Dr. Saskia Finckh
Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Building: 7.3
Room: 1.033
Phone: +49 341 6025 2382
Research Interests
- Application of chemical analytical methods using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS)
- Linking chemical analysis with effect-based tools (biotests)
- Modelling and statistical evaluation of comprehensive monitoring data
- Environmental risk assessment of complex chemical mixtures
Curriculum Vitae
since 2023
Scientist at the Department of Exposure Science at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2019 - 2023
PhD candidate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany, and the Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Title: “Linking of chemical and effect-based monitoring to support comprehensive assessment of pollution in waste water and surface water”).
2016 - 2018
Master’s programme in Chemistry at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. Master thesis at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland, Germany. Title: “Preparation of nanostructured environmental plastic samples and their analysis via nano-FTIR”.
2015 - 2016
Work and Travel in Europe and Latin America.
2012 - 2015
Bachelor’s programme in Chemistry at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. Bachelor thesis at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (Title: “Investigation of cellular adhesion as a function of the elasticity of polyacrylamide gels”.
Projects
2022 - 2029
PARC Partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals. European Commission Horizon Partnership
Publications
Index:
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2025 (2)
- Shahid, N., Iqbal, H.H., Ahmad, S.R., Qadir, A., Krauss, M., Finckh, S., Tanui, I., Carmona, E., Brack, W. (2025):
Mixtures of toxic organic micropollutants compromise the safety of water resources in urban agglomerations in low- and medium-income countries: The example of Lahore, Pakistan
Environ. Pollut. 365 , art. 125383 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125383 - Tanui, I.C., Kandie, F., Krauss, M., Piotrowska, A., Finckh, S., Kiprop, A., Hollert, H., Shahid, N., Liess, M., Brack, W. (2025):
Occurrence and potential risk of steroid hormones in selected surface water and wastewater treatment plants in western Kenya
Environ. Pollut. 367 , art. 125623 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125623
2024 (3)
- Dulio, V., Alygizakis, N., Ng, K., Schymanski, E.L., Andres, S., Vorkamp, K., Hollender, J., Finckh, S., Aalizadeh, R., Ahrens, L., Bouhoulle, E., Čirka, L., Derksen, A., Deviller, G., Duffek, A., Esperanza, M., Fischer, S., Fu, Q., Gago-Ferrero, P., Haglund, P., Junghans, M., Kools, S.A.E., Koschorreck, J., Lopez, B., Lopez de Alda, M., Mascolo, G., Miège, C., Osté, L., O’Toole, S., Rostkowski, P., Schulze, T., Sims, K., Six, L., Slobodnik, J., Staub, P.-F., Stroomberg, G., Thomaidis, N.S., Togola, A., Tomasi, G., von der Ohe, P.C. (2024):
Beyond target chemicals: updating the NORMAN prioritisation scheme to support the EU chemicals strategy with semi-quantitative suspect/non-target screening data
Environ. Sci. Eur. 36 , art. 113 10.1186/s12302-024-00936-3 - Finckh, S., Carmona, E., Borchardt, D., Büttner, O., Krauss, M., Schulze, T., Yang, S., Brack, W. (2024):
Mapping chemical footprints of organic micropollutants in European streams
Environ. Int. 183 , art. 108371 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108371 - Maddalon, A., Pierzchalski, A., Krause, J.L., Bauer, M., Finckh, S., Brack, W., Zenclussen, A.C., Marinovich, M., Corsini, E., Krauss, M., Herberth, G. (2024):
Impact of chemical mixtures from wastewater treatment plant effluents on human immune cell activation: An effect-based analysis
Sci. Total Environ. 906 , art. 167495 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167495
2022 (6)
- Finckh, S., Beckers, L.-M., Busch, W., Carmona, E., Dulio, V., Kramer, L., Krauss, M., Posthuma, L., Schulze, T., Slootweg, J., von der Ohe, P.C., Brack, W. (2022):
Concentrations of 366 emerging chemicals in 56 European wastewater treatment plant effluents by LC-HRMS target screening
PANGAEA 10.1594/PANGAEA.940755 - Finckh, S., Beckers, L.-M., Busch, W., Carmona, E., Dulio, V., Kramer, L., Krauss, M., Posthuma, L., Schulze, T., Slootweg, J., von der Ohe, P.C., Brack, W. (2022):
A risk based assessment approach for chemical mixtures from wastewater treatment plant effluents
Environ. Int. 164 , art. 107234 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107234 - Finckh, S., Buchinger, S., Escher, B.I., Hollert, H., König, M., Krauss, M., Leekitratanapisan, W., Schiwy, S., Schlichting, R., Shuliakevich, A., Brack, W. (2022):
Concentrations of 56 potential endocrine disrupting chemicals in 56 European wastewater treatment plant effluents by LC-HRMS adn LC-MS/MS analysis
PANGAEA 10.1594/PANGAEA.950731 - Finckh, S., Buchinger, S., Escher, B.I., Hollert, H., König, M., Krauss, M., Leekitratanapisan, W., Schiwy, S., Schlichting, R., Shuliakevich, A., Brack, W. (2022):
Endocrine disrupting chemicals entering European rivers: Occurrence and adverse mixture effects in treated wastewater
Environ. Int. 170 , art. 107608 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107608 - Meyns, M., Dietz, F., Weinhold, C.-S., Züge, H., Finckh, S., Gerdts, G. (2022):
Multi-feature round silicon membrane filters enable fractionation and analysis of small micro- and nanoplastics with Raman spectroscopy and nano-FTIR
Anal. Methods 15 (5), 606 - 617 10.1039/D2AY01036D - Pistocchi, A., Alygizakis, N.A., Brack, W., Boxall, A., Cousins, I.T., Drewes, J.E., Finckh, S., Gallé, T., Launay, M.A., McLachlan, M.S., Petrovic, M., Schulze, T., Slobodnik, J., Ternes, T., van Wezel, A., Verlicchi, P., Whalley, C. (2022):
European scale assessment of the potential of ozonation and activated carbon treatment to reduce micropollutant emissions with wastewater
Sci. Total Environ. 848 , art. 157124 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157124