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Andreas Schäffer

Andreas Schäffer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
16195
World Ranking
3047
National Ranking
203

Overview

Andreas Schäffer is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has contributed extensively to environmental science research, focusing primarily on pollution and its effects. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including pollution, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and environmental chemistry.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on environmental contaminants and remediation techniques. Notable papers include:

  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective, 2024, The Innovation
  • Integrating Biochar, Bacteria, and Plants for Sustainable Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Effects of ball milling on biochar adsorption of contaminants in water: A meta-analysis, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Degradation of mineral-immobilized pyrene by ferrate oxidation: Role of mineral type and intermediate oxidative iron species, 2022, Water Research

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, The Innovation, Environmental Science & Technology, Global Change Biology, and Eco-Environment & Health. These venues align with the environmental and ecological focus present in their research topics.

Collaborations form an important part of Schäffer's work. Frequent coauthors include Fang Wang, Leilei Xiang, Jean Damascene Harindintwali, Xin Jiang, and Scott X. Chang. These partnerships suggest interdisciplinary research efforts integrating various aspects of environmental science and engineering.

The main fields and topics of research encompass:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields include:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

The primary topics of Schäffer's work cover:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Best Publications

  • Biochemistry of metallothionein

    J. H. R. Kagi;A. Schäffer

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

    Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Chelate assisted phytoextraction of heavy metals from soil. Effect, mechanism, toxicity, and fate of chelating agents.

    Michael W.H. Evangelou;Mathias Ebel;Andreas Schaeffer

  • Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides

    Martin Siedt;Andreas Schäffer;Kilian E.C. Smith;Moritz Nabel

  • Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as new Stockholm Convention POPs--a global perspective on the management of Lindane and its waste isomers.

    John Vijgen;P. C. Abhilash;P. C. Abhilash;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Rup Lal;Rup Lal

  • Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin in water and soil and its effects on the microbial communities

    Cristobal Girardi;Josephine Greve;Marc Lamshöft;Ingo Fetzer

  • Factors affecting the removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater in conventional treatment plants (CTP) and membrane bioreactors (MBR)

    Magdalena Cirja;Pavel Ivashechkin;Andreas Schäffer;Andreas Schäffer;Philippe F. X. Corvini

  • Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine

    Nicolai David Jablonowski;Andreas Schäffer;Peter Burauel

  • Classification and Modelling of Nonextractable Residue (NER) Formation of Xenobiotics in Soil – A Synthesis

    Matthias Kästner;Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Stefan Trapp

  • The influence of humic acids on the phytoextraction of cadmium from soil

    Michael W.H. Evangelou;Hatice Daghan;Andreas Schaeffer

  • Evaluation of the effect of small organic acids on phytoextraction of Cu and Pb from soil with tobacco Nicotiana tabacum

    Michael W.H. Evangelou;Mathias Ebel;Andreas Schaeffer

  • Microbial degradation of nonylphenol and other alkylphenols—our evolving view

    P. F. X. Corvini;A. Schäffer;A. Schäffer;D. Schlosser

  • (Bio)degradation of glyphosate in water-sediment microcosms - A stable isotope co-labeling approach.

    Shizong Wang;Bettina Seiwert;Matthias Kästner;Anja Miltner

  • Cyanide phytoremediation by water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes)

    Mathias Ebel;Michael W.H. Evangelou;Andreas Schaeffer

  • The influence of EDDS and EDTA on the uptake of heavy metals of Cd and Cu from soil with tobacco Nicotiana tabacum

    Michael W.H. Evangelou;Uwe Bauer;Mathias Ebel;Andreas Schaeffer

  • Solution by dilution?--A review on the pollution status of the Yangtze River.

    Tilman Floehr;Hongxia Xiao;Björn Scholz-Starke;Lingling Wu

  • Formation and fate of bound residues from microbial biomass during 2,4-D degradation in soil.

    Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Matthias Gehre;Andreas Schäffer

  • Persistence of 14C-labeled atrazine and its residues in a field lysimeter soil after 22 years

    Nicolai D. Jablonowski;Stephan Köppchen;Diana Hofmann;Andreas Schäffer

  • Degradation pathway of bisphenol a : Does ipso substitution apply to phenols containing a quaternary α-carbon structure in the para position?

    B. Kolvenbach;N. Schlaich;Z. Raoui;J. Prell

  • Uptake, Elimination, and Biotransformation of 17α-Ethinylestradiol by the Freshwater Alga Desmodesmus subspicatus

    Hanna Maja Maes;Sibylle Xenia Maletz;Hans Toni Ratte;Juliane Hollender

Frequent Co-Authors

Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Rong Ji
Rong Ji Nanjing University
Philippe F.-X. Corvini
Philippe F.-X. Corvini University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Matthias Kästner
Matthias Kästner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jan Schwarzbauer
Jan Schwarzbauer RWTH Aachen University
Anja Miltner
Anja Miltner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Erwin Klumpp
Erwin Klumpp Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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