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Germany
2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Jörg Rinklebe is affiliated with the University of Wuppertal in Germany and focuses on research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate contributions to topics such as carbon neutrality, soil contamination, and sustainable environmental practices. Notable papers include:

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality (2021, The Innovation)
  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability (2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage (2021, International Materials Reviews)
  • Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies (2020, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology)

Frequent topics addressed in their research cover:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Jörg Rinklebe's collaboration network includes several frequent co-authors such as Sabry M. Shaheen, Nanthi Bolan, Hailong Wang, Yong Sik Ok, and Vasileios Antoniadis.

The scientist has published extensively in recognized venues commonly associated with environmental research, including:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environment International
  • Chemosphere

Besides journal articles, they have contributed to the academic book literature with works published by Springer International Publishing. One such book is Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation (2021).

Best Publications

  • Trace metal behaviour in estuarine and riverine floodplain soils and sediments: A review

    G. Du Laing;J. Rinklebe;B. Vandecasteele;E. Meers

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

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

  • Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review.

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Season S. Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

    Deyi Hou;David O’Connor;Avanthi D. Igalavithana;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

    Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Sang Soo Lee;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq

  • Trace elements in the soil-plant interface: Phytoavailability, translocation, and phytoremediation–A review

    Vasileios Antoniadis;Efi Levizou;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Yong Sik Ok;Yong Sik Ok

  • Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

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  • Response of microbial communities to biochar-amended soils: a critical review

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;James Tsz Fung Wong;Yohey Hashimoto;Longbin Huang

  • Cycling of mercury in the environment: Sources, fate, and human health implications: A review

    Felix Beckers;Jörg Rinklebe

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies

    Taoufik El Rasafi;Abdallah Oukarroum;Abdelmajid Haddioui;Hocheol Song

  • Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk.

    Lauren Bradney;Hasintha Wijesekara;Hasintha Wijesekara;Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Nadeeka Obadamudalige

  • Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review

    Thangavel Ramesh;Nanthi S. Bolan;Mary Beth Kirkham;Hasintha Wijesekara

  • Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications.

    Liuwei Wang;David O'Connor;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Yong Sik Ok

  • Prediction of Soil Heavy Metal Immobilization by Biochar Using Machine Learning

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  • Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

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  • A critical review on effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of cadmium in vegetables.

    Muhammad Rizwan;Shafaqat Ali;Muhammad Adrees;Muhammad Ibrahim

  • Controlled variation of redox conditions in a floodplain soil: Impact on metal mobilization and biomethylation of arsenic and antimony

    Tina Frohne;Jörg Rinklebe;Roland A. Diaz-Bone;Gijs Du Laing

  • Effect of biochar on cadmium bioavailability and uptake in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in a soil with aged contamination.

    Tahir Abbas;Muhammad Rizwan;Shafaqat Ali;Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman

  • Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

    Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Noha E. E. Hassan;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi

  • A critical review on bioremediation technologies for Cr(VI)-contaminated soils and wastewater

    Shaopan Xia;Zhaoliang Song;Paramsothy Jeyakumar;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen

  • Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils along the Central Elbe River, Germany.

    Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Vasileios Antoniadis;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Oliver Rosche

  • Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: A critical review

    Meththika Vithanage;Indika Herath;Stephen Joseph;Jochen Bundschuh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nabeel Khan Niazi
Nabeel Khan Niazi University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Deyi Hou
Deyi Hou Tsinghua University
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University

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