Prof. Dr. Annika Jahnke
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Annika Jahnke
Research Interests
Annika is an enthusiastic environmental chemist who pursues combining environmental and human health assessment using identical tools. She holds a PhD in Environmental Chemistry (2007, Lüneburg University) and the Professorship „Exposome Analytics“ at RWTH Aachen University (since 2020). Following employments at Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht and Stockholm University, she joined UFZ Leipzig in 2014. Her special interests are (i) in novel passive equilibrium sampling using silicone-based „chemometers“ to investigate chemical activity in the multimedia environment driving the partitioning, fate and effects of environmental pollutants, (ii) in describing the exposome, i.e. the life-long exposure to chemicals, of environmental biota and humans and (iii) in environmental weathering and fate of plastics.
A current list of publications can be found on her page on ResearchGate.
Curriculum Vitae
since 2024
Head of Department of Exposure Science (cooperative)
2022 - 2023
Head of Department of Ecological Chemistry (interim)
2014 - 2022
ERC Grantee and Research Group Leader, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
2007 - 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Fellow (eq. Assistant Professor), Stockholm Universiy
2003 - 2007
Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry, Lüneburg University
1997 - 2003
Diploma in Environmental Sciences, Lüneburg University
Memberships
Her memberships include the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty and the International Panel on Chemicals and Pollution.
Co-operations / Projects
2024 - 2026
nanoINHALE (HGF) (PI)
PhD supervisors: Dusan Materic, Elisa Rojo-Nieto, Lennart Schüler, Anran Luo
2022 - 2025
P-LEACH (HGF) (PI)
Partners: other Helmholtz Centres: AWI, Hereon, GEOMAR
2018 - 2025
EXPOSO-METER (HGF) (PI)
Collaborators: Ursula Siebert (TIHO Hannover), Christian Sonne/Rune Dietz (Aarhus University), Cristina Fossi/Cristina Panti (UNISI Siena), Heather Stapleton (Duke University), Onno Frerichs (Klinikum Bielefeld)
2019 - 2021
MICRO-FATE (BMBF) (PI)
Partners: Fraunhofer IKTS, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
2016 - 2019
WEATHER-MIC (JPI Oceans/BMBF) (PI)
Partners: Stockholm University, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Fraunhofer IKTS, KU Leuven
2016 - 2022
ERC StG CHEMO-RISK (ERC) (PI)
Publications
Index:
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2025 (2)
- Allan, I.J., Miège, C., Jahnke, A., Rojo-Nieto, E., Vorkamp, K., Kech, C., Polesello, S., Perceval, O., Booij, K., Dulio, V., Estoppey, N., Mayer, P., McHugh, B., Munschy, C., Staub, P.-F., Vrana, B. (2025):
Passive sampling in support of biota monitoring of hydrophobic substances under the Water Framework Directive
J. Hazard. Mater. 483 , art. 136672 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136672 - Muz, M., Jahnke, A., Rojo-Nieto, E. (2025):
Extraction, cleanup and recovery of trace organic pollutants in biota
In: Barceló, D., Pico, Y. (eds.)
