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Georg Hanke is affiliated with the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and ocean engineering. The scientist's work also touches on water science and technology as well as ecology.

The main research topics Georg Hanke has explored include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Georg Hanke has contributed significantly to several publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Georg Hanke include:

  • "An inshore-offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter," 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • "Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean," 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • "The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Riverine anthropogenic litter load to the Mediterranean Sea near the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Floating marine macro litter in the Black Sea: Toward baselines for large scale assessment," 2022, Environmental Pollution

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • François Galgani
  • Daniel González-Fernández
  • Maria Pogojeva
  • Matteo Vinci
  • Alessandra Giorgetti

Best Publications

  • Global Distribution, Composition and Abundance of Marine Litter

    François Galgani;Georg Hanke;Thomas Maes

  • Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Francois Galgani;Georg Hanke;S. Werner;L. De Vrees

  • An inshore–offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter

    Carmen Morales-Caselles;Josué Viejo;Elisa Martí;Daniel González-Fernández

  • Chemical contaminants entering the marine environment from sea-based sources: A review with a focus on European seas

    Victoria Tornero;Georg Hanke

  • Polar herbicides, pharmaceutical products, perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and nonylphenol and its carboxylates and ethoxylates in surface and tap waters around Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy

    Robert Loos;Jan Wollgast;Tania Huber;Georg Hanke

  • COMMON IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC). Guidance Document No. 32 ON BIOTA MONITORING (THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EQSBIOTA) UNDER THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

    Karin Deutsch;Delphine Leroy;Claude Belpaire;Klaas den Haan

  • Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

    Nikolai Maximenko;Paolo Corradi;Kara Lavender Law;Erik Van Sebille

  • Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean

    Daniel González-Fernández;Andrés Cózar;Georg Hanke;Josué Viejo

  • LC–MS–MS analysis and occurrence of octyl- and nonylphenol, their ethoxylates and their carboxylates in Belgian and Italian textile industry, waste water treatment plant effluents and surface waters

    Robert Loos;Georg Hanke;Gunther Umlauf;Steven J. Eisenreich

  • Analysis of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and other perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the River Po watershed in N-Italy.

    Robert Loos;Giovanni Locoro;Tania Huber;Jan Wollgast

  • Needs for reliable analytical methods for monitoring chemical pollutants in surface water under the European Water Framework Directive

    Peter Lepom;Bruce Brown;Georg Hanke;Robert Loos

  • Biogeochemical and physical controls on concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and plankton of the Mediterranean and Black Seas

    Naiara Berrojalbiz;Jordi Dachs;María José Ojeda;María Carmen Valle

  • Toward a Harmonized Approach for Monitoring of Riverine Floating Macro Litter Inputs to the Marine Environment

    Daniel González-Fernández;Georg Hanke

  • Microplastics in oceans.

    Christiane Zarfl;David Fleet;Elke Fries;François Galgani

  • The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects

    Miquel Canals;Christopher K Pham;Melanie Bergmann;Lars Gutow

  • Seasonal variations of selected herbicides and related metabolites in water, sediment, seaweed and clams in the Sacca di Goro coastal lagoon (Northern Adriatic).

    R. Carafa;J. Wollgast;E. Canuti;J. Ligthart

  • Persistent Organic Pollutants in Mediterranean Seawater and Processes Affecting their Accumulation in Plankton

    Naiara Berrojalbiz;Jordi Dachs;Sabino Del Vento;María José Ojeda

  • Marine Strategy Framework directive - Task Group 10 Report marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment. Report on the identification of descriptors for the Good Environmental Status of European Seas regarding marine litter under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    F. Galgani;D. Fleet;J.A. van Franeker;S. Katsanevakis

  • Riverine anthropogenic litter load to the Mediterranean Sea near the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain.

    Gabriella F. Schirinzi;Marianne Köck-Schulmeyer;María Cabrera;Daniel González-Fernández

  • Multi-component analysis of polar water pollutants using sequential solid-phase extraction followed by LC-ESI-MS

    Robert Loos;Georg Hanke;Steven J. Eisenreich

  • Harm caused by Marine Litter

    Stefanie Werner;Ania Budziak;Jan van Franeker;Francois Galgani

Frequent Co-Authors

François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Steven J. Eisenreich
Steven J. Eisenreich Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Jordi Dachs
Jordi Dachs Spanish National Research Council
Reiner Schlitzer
Reiner Schlitzer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Anna Sanchez-Vidal
Anna Sanchez-Vidal University of Barcelona
Erik van Sebille
Erik van Sebille Utrecht University
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona

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