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Konrad Hungerbühler

Konrad Hungerbühler

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Engineering and Technology
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
83
Citations
23469
World Ranking
440
National Ranking
8

Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
26667
World Ranking
2298
National Ranking
52

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
90
Citations
28643
World Ranking
595
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Konrad Hungerbühler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research intersects several domains within environmental and biological sciences, focusing primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work covers key subfields including molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as pharmacology. Main research topics encompass plant toxicity and pharmacological properties, plant and fungal interactions, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, mercury impact and mitigation studies, and heavy metals in the environment.

Konrad Hungerbühler has contributed to publications appearing largely in these venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Barbara F. Günthardt
  • Juliane Hollender
  • Martin Scheringer
  • Thomas D. Bucheli
  • Carina D. Schönsee

Representative papers by Konrad Hungerbühler include:

  • "Is there anybody else out there?" - First Insights from a Suspect Screening for Phytotoxins in Surface Water, published in 2020 in CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
  • Retrospective HRMS Screening and Dedicated Target Analysis Reveal a Wide Exposure to Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Small Streams, published in 2020 in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Aquatic occurrence of phytotoxins in small streams triggered by biogeography, vegetation growth stage, and precipitation, published in 2021 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Uptake of Gaseous Elemental Mercury by a Rainforest: Insights from a Tropical Glasshouse Used as a Dynamic Flux Chamber, published in 2025 in Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • What is a green solvent? A comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents

    Christian Capello;Ulrich Fischer;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • What are the sources of exposure to eight frequently used phthalic acid esters in Europeans

    Matthias Wormuth;Martin Scheringer;Meret Vollenweider;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Estimation of Cumulative Aquatic Exposure and Risk Due to Silver: Contribution of Nano-Functionalized Plastics and Textiles

    Sabine A. Blaser;Martin Scheringer;Matthew MacLeod;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Fluorinated alternatives to long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), perfluoroalkane sulfonic acids (PFSAs) and their potential precursors

    Zhanyun Wang;Ian T. Cousins;Martin Scheringer;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Comprehensive probabilistic modelling of environmental emissions of engineered nanomaterials

    Tian Yin Sun;Fadri Gottschalk;Konrad Hungerbühler;Bernd Nowack

  • Global emission inventories for C4-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid (PFCA) homologues from 1951 to 2030, Part I: production and emissions from quantifiable sources.

    Zhanyun Wang;Ian T. Cousins;Martin Scheringer;Robert C. Buck

  • Estimating consumer exposure to PFOS and PFOA.

    David Trudel;Lea Horowitz;Matthias Wormuth;Martin Scheringer

  • Dynamic Probabilistic Modeling of Environmental Emissions of Engineered Nanomaterials

    Tian Yin Sun;Tian Yin Sun;Nikolaus A. Bornhöft;Nikolaus A. Bornhöft;Konrad Hungerbühler;Bernd Nowack

  • Cumulative energy demand as predictor for the environmental burden of commodity production.

    Mark A. J. Huijbregts;Stefanie Hellweg;Rolf Frischknecht;Harrie W. M. Hendriks

  • Assessment of Recent Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Trends: A Multiauthor Review

    Levente L. Simon;Hajnalka Pataki;György Marosi;Fabian Meemken

  • Development of Environmental Fate Models for Engineered Nanoparticles—A Case Study of TiO2 Nanoparticles in the Rhine River

    Antonia Praetorius;Martin Scheringer;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Assessing Safety, Health, and Environmental Impact Early during Process Development

    Guntram Koller;and Ulrich Fischer;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Bioaccumulation of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids: Observations and Models

    Carla A. Ng;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Global production, use, and emission volumes of short-chain chlorinated paraffins - A minimum scenario

    Juliane Glüge;Zhanyun Wang;Christian Bogdal;Martin Scheringer

  • Characterization of silver release from commercially available functional (nano)textiles.

    C. Lorenz;L. Windler;N. von Goetz;R.P. Lehmann

  • Using COSMOtherm to predict physicochemical properties of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs)

    Zhanyun Wang;Matthew MacLeod;Ian T. Cousins;Martin Scheringer

  • Intrinsic Human Elimination Half-Lives of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Derived from the Temporal Evolution of Cross-Sectional Biomonitoring Data from the United Kingdom

    Roland Ritter;Martin Scheringer;Matthew MacLeod;Claudia Moeckel

  • Environmental Risks of Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs): A Review

    Juliane Glüge;Lena Schinkel;Konrad Hungerbühler;Ronan Cariou

  • Ecological footprint accounting in the life cycle assessment of products

    Mark A.J. Huijbregts;Stefanie Hellweg;Rolf Frischknecht;Konrad Hungerbühler

  • Discounting and the environment should current impacts be weighted differently than impacts harming future generations

    Stefanie Hellweg;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Konrad Hungerbuhler

  • Release of titanium dioxide from textiles during washing.

    L. Windler;C. Lorenz;C. Lorenz;N. von Goetz;K. Hungerbühler

  • Bisphenol a: how the most relevant exposure sources contribute to total consumer exposure.

    Natalie von Goetz;Matthias Wormuth;Martin Scheringer;Konrad Hungerbühler

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew MacLeod
Matthew MacLeod Stockholm University
Alfons Baiker
Alfons Baiker ETH Zurich
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Ian T. Cousins
Ian T. Cousins Stockholm University
Kathrin Fenner
Kathrin Fenner Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Zoltan K. Nagy
Zoltan K. Nagy Purdue University West Lafayette
Thomas B. Hofstetter
Thomas B. Hofstetter Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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