Sample handling and trace analysis of pollutants: Innovations to determine organic contaminants (Second edition)
Elsevier Science, Oxford, p. 65 - 134 10.1016/B978-0-323-85601-0.00014-X
2024 (9)
- Brander, S.M., Senathirajah, K., Fernandez, M.O., Weis, J.S., Kumar, E., Jahnke, A., Hartmann, N.B., Alava, J.J., Farrelly, T., Carney Almroth, B., Groh, K.J., Syberg, K., Buerkert, J.S., Abeynayaka, A., Booth, A.M., Cousin, X., Herzke, D., Monclús, L., Morales-Caselles, C., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Al-jaibachi, R., Wagner, M. (2024):
The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty
Sci. Total Environ. 949 , art. 174881 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174881 - Escher, B.I., Ahlheim, J., Böhme, A., Borchardt, D., Brack, W., Braun, G., Colbourne, J.K., Dann, J.P., Gessner, J., Jahnke, A., König, M., Klüver, N., Krauss, M., Lee, J., Li, X., Lips, S., Orsini, L., Rinke, K., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Scholz, S., Schulze, T., Spahr, S., Ulrich, N., Weitere, M., Varga, E. (2024):
Mixtures of organic micropollutants exacerbated in vitro neurotoxicity of prymnesins and contributed to aquatic toxicity during a toxic algal bloom
Nat. Water 2 (9), 889 - 898 10.1038/s44221-024-00297-4 - Manjarrés-López, D.P., Montemurro, N., Ulrich, N., Ebert, R.-U., Jahnke, A., Pérez, S. (2024):
Assessment, distribution, and ecological risk of contaminants of emerging concern in a surface water-sediment-fish system impacted by wastewater
Sci. Total Environ. 935 , art. 173358 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173358 - Menger, F., Römerscheid, M., Lips, S., Klein, O., Nabi, D., Gandrass, J., Joerss, H., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Bedulina, D., Zimmermann, T., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Huber, C., Böhme, A., Ulrich, N., Beck, A.J., Pröfrock, D., Achterberg, E.P., Jahnke, A., Hildebrandt, L. (2024):
Screening the release of chemicals and microplastic particles from diverse plastic consumer products into water under accelerated UV weathering conditions
J. Hazard. Mater. 477 , art. 135256 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135256 - Rojo-Nieto, E., Wernicke, T., Muz, M., Jahnke, A. (2024):
From trophic magnification factors to multimedia activity ratios: chemometers as versatile tools to study the fate of hydrophobic organic compounds in aquatic ecosystems
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (47), 21046 - 21057 10.1021/acs.est.4c07940 - Rynek, R., Tekman, M.B., Rummel, C., Bergmann, M., Wagner, S., Jahnke, A., Reemtsma, T. (2024):
Hotspots of floating plastic particles across the North Pacific Ocean
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (9), 4302 - 4313 10.1021/acs.est.3c05039 - Scales, B.S., Hassenrück, C., Moldaenke, L., Hassa, J., Rückert-Reed, C., Rummel, C., Völkner, C., Rynek, R., Busche, T., Kalinowski, J., Jahnke, A., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Oberbeckmann, S. (2024):
Hunting for pigments in bacterial settlers of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Environ. Microbiol. 26 (6), e16639 10.1111/1462-2920.16639 - Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A. (2024):
A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis
Environ. Int. 193 , art. 109059 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109059 - Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A. (2024):
Supporting data of the Short communication: A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis [Dataset]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.12794921
2023 (4)
- Alava, J.J., Jahnke, A., Bergmann, M., Aguirre-Martínez, G.V., Bendell, L., Calle, P., Domínguez, G.A., Faustman, E.M., Falman, J., Kazmiruk, T.N., Klasios, N., Maldonado, M.T., McMullen, K., Moreno-Báez, M., Öberg, G., Ota, Y., Price, D., Shim, W.J., Tirapé, A., Vandenberg, J.M., Zoveidadianpour, Z., Weis, J. (2023):
A call to include plastics in the global environment in the class of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) pollutants
Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (22), 8185 - 8188 10.1021/acs.est.3c02476 - Reiter, E.B., Escher, B.I., Rojo-Nieto, E., Nolte, H., Siebert, U., Jahnke, A. (2023):
Characterizing the marine mammal exposome by iceberg modeling, linking chemical analysis and in vitro bioassays
