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Frederik Hammes is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions spanning several subfields including endocrinology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, water science and technology, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics in Hammes's scientific work include:

  • Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
  • Water treatment and disinfection
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Water quality monitoring technologies

Hammes has published extensively, with a notable presence in a variety of scientific journals and platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Water Research
  • Water
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Recent papers by Hammes include:

  • "360-Degree Distribution of Biofilm Quantity and Community in an Operational Unchlorinated Drinking Water Distribution Pipe", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "The value of human data annotation for machine learning based anomaly detection in environmental systems", 2021, Water Research
  • "Feeding the Building Plumbing Microbiome: The Importance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials for Biofilm Formation and Management", 2020, Water
  • "Growth of Legionella during COVID-19 lockdown stagnation", 2020, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • "Variable Legionella Response to Building Occupancy Patterns and Precautionary Flushing", 2022, Microorganisms

Collaborations form an important aspect of Hammes's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • William J. Rhoads
  • Alessio Cavallaro
  • Marco Gabrielli
  • Émile Sylvestre
  • Timothy R. Julian

This collaboration network reflects cross-disciplinary efforts in microbiology, environmental science, and water quality research, reinforcing the breadth of Hammes's scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Assessment and interpretation of bacterial viability by using the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit in combination with flow cytometry.

    Michael Berney;Frederik Hammes;Franziska Bosshard;Franziska Bosshard;Hans Ulrich Weilenmann

  • Key roles of pH and calcium metabolism in microbial carbonate precipitation

    Frederik Hammes;Willy Verstraete

  • Flow-cytometric total bacterial cell counts as a descriptive microbiological parameter for drinking water treatment processes.

    Frederik Hammes;Michael Berney;Yingying Wang;Yingying Wang;Marius Vital;Marius Vital

  • Strain-Specific Ureolytic Microbial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation

    Frederik Hammes;Nico Boon;Johan de Villiers;Willy Verstraete

  • Biological Stability of Drinking Water: Controlling Factors, Methods, and Challenges

    Emmanuelle I. Prest;Frederik Hammes;Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder;Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder

  • Measurement and interpretation of microbial adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) in aquatic environments.

    Frederik Hammes;Felix Goldschmidt;Marius Vital;Marius Vital;Yingying Wang;Yingying Wang

  • New method for assimilable organic carbon determination using flow-cytometric enumeration and a natural microbial consortium as inoculum

    Frederik A Hammes;Thomas Egli

  • Absolute quantification of microbial taxon abundances.

    Ruben Props;Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof;Peter Rubbens;Jo De Vrieze

  • Overnight stagnation of drinking water in household taps induces microbial growth and changes in community composition.

    Karin Lautenschlager;Nico Boon;Yingying Wang;Yingying Wang;Thomas Egli;Thomas Egli

  • Monitoring microbiological changes in drinking water systems using a fast and reproducible flow cytometric method.

    E.I. Prest;F. Hammes;S. Kötzsch;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Rapid, cultivation-independent assessment of microbial viability in drinking water.

    Michael Berney;Marius Vital;Marius Vital;Iris Hülshoff;Hans Ulrich Weilenmann

  • Past, present and future applications of flow cytometry in aquatic microbiology.

    Yingying Wang;Yingying Wang;Frederik Hammes;Karen De Roy;Willy Verstraete

  • Mechanistic and kinetic evaluation of organic disinfection by-product and assimilable organic carbon (AOC) formation during the ozonation of drinking water.

    Frederik Hammes;Elisabeth Salhi;Oliver Köster;Hans-Peter Kaiser

  • Flow cytometric bacterial cell counts challenge conventional heterotrophic plate counts for routine microbiological drinking water monitoring

    S. Van Nevel;S. Koetzsch;C.R. Proctor;M.D. Besmer

  • Rapid and direct estimation of active biomass on granular activated carbon through adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) determination

    Silvana Velten;Frederik Hammes;Markus Boller;Thomas Egli

  • Development of biomass in a drinking water granular active carbon (GAC) filter

    Silvana Velten;Markus Boller;Oliver Köster;Jakob Helbing

  • Stabilization of flux during dead-end ultra-low pressure ultrafiltration.

    Maryna Peter-Varbanets;Frederik Hammes;Marius Vital;Wouter Pronk

  • Cytometric methods for measuring bacteria in water: advantages, pitfalls and applications

    Frederik Hammes;Thomas Egli;Thomas Egli

  • Abundance and composition of indigenous bacterial communities in a multi-step biofiltration-based drinking water treatment plant.

    Karin Lautenschlager;Chiachi Hwang;Fangqiong Ling;Wen Tso Liu

  • Inactivation of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes by Ozone: From Laboratory Experiments to Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment.

    Nadine Czekalski;Stefanie Imminger;Elisabeth Salhi;Marjan Veljkovic

  • A novel approach to calcium removal from calcium-rich industrial wastewater.

    Frederik Hammes;Arsène Seka;Stefaan de Knijf;Willy Verstraete

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Egli
Thomas Egli Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Urs von Gunten
Urs von Gunten Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Wen-Tso Liu
Wen-Tso Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hansruedi Siegrist
Hansruedi Siegrist Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Peter Huggenberger
Peter Huggenberger University of Basel

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