Faculty Member, Institute for Environmental Research
Institute director
About
Our group investigates the transformation of chemicals in soil, water and in organisms, and their binding and release into water and soil. We are especially interested in the characterization of so-called non-extractable residues ("bound residues") of organic pollutants in soil and sediments. We develop bioremediation techniques to reduce the concentration of problematic compounds in contaminated soils and water using plants. Regarding organisms we investigate the chemical, biochemical and genetic mechanisms of the uptake, transformation and immobilization of the chemicals in plants.
Effect-monitoring in the laboratory or in more complex model systems (e.g., aquatic and terrestrial model ecosystems) is conducted to understand and assess the acute and mechanism-specific toxicity as well as chronic effects, using in vitro assays, selected test species, laboratory populations, and communities in indoor and outdoor model ecosystems.
Mechanistic/deterministic models are used to estimate exposition and effects as well as risk characterization itself. Simulation models are applied to reproduce and predict concentration effects on populations and ecosystems, individual based models to extrapolate concentration dependent shifts in life data to populations and multi-species systems.
Contact Information
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| Address: | RWTH Aachen University |
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