Dr. Arndt Wießner

CV

Dipl.- Ing. (processing technology)/ IHS Köthen (1975-79), Ph. D. (biotechnology)/ Humboldt Univ. Berlin (1991)

Scientist at the Institut of Biotechnology, Leipzig, Acad. of Science of GDR (1979-91)

Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (since 1992), Dept. Bioremediation, Group Phytoremediation.

Research Topics

Publications

• Nguyen, P.M., Arslan, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Mäusezahl, I., Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A. (2022):
  Spatial characterization of microbial sulfur cycling in horizontal-flow constructed wetland models
  Chemosphere 309, Part 1 , art. 136605 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136605
• Schultze-Nobre, L., Wiessner, A., Bartsch, C., Paschke, H., Stefanakis, A.I., Aylward, L.A., Kuschk, P. (2017):
  Removal of dimethylphenols and ammonium in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands
  Eng. Life Sci. 17 (12), 1224 - 1233 10.1002/elsc.201600213
• Wiessner, A., Kuschk, P., Nguyen, P.M., Müller, J.A. (2017):
  The sulfur depot in the rhizosphere of a common wetland plant, Juncus effusus, can support long-term dynamics of inorganic sulfur transformations
  Chemosphere 184 , 375 - 383 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.016
• Chen, Z., Paredes Cuervo, D., Müller, J.A., Wiessner, A., Köser, H., Vymazal, J., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P. (2016):
  Hydroponic root mats for wastewater treatment—a review
  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23 (16), 15911 - 15928 10.1007/s11356-016-6801-3
• Richter, J., Wiessner, A., Zehnsdorf, A., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P. (2016):
  Injection of hydrogen gas stimulates acid mine drainage treatment in laboratory-scale hydroponic root mats
  Eng. Life Sci. 16 (8), 769 - 776 10.1002/elsc.201600009
• Saad, R.A.B., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Müller, J.A., Köser, H. (2016):
  Role of plants in nitrogen and sulfur transformations in floating hydroponic root mats: A comparison of two helophytes
  J. Environ. Manage. 181 , 333 - 342 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.064
• Schultze-Nobre, L., Wiessner, A., Wang, D., Bartsch, C., Kappelmeyer, U., Paschke, H., Mattusch, J., Kuschk, P. (2015):
  Removal of dimethylphenols from an artificial wastewater in a laboratory-scale wetland system planted with Juncus effusus
  Ecol. Eng. 80 , 151 - 155 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.11.056
• Rahman, K.Z., Wiessner, A., Kuschk, P., van Afferden, M., Mattusch, J., Müller, R.A. (2014):
  Removal and fate of arsenic in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus treating artificial wastewater in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
  Ecol. Eng. 69 , 93 - 105 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.050
• Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Liu, Y.L., Stottmeister, U. (2014):
  Environmental pollution by wastewater from brown coal processing – a remediation case study in Germany
  J. Environ. Eng. Landsc. Manag. 22 (1), 71 - 83 10.3846/16486897.2013.808640
• Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kaestner, M., Schultze-Nobre, L., Kuschk, P. (2013):
  Response of ammonium removal to growth and transpiration of Juncus effusus during the treatment of artificial sewage in laboratory-scale wetlands
  Water Res. 47 (13), 4265 - 4273 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.045
• Wu, S., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Pang, C., Dong, R. (2013):
  Response of removal rates to various organic carbon and ammonium loads in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial wastewater
  Water Environ. Res. 85 (1), 44 - 53 10.2175/106143012X13415215907293
• Wu, S., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Saad, R.A.B., Dong, R. (2013):
  Sulphur transformations in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: a review
  Ecol. Eng. 52 , 278 - 289 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.11.003
• Wu, S., Wiessner, A., Braeckevelt, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Dong, R., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P. (2013):
  Influence of nitrate load on sulfur transformations in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial domestic wastewater
  Environ. Eng. Manag. J. 12 (3), 565 - 573 10.30638/eemj.2013.069
• Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Seeger, E.M., Kästner, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Paredes, D., Shtemenko, N.I. (2012):
  The status of research on constructed wetlands
  In: Vitale, K. (ed.)
  Environmental and food safety and security for South-East Europe and Ukraine. Proceedings NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental and Food Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 17-19 May 2011
  NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
  Springer, Dordrecht, p. 155 - 171 10.1007/978-94-007-2953-7_15
• Wu, S., Lv, T., Li, C., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Pang, C., Dong, R. (2012):
  Effect of nitrate on sulphur transformations depending on carbon load in laboratory-scale wetlands treating artificial sewage
  In: Iranpour, R., Zhao, J., Wang, A., Yang, F., Li, X. (eds.)
  Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2012), June 23-24, 2012, Hohhot, China
  Advanced Materials Research 518-523
  Trans Tech Publications, Durnten-Zurich, p. 1902 - 1912 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.518-523.1902
• Wu, S., Wiessner, A., Dong, R., Pang, C., Kuschk, P. (2012):
  Performance of two laboratory-scale horizontal wetlands under varying influent loads treating artificial sewage
  Eng. Life Sci. 12 (2), 178 - 187 10.1002/elsc.201100151
• Braeckevelt, M., Reiche, N., Trapp, S., Wiessner, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2011):
  Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
  Ecol. Eng. 37 (6), 903 - 913 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.01.014
• Rahman, K.Z., Wiessner, A., Kuschk, P., van Afferden, M., Mattusch, J., Müller, R.A. (2011):
  Fate and distribution of arsenic in laboratory-scale subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
  Ecol. Eng. 37 (8), 1214 - 1224 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.016
• Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., Liu, Y.J., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2010):
  Batch methanogenic fermentation experiments of wastewater from a brown coal low-temperature coke plant
  J. Environ. Sci. 22 (2), 192 - 197 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60092-9
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A. (2010):
  Full-scale bioremediation and long-term monitoring of a phenolic wastewater disposal lake
  Pure Appl. Chem. 82 (1), 161 - 173 10.1351/PAC-CON-09-05-05
• Wiessner, A., Rahman, K.Z., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Jechorek, M. (2010):
  Dynamics of sulphur compounds in horizontal sub-surface flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial sewage
  Water Res. 44 (20), 6175 - 6185 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.044
• Braeckevelt, M., Mirschel, G., Wießner, A., Rückert, M., Reiche, N., Vogt, C., Schultz, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2008):
  Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland
  Ecol. Eng. 33 (1), 45 - 53 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.02.002
• Gruber, H., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Appenroth, K.-J. (2008):
  Physiological responses of Juncus effusus (rush) to chromium and relevance for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 10 (2), 79 - 90 10.1080/15226510801913306
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., Münch, C., Paredes, D. (2008):
  Pflanzenkläranlagen - Zukunftspotenzial und Forschungsbedarf
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 80 (12), 1785 - 1793 10.1002/cite.200800085
• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2008):
  Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
  Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 603 - 611 10.1002/elsc.200800087
• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Offelder, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2008):
  Redox dynamics of arsenic species in the root-near environment of Juncus effusus investigated in a macro-gradient-free rooted gravel bed reactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 612 - 621 10.1002/elsc.200800093
• Stottmeister, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A. (2008):
  Strategy development, full-scale bioremediation and long-term monitoring of a phenolic wastewater deposit lake from the carbochemical industry
  J. Biotechnol. 136 (Suppl. 1), S602 - S603 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.1396
• Wießner, A., Gonzalias, A.E., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P. (2008):
  Effects of sulphur cycle processes on ammonia removal in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland planted with Juncus effusus
  Ecol. Eng. 34 (2), 162 - 167 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.07.009
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Jechorek, M., Seidel, H., Kästner, M. (2008):
  Sulphur transformation and deposition in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Environ. Pollut. 155 (1), 125 - 131 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.027
• Gonzalias, A.E., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Jank, M., Kästner, M., Köser, H. (2007):
  Treatment of an artificial sulphide containing wastewater in subsurface horizontal flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
  Ecol. Eng. 31 (4), 259 - 268 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.08.002
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Kästner, M. (2006):
  Effectiveness of differently designed small-scale constructed wetlands to decrease the acidity of acid mine drainage under field conditions
  Eng. Life Sci. 6 (4), 394 - 398 10.1002/elsc.200620143
• Stottmeister, U., Buddhawong, S., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Mattusch, J. (2006):
  Constructed wetlands and their performance for treatment of water contaminated with arsenic and heavy metals
  In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds.)
  Viable methods of soil and water pollution monitoring, protection and remediation
  NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences 69
  Springer, Dordrecht, p. 417 - 432
