AAT - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team
• Student

Chantal received her Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology from HAS University of Applied Science and went on to complete her Master of Science in Biology at Wageningen University and Research. She minored in marine biology and specialised in ecotoxicology. During her Master's thesis, she worked on researching the effects of the antidepressant fluoxetine and the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole on macroinvertebrate abundance and community composition, with a focus on Gammarus pulex. Chantal van Drimmelen has been a PhD student in Prof. Heise's research group since November 2020. She is doing her PhD on the chronic effects of rare earth elements (REE) in a bentho-pelagic food web. The PhD takes place in cooperation with the University of the West of Scotland and HAW Hamburg.

Kamelia Samet joined the working group at HAW Bergedorf from March 2014 untill July 2018. Ms Samet graduated from the HTW -Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (Saarland University of Applied Sciences) in Biomedical Engineering. As part of her bachelor's thesis at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken, Ms Samet worked on bioinspired adhesion systems and their biomedical applications. Ms Samet was completing her master's thesis "Interaction of bacteria and nano-TiO2-material in the food uptake of Caenorhabditis elegans" in the Applied Aquatic Toxicology working group and did her doctorate in this research field in cooperation with UWS - University of the West of Scotland. The topic of her PhD was:" Investigation of the mode of action when co-exposing the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to Cd and TiO2 nanoparticles".

Job Titles:

• Environmental Engineer

Henning Herrmann is an ecotoxicologist (M.Sc.) and environmental engineer (B.Sc.) with a focus on water assessment. During his studies, he was particularly interested in issues where chemical-biological and technical methods were applied together. In his Bachelor's thesis in the water quality monitoring network of the city of Hamburg, he dealt with the practical suitability of a modified algae oximeter. He completed his master's thesis in an interdisciplinary research project at RWTH Aachen University, where he investigated the bioavailability and toxicity of sediment-borne pollutants during remobilisation in a circular channel using passive samplers and biomarkers in rainbow trout. In the working group, he worked on two research projects on substance risk assessment for the aquatic environment. This included literature research and evaluation of ecotoxicological data as well as the planning and realisation of water studies for the water phase and sediment and the performance of organismic bioassays and chemical analysis. In addition, he was involved in various sediment sampling campaigns - from the side structures of the middle Elbe to the Neufelder Watt. Heise, S.; Herrmann, H. (2010): Tolerance of microbial community as an indicator of copper emissions from industrially produced armour stones; Proceedings, 20th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting 2010, Seville, Spain.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Working Group 2343 of the Association of German Engineers

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team
• Student, Research Assistant

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team
• Student

Marion Revel studied in France at the University of Lorraine, where she first completed a technical school (IUT: Institut Universitaire Technologique) and continued with an agricultural engineering school (ENSAIA: Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et d'Industrie Alimentaire). Due to her strong interest in aquatic ecotoxicology, she deepened her knowledge during her Master's thesis at the UMR ESE (Ecologie et Santé des Écosystèmes) laboratory in Rennes, where she studied methyliothiazolinone susceptibility variation across different daphnid lineages. Marion Revel has been a PhD student in the research group since November 2020. Her dissertation focuses on the toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of lanthanides in aquatic organisms. The goal is to create a first draft of a biotic ligand model. The PhD takes place in cooperation with the University of the West of Scotland and HAW Hamburg.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team
• Professor at the Hamburg University of Applied Science
• Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg

Susanne Heise studied biology at the universities of Bielefeld, Edinburgh (GB) and Kiel. She did her PhD in biological oceanography at the Institute for Baltic Sea Research (today IFM-Geomar) and worked as a Postdoc at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (Departments of Marine Technology and of Environmental Protection) and at the Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde where she studied the impact of environmental contaminants on bacterial exopolymer production in sediments. During this time, she went on two short-term lectureships, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), to the Illigan Institute of Technology, Philippines, to teach marine microbiology. After her post-doc time, she became project manager of the Consulting Centre for Integrated Sediment Management at the TU Technical Innovation for 6 years. Susanne Heise was founding member of the consulting company CRM (www.crm-online.de) and of the European Sediment Network "SedNet" (www.sednet.org). For SedNet, she coordinated the work group on "Sediment Risk Management and Communication" for 3 years. She also started the Sediment Advisory Group as a joined initiative of SedNet and SETAC, and was on the editorial board of the SETAC journal "International Environmental Assessment and Management". Today she is member of the SedNet Steer Group. Since 2008, Susanne Heise is Professor at the Hamburg University of Applied Science (www.haw-hamburg.de) and teaches cell- and microbiology, chemical safety, ecotoxicology and environmental assessment. She is head of the research group of Applied Aquatic Toxicology. Within the field of aquatic toxicology, she is interested in the effects that environmental contaminants have on the aquatic community, with a strong focus on sediments. Current research projects: Blue Estuaries - Nachhaltige Ästuar-Entwicklung unter Klimawandel und anderen Stressoren Panorama - H2020 - International Training Networks TOxAR - Toxic Alarm with AR-Assistance Under Water MANTICC Sullied Sediments

Job Titles:

• Chemical Laboratory Technician
• Member of the Das Team
• Technical

Robin Westphal trained as a chemical laboratory technician in the toxicology department of the forensic medicine in Kiel. As a result, he developed a keen interest in toxic substances and the associated analytics. In the Laboratory for Supraregional Water and Environmental Analysis in Geesthacht, he deepened his knowledge of environmental analytics. Because of his affinity for the analysis of unknown substances, he subsequently worked at Bayer in the "Analytical Development" department. In order to expand his expertise, he took the exam to qualify as a trainer and completed further training to become an industrial foreman in the field of chemistry at the Hameln Technical Academy. Furthermore, he acquired the additional qualifications of environmental & energy auditor at TA Hameln. Since 2018, he has been employed at HAW-Hamburg and supervises the practical courses in inorganic chemistry and instrumental analysis. In 2020, he expanded his area of work and is involved in the development of the inter-university study programmes in industrial engineering. In addition, he is part of the "Applied Aquatic Toxicology" working group, in which he deals with the simultaneous analysis of heavy metals.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Das Team
• Student, Research Assistant

Project: Blue Estuaries - Sustainable estuarine development under climate change and other stressors.