Dr. Ariette Schierz

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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
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DR. Ariette Schierz

About Ariette Schierz

Ariette Schierz received her PhD in Technical Environmental Chemistry from the University of Leipzig. She has worked as a researcher and technical consultant in the fields of environmental monitoring and remediation, risk assessment, and environmental technology in the USA. Since 2022, she has been working at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ in the Department of Technical Biogeochemistry (Environmental Engineering). She is the leader of the group In-situ Water Treatment Technologies and the co-speaker of the plattform project CityTech.


since 2024 Group leader 'In-situ Water Treatement Technologies', Department Technical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig
2022-2023 Research Scientist at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig
2018-2022 Research Scientist/Project Coordinator at Helmholtz Center Dresden- Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute for Resource Ecology
2015-2017 Senior Scientist at Exponent Inc., Ecological and Biological Science Practice, USA
2011-2015 Research Scientist and Lab Manager, Research group Prof. D. Reible at Texas Tech University, Center for Water Resources and at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Center for Research in Water Resources, USA
2008-2011 Postdoc, Duke University, CEE and University of South Carolina, Dept. of Chemistry, USA
2007 PhD at the Leipzig University, Faculty for Chemistry and Mineralogy
2003-2007 Research Associate at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, UFZ
2003 Graduated from Leipzig University in Chemistry/Environmental Chemistry (Diploma)

• Reactive transport and geochemistry of contaminants, colloids and engineered nanoparticles in the environment
• Management and monitoring of contaminated sites

• In-situ groundwater remediation based on colloidal adsorbents (colloidal activated carbon) and catalysts Effects   of  humic substances on pollutant fate in the environment

• Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Remediation

RegioWasser: Development of a multifunctional nature-based technology for decentralized treatment and safe reuse of municipal wastewater for irrigation purposes; EFRE/JTF Research InfraPronet 2021-2027, SAB, PI and project coordinator, Budget: €1,237,500, Duration: 2024-2026 (Diese Maßnahme (Nr. 1007025) wird mitfinanziert mit Steuermitteln auf Grundlage des von den Abgeordneten des Sächsichen Landtags beschlossenen Haushalts  und der EU)

ZeoPFAS: On-site regenerable zeolite adsorbers for the removal of per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) from wastewater, PI and project coordinator Transfun (Module: TransBig), UFZ, Budget: €90 000, Duration: 2023-2025

• PFC-Zeolith: Removal of per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFC) from electroplating wastewater by on-site regenerable zeolite adsorbers, PI and project coordinator, Transfun (Module: Transproof), UFZ, Budget: €10 000, Duration: Jan-Aug 2023

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Publications before joining UFZ

  • Demnitz M, Molodtsov K, Schymura S, Schierz A, Mueller K, Stumpf T, Schmidt M. Effects of surface roughness and mineralogy on the sorption of Cm(III) on crystalline rock. Journal of Hazardous Materials 423(2022) Part A, 127006.

  • Campos J, Brandão L,  Camargo de Azevedo A., Casanova M, Cord A, Gerner N, Giese E, Händel F, Jager, N, Jessen G, Lepenies, R, Maia Barbosa P, Marchezini V, Pujoni D, Salma, A,  Santos Sánchez A, Schierz A, Stemke M, Ussath Pedro M, Whaley-Martin V,  Yoshie Yamamoto F, Zorzal-Almeida S. (alphabetic order) A new vision of sustainable management in mining and post-mining landscapes, 2019, Science Policy Report, Published by National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Water and Environmental Research, Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology on Mineral Resources, Water and Biodiversity. https://www.leopoldina.org/en/publications/detailview/publication/a-new-vision-of-sustainable-management-in-mining-and-post-mining-landscapes-2019/

  • Espinasse BP, Geitner NK, Schierz A, Therezien M, Richardson CJ, Lowry GV, Ferguson PL, Wiesner MR. Comparative persistence of engineered nanoparticles in a complex aquatic ecosystem, Environmental Science and Technology, 2018, 52, 7, 4072-4078.

  • Xu X, Schierz A, Xu N, Cao X. Comparison of the characteristics and mechanisms of Hg(II) sorption by biochars and activated carbon. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2016, 463, 55-60.

  • Georgi A, Schierz A, Mackenzie K, Kopinke FD.  Colloidal activated carbon for in-situ groundwater remediation—Transport characteristics and adsorption of organic compounds in water-saturated sediment columns.  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 2015, 179:76–88.

  •  Khan, IA, Flora, JRV, Afrooz, ARMN, Aich N, Schierz, PA,  Ferguson PL, Sabo-Attwood T, Saleh NB. Change in chirality of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes can overcome anionic surfactant stabilization: a systematic study of aggregation kinetics. Environmental Chemistry 2015. 12(6):652-661.

  • Schierz A, Espinasse B, Wiesner M, Bisesi JB, Sabo-Attwood T, Ferguson PL.  Fate of single walled carbon nanotubes in wetland ecosystems.  Environmental Science 2014; Nano, 1:574–583.

  • Khan I, Aich N, Afrooz ARM, Flora J, Schierz A, Ferguson PL, Sabo-Attwood T, Saleh N.  Fractal structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes in biologically relevant conditions:  Role of chirality vs. media conditions.  Chemosphere 2013; 9(9):19972003.

  • Parks AN, Portis LM, Schierz A, Washburn K, Perron MM, Burgess RM, Ho KT, Chandler GT, Ferguson PL.  Bioaccumulation and toxicity of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to benthic organisms at the base of the marine food chain.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2013; 32(6):12701277.

  • Khan I, Afrooz ARM, Flora J, Schierz A, Ferguson L, Sabo-Attwood T, Saleh N.  Chirality affects aggregation kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes.  Environmental Science and Technology 2013; 47(4):1844–1852.

  • Zanker H, Schierz A. Engineered nanoparticles and their identification among natural nanoparticles.  Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 2012; 5:107132.

  • Schierz A, Zanker H.  Aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes:  Surface oxidation, colloidal stability and uranium sorption.  Environmental Pollution 2009; 157(4):10881094.

  • Mackenzie K, Schierz A, Georgi A, Kopinke F-D.  Colloidal activated carbon and CARBO-IRON—Novel materials for in-situ groundwater treatment.  Global NEST Journal 2008; 10(1):5461.

  • Georgi A, Schierz A, Mackenzie K, Kopinke F-D.  Anwendung von kolloidaler Aktivkohle zur in-situ Grundwasserreinigung.  Terratec 2007; 1112:TT22TT24.

  • Georgi A, Schierz A, Trommler U, Horwitz C-P, Collins JP, Kopinke F-D.  Application of hydrogen peroxide by complexes of iron(III) with humic acid for chemical degradation of organic compounds in water.  Applied Catalysis B:  Environmental 2007; 72(1-2): 2636.

  • Georgi A, Schierz A, Kopinke F-D.. Activation of hydrogen peroxide by complexes of iron(III) with humic acid for chemical degradation of organic compounds in water, EAAOP-1 – Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes, Chania, Greek, Sept. 2006 (e-proceedings p.154-161).

  • Schierz A, Georgi A, Leibold M, Kopinke F-D. Einsatz von kolloidaler Aktivkohle zur In-situ-Grundwasserreinigung, Chem. Ing. Tech., 2006,  78 (9).

  • Schierz A, Georgi A, Kopinke F-D. Application of colloidal activated carbon for in-situ groundwater treatment, Proceeding Band - 2. International Symposium of Permeable Reactive Barriers and Reactive Zones, PRB/RZ 2005, Nov. 2005, Antwerp, Belgien-ISBN 905857007x.