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M. (2006):
  Effectiveness of various small-scale constructed wetland designs for the removal of iron and zinc from acid mine drainage under field conditions
  Eng. Life Sci. 6 (6), 584 - 592 10.1002/elsc.200620161
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Baeder-Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Kästner, M. (2006):
  Influence of helophytes on redox reactions in their rhizosphere
  In: Macková, M., Dowling, D.N., Macek, T. (eds.)
  Phytoremediation and rhizoremediation: Theoretical background
  Focus on Biotechnology 9A
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 69 - 82 10.1007/978-1-4020-4999-4_6
• Buddhawong, S., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Wießner, A., Stottmeister, U. (2005):
  Removal of arsenic and zinc using different laboratory model wetland systems
  Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 247 - 252 10.1002/elsc.200520076
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Müller, R., Kästner, M. (2005):
  Constructed wetlands – treating wastewater with cenoses of plants and microorganisms. A research association at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle in the Helmholtz Association
  UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle in the Helmholtz Association, Leipzig, 28 pp.
• Vatsourina, A., Vainshtein, M., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kosolapov, D., Kästner, M. (2005):
  Anaerobic co-reduction of chromate and nitrate by bacterial cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis L-02
  J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 32 (9), 409 - 414 10.1007/s10295-005-0020-0
• Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2005):
  Influence of the redox condition dynamics on the removal efficiency of a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (1), 248 - 256 10.1016/j.watres.2004.08.032
• Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2005):
  Sulphate reduction and the removal of carbon and ammonia in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (19), 4643 - 4650 10.1016/j.watres.2005.09.017
• Kosolapow, D.B., Kuschk, P., Vainshtein, M., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2004):
  Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
  Eng. Life Sci. 4 (5), 403 - 411 10.1002/elsc.200420048
• Kuschk, P., Braun, P., Möder, M., Wießner, A., Müller, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A. (2003):
  Elimination von Nonylphenolen und Bisphenol A in Teich- und Pflanzenkläranlagen
  GWF Wasser, Abwasser 144 (4), 297 - 301
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U. (2003):
  Annual cycle of nitrogen removal by a pilot-scale subsurface horizontal flow in a constructed wetland under moderate climate
  Water Res. 37 (17), 4236 - 4242 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00163-5
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A. (2003):
  Abwasserbehandlung in Pflanzenkläranlagen
  In: Stottmeister, U. (Hrsg.)
  Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
  Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
  Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, S. 182 - 192
• Stottmeister, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Moormann, H. (2003):
  Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  Biotechnol. Adv. 22 (1-2), 93 - 117 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2003.08.010
• Vainshtein, M., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A. (2003):
  Model experiments on the microbial removal of chromium from contaminated groundwater
  Water Res. 37 (6), 1401 - 1405 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00455-4
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2002):
  Operation of a universal test unit for planted soil filters – Planted Fixed Bed Reactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 2 (10), 311 - 315 10.1002/1618-2863(20021008)2:10<311::AID-ELSC311>3.0.CO;2-9
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U. (2002):
  Abilities of helophyte species to release oxygen into rhizosphere with varying redox conditions in laboratory scale hydroponic systems
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 4 (1), 1 - 15 10.1080/15226510208500069
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (2002):
  Oxygen release by roots of Typha latifolia and Juncus effusus in laboratory hydroponic systems
  Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 209 - 216 10.1002/1521-3846(200205)22:1/2<209::AID-ABIO209>3.0.CO;2-O
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M. (2001):
  Planted fixed bed reactor - a universal test system for constructed wetlands
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 33
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M. (2001):
  Planted fixed bed reactor - a universal test system for constructed wetlands
  In: Leeson, A., Foote, E., Banks, K., Magar, V.S. (eds.)
  Phytoremediation, wetlands, and sediments : the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, June 4-7, 2001
  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, p. 337 - 344
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M. (2001):
  Planted Fixed Bed Reactor - eine universelle Testeinheit für bewachsene Bodenfilter
