
phosphates and dialkyl thiophosphates by LC-MS/MS in human urinary
samples.
Sci. Total Environ. 409,
1990-1993. doi
Baumgarten B., Jaehrig J., Reemtsma T. and Jekel M. (2011)
Long term laboratory column
experiments to
simulate bank filtration: Factors controlling removal of sulfamethoxazole.
Water Res. 45, 211-220. doi
2010
Reemtsma
T. (2010)
The
carbon versus mass diagram to
visualize and exploit FTICR-MS data of natural organic matter. J. Mass Spectrom.
45, 382-390.
doi
Wicke D.
and Reemtsma T. (2010)
Mobilization of hydrophobic contaminants from soils by enzymatic depolymerization of soil organic matter. Chemosphere 78, 996-1003. doi
Reemtsma T., Miehe U., Duennbier U. and Jekel M.(2010)
Polar pollutants in municipal
wastewater and
the water cycle: Occurrence and removal of benzotriazoles.
Water Res. 44, 596-604. doi
Schoenerklee M., Peev
M., De Wever
H., Weiss S. and Reemtsma
T. (2010)
Micropollutant degradation in wastewater
treatment: Experimental parameter estimation for an extended biokinetic model. Water Air Soil Pollut. 206,
69-81. doi
2009
Reemtsma
T. (2009)
Determination
of molecular formulas
of natural organic matter molecules by (ultra-) high resolution mass
spectrometry - Status and needs. J. Chromatogr. A
1216, 3687-3701. doi
Stahnke
H., Reemtsma T. and
Alder L. (2009)
Compensation
of matrix effects by postcolumn
infusion of a monitor substance in multiresidue
analysis with LC-MS/MS Anal. Chem
81, 2185-2192. doi
Schoenerklee M., Peev
M., De Wever
H., Reemtsma T. and
Weiss S. (2009)
Modelling the degradation of micropollutants in wastewater:
parameter estimation and
application to pilot (lab-scale) MBR data in the case of 2,6-NDSA
and BTSA. Water Sci. Technol. 59
(1), 149-157. doi
2008
Quintana
J.B., Rodil R., Reemtsma
T., Garcia-Lopez M. and
Organophosphorus
flame retardants
and plasticizers in water and air. Part II: Analytical
methodology. TrAC
Trends Anal. Chem. 27, 904-915. doi
Reemtsma
T., Quintana J.B., Rodil
R., García-López
M. and
Organophosphorus
flame retardants
and plasticizers in water and air. Part I: Occurrence and fate. TrAC
Trends Anal. Chem. 27, 727-737. doi
Weiss
S.
and Reemtsma
T. (2008)
Membrane bioreactors for
municipal wastewater
treatment - a viable option to reduce the amount of polar pollutants
discharged
into surface waters? Water Res. 42,
3837-3847. doi
Wicke D.,
Environmental influences on the
partitioning
and diffusion of hydrophobic organic contaminants in microbial biofilms. Environ.
Sci. Technol. 42,
1990-1996. doi.
Reemtsma
T., These A., Linscheid
M., Leenheer
J., Spitzy A. (2008)
Molecular
and structural
characterization of dissolved organic matter from the deep ocean by
FTICR-MS,
including highly hydrophilic nitrogenous organic molecules. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 42,
1430-1437. doi
Reemtsma
T., These A., Springer A. and Linscheid
M. (2008)
Differences in the molecular
composition of fulvic
acid size fractions detected by size-exclusion chromatography-on
line-FTICR mass spectrometry. Water Res. 42,
63-72. doi
2007
Wicke D.,
Experimental and modeling
approach to study sorption of dissolved hydrophobic organic
contaminants to
microbial biofilms. Water
Res. 41,
2202-2210. doi
Quintana
J.B. and Reemtsma T.
(2007)
Rapid and sensitive
determination of ethylendiaminetetraacetic
acid and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic
acid in water samples by ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass
spectrometry. J. Chromatogr.
A 1145,
110-117.doi
De
Wever H., Weiss S., Reemtsma T., Vereecken J., Müller J., Knepper T., Rörden O., Gonzalez
S., Barcelo D. and
Hernando M.D. (2007)
Comparison of sulfonated and other micropollutants removal in a membrane bioreactor and conventional wastewater treatment. Water Res. 41, 935-945. doi
2006
Gehringer P., Eschweiler H., Weiss S. and Reemtsma T. (2006)
Decomposition of aqueous
naphthalene-1,5-disulfonic
acid by means of oxidation processes. Ozone
Sci.
Reemtsma
T., These A., Venkatachari
P., Xia X., Hopke P.K.,
Springer A. and Linscheid
M. (2006)
Identification of fulvic
acids and sulfated and
nitrated analogues in
atmospheric aerosol by electrospray
ionization
Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Anal.