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 25 (11), 1802 - 1816 10.1039/D3EM00033H - Rojo-Nieto, E., Jahnke, A. (2023):
Chemometers: an integrative tool for chemical assessment in multimedia environments
Chem. Commun. 59 (22), 3193 - 3205 10.1039/D2CC06882F - Rojo-Nieto, E., Jahnke, A. (2023):
Inside front cover: Chemometers: an integrative tool for chemical assessment in multimedia environments (ChemCom 22/2023)
Chem. Commun. 59 (22), 3150 - 3150 10.1039/D3CC90094K
2022 (7)
- Brack, W., Barcelo Culleres, D., Boxall, A.B.A., Budzinski, H., Castiglioni, S., Covaci, A., Dulio, V., Escher, B.I., Fantke, P., Kandie, F., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Hernández, F.J., Hilscherová, K., Hollender, J., Hollert, H., Jahnke, A., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Khan, S.J., Kortenkamp, A., Kümmerer, K., Lalonde, B., Lamoree, M.H., Levi, Y., Lara Martín, P.A., Montagner, C.C., Mougin, C., Msagati, T., Oehlmann, J., Posthuma, L., Reid, M., Reinhardt, M., Richardson, S.D., Rostkowski, P., Schymanski, E., Schneider, F., Slobodnik, J., Shibata, Y., Snyder, S.A., Sodré, F.F., Teodorovic, I., Thomas, K.V., Umbuzeiro, G.A., Viet, P.H., Yew-Hoong, K.G., Zhang, X., Zuccato, E. (2022):
One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste
Environ. Sci. Eur. 34 , art. 21 10.1186/s12302-022-00602-6 - Koschorreck, J., Rüther, M., Badry, A., Bandow, N., Fettig, I., Körner, A., Künitzer, A., Nagorka, R., Wellmitz, J., Weber, T., Göckener, B., Knopf, B., Dierkes, G., Boulard, L., Jewell, K., Ternes, T., Halbach, M., Scholz-Böttcher, B., Wesch, C., Klein, R., Tarricone, K., Teubner, D., Paulus, M., Schacht, V., Wernicke, T., Jahnke, A., Strehse, J., Bünning, T., Maser, E. (2022):
Umweltprobenbank des Bundes: Bericht für das Jahr 2020
Texte Umweltbundesamt 1/2022
Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, 65 S. - Reiter, E.B., Escher, B.I., Siebert, U., Jahnke, A. (2022):
Activation of the xenobiotic metabolism and oxidative stress response by mixtures of organic pollutants extracted with in-tissue passive sampling from liver, kidney, brain and blubber of marine mammals
Environ. Int. 165 , art. 107337 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107337 - Rohner, S., Morell, M., Wohlsein, P., Stürznickel, J., Reiter, E.B., Jahnke, A., Prenger-Berninghoff, E., Ewers, C., Walther, G., Striewe, L.C., Failla, A.V., Siebert, U. (2022):
Fatal aspergillosis and evidence of unrelated hearing loss in a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the German Baltic Sea
Front. Mar. Sci. 9 , art. 958019 10.3389/fmars.2022.958019 - Rummel, C.D., Schäfer, H., Jahnke, A., Arp, H.P.H., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2022):
Effects of leachates from UV-weathered microplastic on the microalgae Scenedesmus vacuolatus
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 414 (4), 1469 - 1479 10.1007/s00216-021-03798-3 - Wernicke, T., Abel, S., Escher, B.I., Koschorreck, J., Rüdel, H., Jahnke, A. (2022):
Equilibrium sampling of suspended particulate matter as a universal proxy for fish and mussel monitoring
Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 232 , art. 113285 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113285 - Wernicke, T., Rojo-Nieto, E., Paschke, A., Nogueira Tavares, C., Brauns, M., Jahnke, A. (2022):
Exploring the partitioning of hydrophobic organic compounds between water, suspended particulate matter and diverse fish species in a German river ecosystem
Environ. Sci. Eur. 34 , art. 66 10.1186/s12302-022-00644-w
2021 (4)
- Arp, H.P.H., Kühnel, D., Rummel, C., MacLeod, M., Potthoff, A., Reichelt, S., Rojo-Nieto, E., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Sonnenberg, J., Toorman, E., Jahnke, A. (2021):
Weathering plastics as a planetary boundary threat: Exposure, fate, and hazards
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (11), 7246 - 7255 10.1021/acs.est.1c01512 - MacLeod, M., Arp, H.P.H., Tekman, M.B., Jahnke, A. (2021):
The global threat from plastic pollution
Science 373 (6550), 61 - 65 10.1126/science.abg5433 - Muz, M., Rojo-Nieto, E., Jahnke, A. (2021):
Removing disturbing matrix constituents from biota extracts from total extraction and silicone-based passive sampling
Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 40 (10), 2693 - 2704 10.1002/etc.5153 - Rummel, C.D., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Kallies, R., Benke, A., Herzsprung, P., Rynek, R., Wagner, S., Potthoff, A., Jahnke, A., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2021):