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 73 (11), 1472 - 1477 10.1002/1522-2640(200111)73:11<1472::AID-CITE1472>3.0.CO;2-Q
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kossolapov, D.B., Kappelmeyer, U., Stottmeister, U. (2001):
  Experimental strategies to investigate the influence of helophytes on the redox reactions in their rhizosphere
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 15
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U. (2001):
  Annual cycle of nitrogen removal in a pilot-scale horizontal flow constructed wetland
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 89
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (2001):
  Investigations into oxygen release by the roots of helophyte plantlets in laboratory-scale hydroponic systems
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 142
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Stottmeister, U. (1999):
  Biological processes in wetland systems for wastewater treatment
  In: Rehm, H.J., Reed, G., Pühler, A., Stadler, P. (eds.)
  Biotechnology Vol. 11a. Environmental processes I. Wastewater treatment
  Wiley-VCH, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin, p. 241 - 251 10.1002/9783527620944.ch12
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., Struckmann, D., Jank, M. (1999):
  Treating a lignite pyrolysis wastewater in a constructed subsurface flow wetland
  Water Res. 33 (5), 1296 - 1302 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00310-8
• Stottmeister, U., Weißbrodt, E., Becker, P.M., Pörschmann, J., Kopinke, F.-D., Martius, G., Wießner, A., Kennedy, C. (1998):
  Analysis, behaviour and fate of a lignite pyrolysis water deposit
  Contaminated Soil '98. Proceedings of the Sixth International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil, 17 - 21 May 1998, Edinburgh, UK
  Telford Publishing, London, p. 113 - 121
• Stottmeister, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P. (1998):
  Experimental determination of oxygen input into the rhizosphere by helophytes
  International Workshop Innovative Potentail of Advanced Biological Systems for Remediation, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, March 2-4, 1998
  93 - 96
• Wießner, A., Remmler, M., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (1998):
  The treatment of a deposited lignite pyrolysis wastewater by adsorption using activated carbon and activated coke
  Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 139 (1), 91 - 97 10.1016/S0927-7757(98)00282-9
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Becker, P.M., Martius, G., Wießner, A. (1997):
  Ökotechnische Sanierungsstrategien für carbonchemische Altlasten
  Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsregion Leipzig-Halle: Regionale Festschrift zum Deutschen Ingenieurtag 1997 in Leipzig
  VDI Bezirksverein, Leipzig, S. 125 - 128
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Martius, G., Wießner, A., Becker, P.M., Kopinke, F.-D., Pörschmann, J., Eismann, F. (1997):
  Altlasten aus der Carbochemie im mitteldeutschen Raum: Dimensionen, Besonderheiten und Sanierungsstrategien
  In: Bayer, E., Ballschmiter, K., Behret, H., Frimmel, F., Merz, W., Obst, U. (Hrsg.)
  Umwelt und Chemie. Umwelttagung 1996
  GDCh-Monographien 8
  Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Frankfurt/Main, S. 185 - 199
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Weißbrodt, E., Martius, G., Becker, P.M., Eismann, F., Kotte, H. (1997):
  Altlastenprobleme der Carbochemie in Nordwestsachsen: Entstehung, Ausmaß und erste Sanierungskonzepte
  In: Knorr, C., von Schell, T. (Hrsg.)
  Mikrobieller Schadstoffabbau: ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz
  Vieweg, Wiesbaden, S. 357 - 375
• Martius, G.G.S., Wießner, A., Stottmeister, U. (1996):
  Degradation efficiency and molecular size alteration during the aerobic microbial treatment of lignite pyrolysis deposit water
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45 (5), 692 - 699 10.1007/s002530050750
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Martius, G., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U. (1994):
  Untersuchungen zur Sanierung wäßriger Altlasten der Braunkohlepyrolyseindustrie. Beispiel: Schwelwasserdeponie „Schwelvollert". Investigations on the water treatment of the coalpyrolysis effluent deposite 'Schwelvollert'
  Energieanwendung, Energie- und Umwelttechnik 43 (8), 309 - 312
• Wießner, A. (1994):
  Wachstum von Ectothiorhodispira shaposhnikovii und mikrobielle Oxidation anorganischer Schwefelverbindungen im Hinblick auf die mikrobielle Reinigung H₂S-belasteter Medien. The growth of Ectothiorhodispira shaposhnikovii and the microbiological oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds with the intent to desulfurize H₂S-containing substances
  Bioengineering 10 (3), 21 - 27
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Martius, G., Eismann, F., Zehnsdorf, A., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U. (1994):
  Abbaubarkeit von Schadstoffen im Braunkohlepyrolyse-Altwasser
  Wasser Abwasser Praxis 3 (4), 44 - 48
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U., Pörschmann, J., Kopinke, F.-D. (1993):
  Charakterisierung des Wassers und des Sedimentes einer Braunkohle-Schwelwasserdeponie
  Wasser Abwasser Praxis 2 (6), 375 - 379