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Martin Wagner is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with additional contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has extensively explored topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Listeria monocytogenes in food safety, essential oils and antimicrobial activity, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and probiotics and fermented foods.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Martin Wagner include Beatrix Stessl, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Lisa Zimmermann, Jane Muncke, and Evelyne Selberherr.

Martin Wagner's research has been published across several venues numerous times. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environment International

Notable recent papers include:

  • Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Are bioplastics and plant-based materials safer than conventional plastics? In vitro toxicity and chemical composition, 2020, Environment International
  • What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement, 2020, Environmental Health
  • Plastic Products Leach Chemicals That Induce In Vitro Toxicity under Realistic Use Conditions, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Within their academic output, Martin Wagner has also contributed to the publication of a book titled Mikroplastik im Wasserkreislauf, published by Technische Universität Berlin in 2020.

Their work contributes to subfields including pollution, food science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, and biotechnology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to environmental and health-related research questions.

Best Publications

  • Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris.

    Nanna B. Hartmann;Thorsten Hüffer;Richard C. Thompson;Martin Hassellöv

  • Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

    Martin Wagner;Christian Scherer;Diana Alvarez-Muñoz;Nicole Brennholt

  • Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

    Scott Lambert;Martin Wagner

  • Environmental performance of bio-based and biodegradable plastics: the road ahead

    Scott Lambert;Martin Wagner;Martin Wagner

  • Freshwater Microplastics: Emerging Environmental Contaminants?

    Martin Wagner;Scott Lambert

  • Relevance of nano- and microplastics for freshwater ecosystems: A critical review

    Rita Triebskorn;Thomas Braunbeck;Tamara Grummt;Lisa Hanslik

  • Endocrine disruptors in bottled mineral water : total estrogenic burden and migration from plastic bottles

    Martin Wagner;Jörg Oehlmann

  • Microplastics are contaminants of emerging concern in freshwater environments : an overview

    Scott Lambert;Martin Wagner

  • Feeding type and development drive the ingestion of microplastics by freshwater invertebrates.

    Christian Scherer;Nicole Brennholt;Georg Reifferscheid;Martin Wagner;Martin Wagner

  • Formation of microscopic particles during the degradation of different polymers.

    Scott Lambert;Martin Wagner

  • Benchmarking the in Vitro Toxicity and Chemical Composition of Plastic Consumer Products

    Lisa Zimmermann;Georg Dierkes;Thomas A. Ternes;Carolin Völker

  • Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river.

    Christian Scherer;Annkatrin Weber;Friederike Stock;Sebastijan Vurusic

  • Are bioplastics and plant-based materials safer than conventional plastics? In vitro toxicity and chemical composition

    Lisa Zimmermann;Andrea Dombrowski;Carolin Völker;Martin Wagner

  • What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna.

    Lisa Zimmermann;Sarah Göttlich;Jörg Oehlmann;Martin Wagner

  • Ecotoxicity testing of microplastics: Considering the heterogeneity of physicochemical properties.

    Scott Lambert;Christian Scherer;Martin Wagner

  • A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society

    B. Koelmans;S. Pahl;T. Backhaus;F. Bessa

  • PET microplastics do not negatively affect the survival, development, metabolism and feeding activity of the freshwater invertebrate Gammarus pulex.

    Annkatrin Weber;Christian Scherer;Nicole Brennholt;Georg Reifferscheid

  • Plastic Products Leach Chemicals That Induce In Vitro Toxicity under Realistic Use Conditions

    Lisa Zimmermann;Zdenka Bartosova;Katharina Braun;Jörg Oehlmann

  • Removal of antibiotics in wastewater by enzymatic treatment with fungal laccase – Degradation of compounds does not always eliminate toxicity

    Dennis Becker;Saulo Varela Della Giustina;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Rob Schoevaart

  • Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement

    Jane Muncke;Anna Maria Andersson;Thomas Backhaus;Justin M. Boucher

  • Ozonation and activated carbon treatment of sewage effluents: removal of endocrine activity and cytotoxicity.

    Daniel Stalter;Axel Magdeburg;Martin Wagner;Jörg Oehlmann

  • Endocrine disruptors in bottled mineral water: estrogenic activity in the E-Screen.

    Martin Wagner;Jörg Oehlmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Oehlmann
Jörg Oehlmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas A. Ternes
Thomas A. Ternes Federal Institute of Hydrology
Thomas Backhaus
Thomas Backhaus University of Gothenburg
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Natalia P. Ivleva
Natalia P. Ivleva Technical University of Munich
Martin Hassellöv
Martin Hassellöv University of Gothenburg
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Geir Johnsen
Geir Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin

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