Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener
is head of the workgroup.
Dr. Boris Bugsel
is a postdoctoral researcher. His research focuses on the analytics and environmental behavior of precursors and transformation products of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). In lab experiments, both photochemical and electrochemical experiments are performed and screened for transformation products with liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-QTOF-MS).
Catharina Capitain
is a PhD student working on the sustainable reduction of PFAS contaminants in soil and groundwater. Her research area includes the identification of PFAS contaminants and transformation products originating from firefighting foams and contaminated sewage sludge (e.g. from paper fibers) as well as the optimization of different remediation techniques in controlled lab experiments.
catharina.capitain@uni-tuebingen.de
Melanie Schüssler
is a PhD student working on remediation methods for soils contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with a focus on mobilisation and transformation of PFAS via thermal treatment processes. Her work includes designing and conducting thermolytic lab experiments as well as identifying and quantifying known and unknown PFAS and their transformation products in contaminated soils.
melanie.schuessler@uni-tuebingen.de
Jonathan Zweigle
is a PhD student (German Federal Environmental Foundation scholar) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener. He works on development of data analysis approaches to enhance per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) identification in HRMS data as well as on the characterization of PFAS precursors in consumer products. Oxidative methods such as photocatalytic oxidation are combined with HRMS to identify precursors that can degrade to persistent perfluoroalkyl acids.
Zi Wang
is a PhD student. Her research focuses on the production, optimization and application of the reactive membranes based on carbon and metal nanoparticles. Specially she is interested in the applicability of these generated materials in water treatment processes (e.g. adsorption, filtration, advanced oxidation processes).
Miriam Haußecker
Miriam is working on her master thesis about the identification and quantification of PFAS in human hair samples.
miriam.haussecker@student.uni-tuebingen.de
Apollonia Schmidt
is a Bachelor student working on oxidative conversion (PhotoTOP and TOP assay) to separate organic fluorine of > C6-PFAS from low fluorinated compounds.
Stephanie Nowak
is the technical assistant. She works in processing of water samples for analytical measurements using solid phase extraction, application of analytical methods for trace elements in the water cycle such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, perfluorinated substances as well as their transformation products and metabolites.