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Research Interests

Thematic:

• Sedimentology
• Geochemistry
• Microplastic

Regional:

• Aachen

Vita

• Studies: B.Sc. Angewandte Geographie, RWTH Aachen, 2012-2015
  M.Sc. Angewandte Geographie, RWTH Aachen, 2015-2018
• Examination: Master of Science, 2018, Beurteilung des Mikrokunststoffeintrags einer Mischwasserbehandlungsanlage
• 01-03/2015 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Hamilton, Neuseeland
• 04-06/2017 BfG Koblenz
• 07/2015 - 12/2017 Student assistant at the FIR, RWTH Aachen University
• 01/2016 - 04/2018 Student assistant at the IWW, RWTH Aachen University
• since 05/2018 Phd scholarship of the RWTH Aachen University

 

Current Projects

• Microplastics in fluvial systems in fluvialen Systemen
• 115 years of sedimentation in the Urft Reservoir

 

 

Journal Articles

Source	Author(s)
[Journal Article] Learning from natural sediments to tackle microplastics challenges : A multidisciplinary perspective In: Earth science reviews, 228, 104021, 2022 [DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104021]	Waldschläger, Kryss (Corresponding author) Brückner, Muriel Z. M. Carney Almroth, Bethanie Hackney, Christopher R. Adyel, Tanveer Mehedi Alimi, Olubukola S. Belontz, Sara Lynn Cowger, Win Doyle, Darragh Gray, Andrew Kane, Ian Kooi, Merel Kramer, Matthias Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Michie, Laura Nordam, Tor Pohl, Florian Russell, Catherine Thit, Amalie Umar, Wajid Valero, Daniel Varrani, Arianna Warrier, Anish Kumar Woodall, Lucy C. Wu, Nan
[Journal Article] Plastics as a stratigraphic marker in fluvial deposits In: Anthropocene, 36, 100314, 2021 [DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100314]	Weber, Collin J. (Corresponding author) Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth
[Journal Article] Why analysing microplastics in floodplains matters : application in a sedimentary context In: Environmental science, 23 (1), 117-131, 2020 [DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00431F]	Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth (Corresponding author) Esser, Verena Schüttrumpf, Holger Stauch, Georg
[Contribution to a book, Journal Article] Comparative Analysis of the Behaviour of Marine Litter in Thermochemical Waste Treatment Processes In: Processes : open access journal, 9 (1), 13, 2021 [DOI: 10.3390/pr9010013]	Hee, Johann (Corresponding author) Schlögel, Kai Ulrich Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Plaster, Jacqueline Bitter, Kristina Blank, Lars M. Quicker, Peter
[Journal Article] Regional study of microplastics in surface waters and deep sea sediments south of the Algarve Coast In: Regional studies in marine science, 40, 101488, 2020 [DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101488]	Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth (Corresponding author) Schwarzbauer, Jan Reicherter, Klaus Stauch, Georg Schüttrumpf, Holger
[Journal Article] Canola Oil Extraction in Conjunction with a Plastic Free Separation Unit Optimises Microplastics Monitoring in Water and Sediment In: Analytical methods, 12 (42), 5128-5139, 2020 [DOI: 10.1039/D0AY01574A]	Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth (Corresponding author) Hildebrandt, Lars Stauch, Georg Schüttrumpf, Holger
[Contribution to a book, Journal Article] The Way of Macroplastic through the Environment In: Environments, 7 (10), 73, 2020 [DOI: 10.3390/environments7100073]	Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth (Corresponding author) Waldschläger, Kryss Lisanne Stauch, Georg Schüttrumpf, Holger
[Journal Article] Mikroplastik weltweit : Die Belastung in Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich In: Wasser und Abfall : WA, 2020 (5), 20-24, 2020 [DOI: 10.1007/s35152-020-0213-x]	Waldschläger, Kryss Lisanne (Corresponding author) Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth
[Journal Article] The way of microplastic through the environment - Application of the source-pathway-receptor model (review) In: The science of the total environment, 713, 136584, 2020 [DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136584]	Waldschläger, Kryss (Corresponding author) Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Stauch, Georg Schüttrumpf, Holger

 

Abstracts

Source	Author(s)
[Abstract, Contribution to a conference proceedings] A century of sedimentation in a reservoir in central Europe - sedimentation rate and characteristics In: Abstratc & presentations / EGU General Assembly 2022, EGU22-5480, 2022 [DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5480]	Stauch, Georg (Corresponding author) Esch, Alexander Dörwald, Lukas Esser, Verena Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Lehmkuhl, Frank Schulte, Philipp Walk, Janek
[Abstract, Contribution to a conference proceedings] Plastics and microplastics - A future marker to reconstruct floodplain chronology (Opinion) In: Abstracts & presentations / EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU21-62, 1 Seite, 2021 [DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-62]	Weber, Collin J. (Corresponding author) Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Stauch, Georg Opp, Christian
[Abstract, Contribution to a conference proceedings] 115 years of sediment deposition in the Urft reservoir (Eifel Mountains, western Germany) In: Abstracts & presentations / EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU21-148, 1 Seite, 2021 [DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-148]	Stauch, Georg (Corresponding author) Esch, Alexander Dörwald, Lukas Esser, Verena Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth Lehmkuhl, Frank Schulte, Philipp Walk, Janek

 

Others

Source	Author(s)
[Dissertation / PhD Thesis] Microplastics in the environment : development of a sample preparation method with further application and evaluation in fluvial and marine compartments, 2021 [DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2021-05018]	Lechthaler, Simone Elisabeth