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Overview

Gunnar Gerdts is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial contributions to the understanding and analysis of microplastics and plastic pollution.

The scientist's body of work features notable topics such as:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Gerdts has published extensively in the fields of Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Molecular Biology.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Their recent papers highlight advanced methods and systematic identification of microplastics in various environmental compartments. Key recent publications are:

  • "Tying up Loose Ends of Microplastic Pollution in the Arctic: Distribution from the Sea Surface through the Water Column to Deep-Sea Sediments at the HAUSGARTEN Observatory," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis," 2020, Applied Spectroscopy
  • "Comparison of pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and hyperspectral FTIR imaging spectroscopy for the analysis of microplastics," 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • "Characterizing the multidimensionality of microplastics across environmental compartments," 2021, Water Research
  • "Rapid Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in the Environment by Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Hyperspectral Infrared Chemical Imaging," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Gerdts collaborates frequently with other researchers working on microplastics and related environmental topics. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sebastian Primpke
  • Lisa Roscher
  • Barbara M. Scholz-Böttcher
  • Antje Wichels
  • Fangzhu Wu

Best Publications

  • Substrate-Controlled Succession of Marine Bacterioplankton Populations Induced by a Phytoplankton Bloom

    Hanno Teeling;Bernhard M. Fuchs;Dörte Becher;Christine Klockow;Christine Klockow

  • Identification of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging.

    Svenja Mintenig;Svenja Mintenig;Ivo Int-Veen;Martin G. J. Löder;Martin G. J. Löder;Sebastian Primpke

  • White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic.

    Melanie Bergmann;Sophia Mützel;Sebastian Primpke;Mine Banu Tekman

  • Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

    Ilka Peeken;Sebastian Primpke;Birte Beyer;Julia Gütermann

  • Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground water sources

    S.M. Mintenig;M.G.J. Löder;Sebastian Primpke;Gunnar Gerdts

  • Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

    Inga V. Kirstein;Sidika Kirmizi;Antje Wichels;Alexa Garin-Fernandez

  • High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory.

    Melanie Bergmann;Vanessa Wirzberger;Vanessa Wirzberger;Thomas Krumpen;Claudia Lorenz

  • Methodology Used for the Detection and Identification of Microplastics—A Critical Appraisal

    Martin G. J. Löder;Martin G. J. Löder;Gunnar Gerdts

  • Plastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea

    Christoph Rummel;Martin G. J. Löder;Nicolai Felix Fricke;Thomas Lang

  • Focal plane array detector-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

    Martin Günter Joachim Löder;Martin Günter Joachim Löder;Mirco Kuczera;Svenja Mintenig;Claudia Lorenz

  • Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast

    Andrea Stolte;Stefan Forster;Gunnar Gerdts;Hendrik Schubert

  • Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

    Sonja Oberbeckmann;Sonja Oberbeckmann;Martin G.J. Loeder;Gunnar Gerdts;A. Mark Osborn;A. Mark Osborn

  • Enzymatic Purification of Microplastics in Environmental Samples.

    Martin G. J. Löder;Hannes Klaus Imhof;Maike Ladehoff;Lena A. Löschel

  • Reference database design for the automated analysis of microplastic samples based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy

    Sebastian Primpke;Marisa Wirth;Marisa Wirth;Claudia Lorenz;Gunnar Gerdts

  • An automated approach for microplastics analysis using focal plane array (FPA) FTIR microscopy and image analysis

    Sebastian Primpke;Claudia Lorenz;Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen;Gunnar Gerdts

  • Comparison of Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for the Quantification of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

    Livia Cabernard;Lisa Roscher;Claudia Lorenz;Gunnar Gerdts

  • Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms

    Hanno Teeling;Bernhard M Fuchs;Christin M Bennke;Karen Krüger

  • Species-Specific Bacterial Communities in the Phycosphere of Microalgae?

    Melanie Sapp;Anne S. Schwaderer;Karen H. Wiltshire;Hans-Georg Hoppe

  • Isolation of Novel Pelagic Bacteria from the German Bight and Their Seasonal Contributions to Surface Picoplankton

    Heike Eilers;Jakob Pernthaler;Jörg Peplies;Frank Oliver Glöckner

  • The complete genome sequence of the algal symbiont Dinoroseobacter shibae: a hitchhiker's guide to life in the sea

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Britta Ballhausen;Martine Berger;Thorsten Brinkhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje Wichels
Antje Wichels Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Melanie Bergmann
Melanie Bergmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Karen Helen Wiltshire
Karen Helen Wiltshire Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Oliver Glöckner
Frank Oliver Glöckner Jacobs University
Ilka Peeken
Ilka Peeken Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bernhard M. Fuchs
Bernhard M. Fuchs Max Planck Society
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Peter N. Golyshin
Peter N. Golyshin Bangor University
Thomas Krumpen
Thomas Krumpen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Luis Giménez
Luis Giménez Bangor University

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