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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
20219
World Ranking
3012
National Ranking
224

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
90
Citations
25012
World Ranking
599
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Henner Hollert is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has contributed extensively to environmental science research. Their work primarily focuses on environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, covering a range of topics related to pollution, chemical impacts, and organismal behavior in contaminated environments.

Their recent publications include research on environmental monitoring, ecological risks, and pollution effects, specifically:

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany - Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: A proposed multiple-level system (2020, Environment International)
  • The Role of Behavioral Ecotoxicology in Environmental Protection (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Microplastics Lead to Hyperactive Swimming Behaviour in Adult Zebrafish (2020, Aquatic Toxicology)
  • An emerging role of microplastics in the etiology of lung ground glass nodules (2022, Environmental Sciences Europe)

Their research topics encompass a variety of environmental concerns, such as:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

The scientist's work spans main fields of Environmental Science with a strong emphasis on subfields including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology

Henner Hollert frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to numerous joint publications. These include:

  • Werner Brack
  • Thomas-Benjamin Seiler
  • Martin Krauß
  • Andreas Schiwy
  • Sabrina Schiwy

The scholar's work is regularly published in scientific venues focused on environmental and pollution research such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Zebrafish embryos as an alternative to animal experiments--a commentary on the definition of the onset of protected life stages in animal welfare regulations.

    Uwe Strähle;Stefan Scholz;Robert Geisler;Petra Greiner

  • Quantitative investigation of the mechanisms of microplastics and nanoplastics toward zebrafish larvae locomotor activity.

    Qiqing Chen;Michael Gundlach;Shouye Yang;Jing Jiang

  • Dioxin- and POP-contaminated sites—contemporary and future relevance and challenges

    Roland Weber;Caroline Gaus;Mats Tysklind;Paul Johnston

  • Towards an alternative for the acute fish LC(50) test in chemical assessment: the fish embryo toxicity test goes multi-species -- an update.

    Thomas Braunbeck;Melanie Boettcher;Henner Hollert;Thomas Kosmehl

  • Enhanced uptake of BPA in the presence of nanoplastics can lead to neurotoxic effects in adult zebrafish

    Qiqing Chen;Daqiang Yin;Yunlu Jia;Sabrina Schiwy

  • Effect-directed analysis supporting monitoring of aquatic environments - An in-depth overview

    Werner Brack;Selim Ait-Aissa;Robert M. Burgess;Wibke Busch

  • Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: Recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination in European surface water resources.

    Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Valeria Dulio;Marlene Ågerstrand;Ian Allan

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks

    Sandra Westhaus;Frank Andreas Weber;Sabrina Schiwy;Volker Linnemann

  • Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: A proposed multiple-level system.

    Na Liu;Xiaowei Jin;Chenglian Feng;Zijian Wang

  • Future water quality monitoring--adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management.

    Rolf Altenburger;Selim Ait-Aissa;Philipp Antczak;Thomas Backhaus

  • Effects of virgin microplastics on goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Khalida Jabeen;Bowen Li;Qiqing Chen;Lei Su

  • Optimization of screening-level risk assessment and priority selection of emerging pollutants - The case of pharmaceuticals in European surface waters

    Shangbo Zhou;Carolina Di Paolo;Xinda Wu;Ying Shao

  • The European technical report on aquatic effect-based monitoring tools under the water framework directive

    Ann-Sofie Wernersson;Mario Carere;Chiara Maggi;Petr Tusil

  • Leaching of endocrine disrupting chemicals from marine microplastics and mesoplastics under common life stress conditions

    Qiqing Chen;Qiqing Chen;Annika Allgeier;Daqiang Yin;Henner Hollert

  • Effect-based trigger values for in vitro and in vivo bioassays performed on surface water extracts supporting the environmental quality standards (EQS) of the European Water Framework Directive.

    Beate I. Escher;Selim Aїt-Aїssa;Peter A. Behnisch;Werner Brack;Werner Brack

  • A new sediment contact assay to assess particle-bound pollutants using zebrafish (danio rerio) embryos

    Henner Hollert;Steffen Keiter;Natalie König;Marc Rudolf

  • Future water quality monitoring: improving the balance between exposure and toxicity assessments of real-world pollutant mixtures

    Rolf Altenburger;Rolf Altenburger;Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Robert M. Burgess;Wibke Busch

  • Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality

    Werner Brack;Selim Ait Aissa;Thomas Backhaus;Valeria Dulio

  • The SOLUTIONS project: challenges and responses for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management.

    Werner Brack;Rolf Altenburger;Gerrit Schüürmann;Martin Krauss

  • An ecotoxicological view on neurotoxicity assessment

    J. B. Legradi;J. B. Legradi;C. Di Paolo;M. H. S. Kraak;H. G. van der Geest

  • Should the Sediment Quality Triad Become a Tetrad, a Pentad, or Possibly even a Hexad?

    Peter M. Chapman;Henner Hollert

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    Philippe Garrigues;Emmanuelle Pignard-Péguet;Åke Bergman

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andreas Schäffer
Andreas Schäffer RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Braunbeck
Thomas Braunbeck Heidelberg University
Markus Hecker
Markus Hecker University of Saskatchewan
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Klára Hilscherová
Klára Hilscherová Masaryk University
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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