Karla Schmitz

Karla Schmitz
photo: Sebastian Wiedling/ UFZ

Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Building: 7.3
Office: 2.028
Phone: +49 341 6025 2927

Karla Schmitz 

Research Interests

Since August 2024 Karla has been part of the P-LEACH project. Her interest is the potential leaching of plastic additives in simulated human digestive fluids.

Curiculum Vitae

since 2024

Scientist at the Department of Exposure Science at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

2022 - 2024

Master's programme in Ecotoxicology at the RWTH Aachen University, Master Thesis at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Title: "Emerging and Legacy Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Sediments from the Three Gorges Reservoir, China: Bioavailable vs. Total Contamination in the Pengxi River Area")

2018 - 2021

Bachelor's programme in Biology at the RWTH Aachen University, Bachelor thesis at the Institute for Environmental Research (Title: "Impact of Oxybenzone and Triclocarban on unicellular microorganisms in water and soil")

Projects

2022 - 2025

P-LEACH
Partners: other Helmholtz Centres: AWI, Hereon, GEOMAR