P-LEACH postdoc cohort
Project #1.1
Dr. Mara Römerscheid Contact – expertise: organic environmental chemistry; role(s): weathering of plastics in water and investigation of leaching kinetics in diverse matrices (fresh water, sea water, artificial gut fluid), target analysis of additives in environmental matrices and biota
Project #1.2
Dr. Eric Carmona Martínez Contact – expertise: organic environmental chemistry; role(s): weathering of plastics in water and investigation of leaching kinetics in diverse matrices (fresh water, sea water, artificial gut fluid), target analysis of additives in environmental matrices and biota
Project #2
Dr. Stefan Lips
Contact
- expertise: ecotoxicology of environmental microbial communities; role(s): testing of plastic-associated chemicals and their mixtures on microbial functions and primary consumers at simplified exposure conditions to complex microsm approaches
Project #3
Dr. Yaqing Duan
Contact
- expertise: polymer science; role(s): investigation and quantification micro-, submicron- and nano-plastic emissions from plastics weathered in different water environments (fresh water, sea water). Characterize and analyze surface modifications of weathered polymers.
Project #4.1
Dr. Špela Korez - expertise: ecotoxicology; role(s): Bioenergetic studies in marine and riverine benthic invertebrates (snails, mussels) challenged by plastic pollution and related chemicals; experiments to identify limits and mechanisms of stress tolerance on account of analysis of energy budget and oxidative stress.
Project #4.2
Dr. Daria Bedulina
Contact
- expertise: ecotoxicology, molecular ecology, ecophysiology; role(s): ecotoxicological and ecophysiological assessment of plastic leachates' effect on invertebrates (mollusks).
Project #5
Dr. Frank Menger
Contact
– expertise: organic environmental chemistry; role(s): target analysis and non-target screening using LC- and GC-(HR)MS for the characterization of the water phase and the identification of unknown plastic-leaching chemicals (e.g. UV-degradation products).
Project #6.1
Dr. Lars Hildebrandt
Contact
– expertise: analytical chemistry, micro- and nanoplastic analysis; trace and heavy metal analysis; role(s): ICP-MS/MS (hyphenated to laser ablation or GC) analysis of leachates, leached plastics and biota (exposed and not exposed to plastic-related chemicals or particles).
Project #6.2
Dr. Ole Klein
Contact
– expertise: analytical chemistry, micro- and nanoplastic analysis; trace and heavy metal analysis; role(s): ICP-MS/MS (hyphenated to laser ablation or GC) analysis of leachates, leached plastics and biota (exposed and not exposed to plastic-related chemicals or particles).
Project #7
Dr. Deedar Nabi
Contact
– expertise: organic environmental chemistry; role(s): modeling and measurement of fate, transport and toxicity behavior of polymer additives and environmental pollutants released from plastic materials.