Chem. 78,
8299-8304.
doi
Weiss
S., Jakobs J. and Reemtsma T. (2006)
Discharge of three benzotriazole
corrosion inhibitors with municipal wastewater and improvements by
membrane
bioreactor treatment and ozonation.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 40,
7193-7199.
doi
Reemtsma T.,
These A., Springer A. and Linscheid
M. (2006)
Fulvic acids as transition state of
organic matter: indications from high resolution mass spectrometry. Environ.
Sci. Technol. 40,
5839-5845. doi
Reemtsma
T., Weiss S., Mueller J., Petrovic
M., Gonzalez S., Barcelo
D.,
Polar pollutants entry into the
water cycle by
municipal wastewater: a European perspective. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 40,
5451-5458. doi
Quintana
J.B. and
Reemtsma T. (2006)
Potential of membrane-assisted
solvent
extraction for the determination of phosphoric acid triesters
in wastewater samples by liquid chromatography–tandem mass
spectrometry. J. Chromatogr.
A 1124,
22-28. doi
Quintana
J.B., Rodil R. and Reemtsma
T. (2006)
Determination
of phosphoric acid
mono- and diesters in
municipal wastewater by
solid-phase extraction and ion-pair liquid chromatography-tandem mass
spectrometry. Anal.
Chem. 78, 1644-1650. doi
2005
Weiss
S.
and Reemtsma T. (2005)
Determination
of benzotriazole
corrosion inhibitors from aqueous environmental samples by liquid
chromatography-electrospray
ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal.
Chem. 77,
7415-7420.
doi
These
A.
and Reemtsma T. (2005)
Structure-dependent
reactivity of
low molecular weight fulvic
acid molecules during ozonation. Environ Sci. Technol.
39, 8382-8387. doi
Quintana
J.B., Weiss S. and Reemtsma
T. (2005)
Pathways
and metabolites of
microbial degradation of selected acidic pharmaceutical and their
occurrence in
municipal wastewater treated by a membrane bioreactor. Water Res.
39
2654-2664. doi
Reemtsma
T. and These A. (2005)
Comparative investigation of
low-molecular-weight fulvic
acids of different origin
by SEC-Q-TOF-MS: new insights into structure and formation. Environ
Sci.
Technol. 39, 3507-3512. doi
Kloepfer
A., Jekel M. and Reemtsma
T. (2005)
Occurrence,
sources, and fate of benzothiazoles
in municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 39,
3792-3798. doi
Rodil R., Quintana
T. and Reemtsma T.
(2005)
Liquid-chromatographic
tandem mass
spectrometric determination of non-ionic organophosphorus
flame retardants and plasticizers in wastewater samples. Anal.
Chem. 77,
3083-3089.
doi
Kloepfer
A., Quintana J.B. and Reemtsma
T. (2005)
Operational options to reduce matrix effects in liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis of aqueous environmental samples. J. Chromatogr. A, 1067, 151-158. doi
2004
Quintana
J.B., Rodil R. and Reemtsma
T. (2004)
Suitability
of hollow fibre
liquid-phase microextraction
for the determination of
acidic pharmaceuticals in wastewater by liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass
spectrometry. J. Chromatogr.
A 1061, 19-26. doi
Kloepfer
A., Jekel M. and Reemtsma
T. (2004)
Determination
of benzothiazoles
from complex aqueous samples by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
following solid-phase extraction, J. Chromatogr. A 1058,
81-88. doi
Haroune
N., Combourieu B., Besse
P., Sancelme M., Kloepfer
A., Reemtsma T., DeWever H.
and Delort A.-M. (2004)
Metabolism
of
2-mercaptobenzothiazole by Rhodococcus
rhodochrous. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70,
6315-6319. doi
Reemtsma
T. and Klinkow N. (2004)
A
strategy for the assessment of
hazardous effects in industrial effluents (IDA). Water Sci. Technol.
50 (5), 59 -
66. link
Kloepfer
A., Gnirss R., Jekel M. and
Reemtsma T. (2004)
Occurrence
of benzothiazoles
in municipal wastewater and their fate in biological treatment. Water Sci. Technol.
50
(5), 203 - 208. link
Hintner
J.-P., Reemtsma T. and Stolz
A. (2004)
Biochemical
and molecular
characterization of a ring-fission dioxygenase
with
the ability to oxidize (substituted) salicylate(s)
from Pseudaminobacter
salicylatoxidans. J. Biol. Chem.
279,
37250-37260. doi
These
A.,
Winkler M., Thomas C. and Reemtsma
T. (2004)
Determination
of molecular formulas
and structural regularities of low molecular weight fulvic
acids by size-exclusion chromatography with electrospray
ionization-quadrupole
time-of-flight mass
spectrometry. Rapid
Commun.
