New research Projects in our Department:

• Eventbasierte Erfassung und Bewertung diffuser Pflanzenschutzmitteleinträge für den Biodiversitätsverlust in hessischen Fließgewässern (PSM-Biodiv)

• EffektMon -  Effect monitoring for the assessment of the eco(toxico)logical status of rivers
• DECIDE - Development of an ecotoxicological, water framework directive compliant assassment system for running waters
• Convergent characteristics of cryptic species along environmental gradients

Jörg Oehlmann was appointed to the Expert Committee for Assessing the Relevance of Trace Substances. The committee advises the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) on the relevance of trace substances in the water cycle.

We congratulate the winners of the Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability 2022 from our department: Dr. Lisa Zimmermann received the main award for her PhD thesis 'Toxicity of plastic consumer products: A biological, chemical and social-ecological analysis', supervised by Dr. Carolin Völker (ISOE) and Prof. Jörg Oehlmann. Natalie Reininger received the sponsorship award for her Master thesis 'Comparative study of bisphenol A and of selected analogues in in vitro and in vivo tests', supvervised by Prof. Jörg Oehlmann. Lisa and Natalie are the 4th and 5th laureates of the Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability from our department after Dr. Christian Scherer, Jasmin Thal and Jonas Wallraff in 2021.

Programme of the Institute Colloquium (Download)

Programme of the Department Seminar (Download).