Conditioning film and early biofilm succession on plastic surfaces
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (16), 11006 - 11018 10.1021/acs.est.0c07875
2020 (3)
- Muz, M., Escher, B.I., Jahnke, A. (2020):
Bioavailable environmental pollutant patterns in sediments from passive equilibrium sampling
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (24), 15861 - 15871 10.1021/acs.est.0c05537 - Panagopoulos Abrahamsson, D., Warner, N.A., Jantunen, L., Jahnke, A., Wong, F., MacLeod, M. (2020):
Investigating the presence and persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in Arctic sediments
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 22 (4), 908 - 917 10.1039/c9em00455f - Reiter, E.B., Jahnke, A., König, M., Siebert, U., Escher, B.I. (2020):
Influence of co-dosed lipids from biota extracts on the availability of chemicals in in vitro cell-based bioassays
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (7), 4240 - 4247 10.1021/acs.est.9b07850
2019 (3)
- Bolinius, D.J., MacLeod, M., Iadaresta, F., Holmbäck, J., Jahnke, A. (2019):
Sorptive capacities of nonpolymeric plant lipids for hydrophobic chemicals determined by passive dosing
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (3), 1278 - 1286 10.1021/acs.est.8b05656 - Rojo-Nieto, E., Muz, M., Koschorreck, J., Rüdel, H., Jahnke, A. (2019):
Passive equilibrium sampling of hydrophobic organic compounds in homogenised fish tissues of low lipid content
Chemosphere 220 , 501 - 504 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.134 - Rummel, C.D., Escher, B.I., Sandblom, O., Plassmann, M.M., Arp, H.P.H., MacLeod, M., Jahnke, A. (2019):
Effects of leachates from UV-weathered microplastic in cell-based bioassays
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (15), 9214 - 9223 10.1021/acs.est.9b02400
2018 (2)
- Jahnke, A., Sobek, A., Bergmann, M., Bräunig, J., Landmann, M., Schäfer, S., Escher, B.I. (2018):
Emerging investigator series: effect-based characterization of mixtures of environmental pollutants in diverse sediments
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 20 (12), 1667 - 1679 10.1039/c8em00401c - Sjoeholm, K.K., Schmidt, S.N., Jahnke, A., Svensmark, B., Mayer, P. (2018):
Equilibrium sampling reveals increasing thermodynamic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during sewage sludge digestion
Chemosphere 207 , 421 - 429 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.104
2017 (5)
- Escher, B.I., Hackermüller, J., Polte, T., Scholz, S., Aigner, A., Altenburger, R., Böhme, A., Bopp, S.K., Brack, W., Busch, W., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Covaci, A., Eisenträger, A., Galligan, J.J., Garcia-Reyero, N., Hartung, T., Hein, M., Herberth, G., Jahnke, A., Kleinjans, J., Klüver, N., Krauss, M., Lamoree, M., Lehmann, I., Luckenbach, T., Miller, G.W., Müller, A., Phillips, D.H., Reemtsma, T., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., Schüürmann, G., Schwikowski, B., Tan, Y.-M., Trump, S., Walter-Rohde, S., Wambaugh, J.F. (2017):
From the exposome to mechanistic understanding of chemical-induced adverse effects
Environ. Int. 99 , 97 - 106 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.029 - Jahnke, A., Arp, H.P.H., Escher, B.I., Gewert, B., Gorokhova, E., Kühnel, D., Ogonowski, M., Potthoff, A., Rummel, C., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Toorman, E., MacLeod, M. (2017):
Reducing uncertainty and confronting ignorance about the possible impacts of weathering plastic in the marine environment
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 4 (3), 85 - 90 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00008 - Mustajärvi, L., Eriksson-Wiklund, A.-K., Gorokhova, E., Jahnke, A., Sobek, A. (2017):
Transferring mixtures of chemicals from sediment to a bioassay using silicone-based passive sampling and dosing
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 19 , 1404 - 1413 10.1039/C7EM00228A - Panagopoulos, D., Jahnke, A., Kierkegaard, A., MacLeod, M. (2017):
Temperature dependence of the organic carbon/water partition ratios (KOC) of volatile methylsiloxanes
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 4 (6), 240 - 245 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00138 - Rummel, C.D., Jahnke, A., Gorokhova, E., Kühnel, D., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2017):