Mass Spectrom.
18,
1777-1786. doi
Quintana
J.B. and Reemtsma T.
(2004)
Sensitive
determination of acidic
drugs and triclosan in
surface and wastewater by
ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid
Commun.
Mass Spectrom.
18, 765-774. doi
Stueber
M. and Reemtsma T.
(2004)
Evaluation
of three calibration
methods to compensate matrix effects in environmental analysis with
LC-ESI-MS. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 378,
910-916. doi
2003
Breithaupt
T., Reemtsma T., Jekel M.,
Storm T. and
Combined biological treatment/ozonation of wastewaters for the
mineralisation of
non-biodegradable naphthalene-1,5-disulphonic
acid. Acta Biotechnol.
23, 321-333. doi
These
A.
and Reemtsma T. (2003)
Limitations
of electrospray
ionization of fulvic
and humic
acids as visible from size exclusion chromatography with organic carbon
and
mass spectrometric detection. Anal.
Chem. 75,
6275-6281. doi
Reemtsma
T. (2003)
LC-MS and strategies for
trace-level analysis
of polar organic pollutants. J. Chromatogr.
A 1000,
477-501. doi
Reemtsma
T. and These A. (2003)
On-line
coupling of size exclusion
chromatography with electrospray
ionization-tandem
mass spectrometry for the analysis of aquatic fulvic
and humic acids. Anal.
Chem.
75, 1500-1507. doi
Reemtsma
T.,
A
potential link between the
turnover of soil organic matter and the release of aged organic
contaminants. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22,
760-766. doi
2002
Haroune
N., Combourieu B., Besse
P., Sancelme M., Reemtsma
T., Kloepfer A., Diab A.,
Knapp J.S., Baumberg S.
and Delort
A.-M. (2002)
Benzothiazole degradation by Rhodococcus
pyridinovorans
strain PA: evidence of a catechol
1,2-dioxygenase activity.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68, 6114-6120. doi
Keck A., Rau
J., Reemtsma T., Mattes
A., Stolz. A. and Klein J. (2002)
Identification
of the quinoid redox mediators which are
formed during degradation of naphthalene-2-sulfonate by Sphingomonas
xenophaga BN6. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68,
4341-4349. doi
Zywicki
B., Reemtsma T. and Jekel
M. (2002)
Analysis
of commercial vegetable
tanning agents by reversed-phase liquid chromatography-electrospray
ionization-tandem mass spectrometry and its application to wastewater. J. Chromatogr.
A 970, 191-200. doi
Reemtsma
T., Zywicki B., Stueber M.,
Kloepfer A. and Jekel M.
(2002)
Removal of sulfur-organic polar micropollutants in a membrane bioreactor treating industrial wastewater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 1102-1106. doi
2001
Hintner J.-P., Lechner C., Riegert U., Kuhm A.-E., Storm T., Reemtsma T. and Stolz A. (2001)
Direct ring fission of salicylate
by a 1,2-dioxygenase
activity from Pseudoaminobacter
salicylatoxidans.
J. Bacteriol.
183, 6936-6942. doi
Reemtsma
T. and Jakobs J. (2001)
Concerted chemical and
microbial degradation of
sulfophthalimides formed
from sulfophthalocyanine
dyes by white-rot fungi. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 35,
4655-4659. doi
Heinfling-Weidtmann A., Reemtsma
T., Storm T. and
Sulfophthalimides as major metabolites formed
from sulfonated phthalocyanine dyes by
the white-rot fungus Bjerkandera
adusta.
FEMS Microbiol.
Lett.
203, 179-183. doi
Reemtsma
T. (2001)
The
use of liquid
chromatography-atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry in
water
analysis - II. Obstacles.
Trends Anal. Chem. 20, 533-542. doi
Reemtsma
T. (2001)
The
use of liquid
chromatography-atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry in
water
analysis - I. Achievements. Trends Anal. Chem. 20,
500-517. doi
Reemtsma
T. (2001)
Analysis of sulfophthalimide and some of its derivatives by liquid-chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 919, 289-297. doi
Reemtsma T. and Klinkow N. (2001)
Untersuchungsstrategie
für
gefährliche Stoffe in Abwassereinleitungen der Industrie. UBA Texte
07/01,
Strategy for the investigation of hazardous substances in industrial effluents: Industrial Discharge Assessment (IDA). UBA Texte 52/01, Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, 132 S.
Storm T., Hartig C., Reemtsma T. and Jekel M. (2001)
Exact
mass measurement on-line with
high performance-liquid chromatography on a quadrupole
mass spectrometer.
Anal.
Chem. 73, 589-595. doi
Reemtsma,
T. (2001)
Prospects of toxicity-directed wastewater analysis. Anal. Chim. Acta 426, 279-287. doi