Impacts of biofilm formation on the fate and potential effects of microplastic in the aquatic environment
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 4 (7), 258 - 267 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00164
2016 (7)
- Ahmadi, H., Bolinius, D.J., Jahnke, A., MacLeod, M. (2016):
Mass transfer of hydrophobic organic chemicals between silicone sheets and through plant leaves and low-density polyethylene
Chemosphere 164 , 683 - 690 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.082 - Bolinius, D.J., Jahnke, A., MacLeod, M. (2016):
Comparison of eddy covariance and modified Bowen ratio methods for measuring gas fluxes and implications for measuring fluxes of persistent organic pollutants
Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16 , 5315 - 5322 10.5194/acp-16-5315-2016 - Bolinius, D.J., MacLeod, M., McLachlan, M.S., Mayer, P., Jahnke, A. (2016):
A passive dosing method to determine fugacity capacities and partitioning properties of leaves
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 18 (10), 1325 - 1332 10.1039/c6em00423g - Jahnke, A., Mayer, P., Schäfer, S., Witt, G., Haase, N., Escher, B.I. (2016):
Strategies for transferring mixtures of organic contaminants from aquatic environments into bioassays
Environ. Sci. Technol. 50 (11), 5424 - 5431 10.1021/acs.est.5b04687 - Jahnke, A., Witt, G., Schäfer, S., Haase, N., Escher, B.I. (2016):
Combining passive sampling with toxicological characterization of complex mixtures of pollutants from the aquatic environment
In: Reifferscheid, G., Buchinger, S. (eds.)
In vitro environmental toxicology - concepts, application and assessment
Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. 157
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 225 - 261 10.1007/10_2015_5014 - Panagopoulos, D., Kierkegaard, A., Jahnke, A., MacLeod, M. (2016):
Evaluating the salting-out effect on the organic carbon/water partition ratios (KOC and KDOC) of linear and cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes: Measurements and polyparameter linear free energy relationships
J. Chem. Eng. Data 61 (9), 3098 - 3108 10.1021/acs.jced.6b00196 - Rummel, C.D., Adolfsson-Erici, M., Jahnke, A., MacLeod, M. (2016):
No measurable “cleaning” of polychlorinated biphenyls from Rainbow Trout in a 9 week depuration study with dietary exposure to 40% polyethylene microspheres
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 18 (7), 788 - 795 10.1039/c6em00234j
2015 (4)
- Altenburger, R., Ait-Aissa, S., Antczak, P., Backhaus, T., Barceló, D., Seiler, T.-B., Brion, F., Busch, W., Chipman, K., López de Alda, M., De Aragão Umbuzeiro, G., Escher, B.I., Falciani, F., Faust, M., Focks, A., Hilscherova, K., Hollender, J., Hollert, H., Jäger, F., Jahnke, A., Kortenkamp, A., Krauss, M., Lemkine, G.F., Munthe, J., Neumann, S., Schymanski, E.L., Scrimshaw, M., Segner, H., Slobodnik, J., Smedes, F., Kughathas, S., Teodorovic, I., Tindall, A.J., Tollefsen, K.E., Walz, K.-H., Williams, T.D., van den Brink, P.J., van Gils, J., Vrana, B., Zhang, X., Brack, W. (2015):
Future water quality monitoring — Adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management
Sci. Total Environ. 512-513 , 540 - 551 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.057 - Jahnke, A., Holmbäck, J., Andersson, R.A., Kierkegaard, A., Mayer, P., MacLeod, M. (2015):
Differences between lipids extracted from five species are not sufficient to explain biomagnification of nonpolar organic chemicals
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2 (7), 193 - 197 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00145 - Mäenpää, K., Leppänen, M.T., Figueiredo, K., Mayer, P., Gilbert, D., Jahnke, A., Gil-Allué, C., Akkanen, J., Nyborn, I., Herve, S. (2015):
Fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in a contaminated lake ecosystem: Combining equilibrium passive sampling of sediment and water with total concentration measurements of biota
Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34 (11), 2463 - 2474 10.1002/etc.3099 - Panagopoulos, D., Jahnke, A., Kierkegaard, A., MacLeod, M. (2015):
Organic carbon/water and dissolved organic carbon/water partitioning of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes: Measurements and polyparameter linear free energy relationships
Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (20), 12161 - 12168 10.1021/acs.est.5b02483
