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Rik I.L. Eggen

Rik I.L. Eggen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
8728
World Ranking
17235
National Ranking
322

Overview

Rik I.L. Eggen is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses on environmental science with a specialization in ecology, pollution, and related subfields. Their research addresses complex interactions within microbial communities, environmental contaminants, and ecosystem functions.

Their recent publications highlight studies on wastewater and its environmental impacts. Notable works include:

  • Stream microbial communities and ecosystem functioning show complex responses to multiple stressors in wastewater, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda, 2020, Environmental Health Insights
  • Impact of wastewater on the microbial diversity of periphyton and its tolerance to micropollutants in an engineered flow-through channel system, 2021, Water Research
  • Wastewater microorganisms impact microbial diversity and important ecological functions of stream periphyton, 2022, Water Research
  • Wastewater constituents impact biofilm microbial community in receiving streams, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The main fields of study encompass environmental science broadly, with specific attention to ecology, pollution, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, plant science, and insect science. The subfields of ecology and pollution are particularly prominent in their body of work.

  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science

Key topics investigated by Eggen include microbial community ecology and physiology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, pesticide exposure and toxicity, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, and wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal.

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Their work has been published frequently in several scientific journals, including Water Research, Global Change Biology, Environmental Health Insights, The Science of The Total Environment, and AMBIO.

  • Water Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Environmental Health Insights
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • AMBIO

Eggen collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors involved in environmental and microbial research. Frequent co-authors include Christian Stamm, Adriano Joss, Ahmed Tlili, Philipp Staudacher, and Katja Räsänen, with collaboration counts ranging from three to ten joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Reducing the Discharge of Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment: The Benefits of Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Rik I L Eggen;Juliane Hollender;Juliane Hollender;Adriano Joss;Michael Schärer

  • Chemical properties of catechols and their molecular modes of toxic action in cells, from microorganisms to mammals.

    Nina Schweigert;Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Rik I. L. Eggen

  • Interference of endocrine disrupting chemicals with aromatase CYP19 expression or activity, and consequences for reproduction of teleost fish.

    Ksenia Cheshenko;Farzad Pakdel;Helmut Segner;Olivier Kah

  • Source separation: will we see a paradigm shift in wastewater handling?

    Tove A Larsen;Alfredo C Alder;Rik I L Eggen;Max Maurer

  • Combined biological and chemical assessment of estrogenic activities in wastewater treatment plant effluents

    Hans-Rudolf Aerni;Bernd Kobler;Barbara V. Rutishauser;Felix E. Wettstein

  • Challenges in Ecotoxicology

    Rik I. L. Eggen;Renata Behra;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm;Beate I. Escher

  • Comparative analysis of estrogenic activity in sewage treatment plant effluents involving three in vitro assays and chemical analysis of steroids

    Barbara V. Rutishauser;Maija Pesonen;Beate I. Escher;Gabriele E. Ackermann

  • Sequence analysis of the Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 tcb gene cluster, which encodes metabolism of chlorinated catechols: evidence for specialization of catechol 1,2-dioxygenases for chlorinated substrates.

    J.R. van der Meer;R.I.L. Eggen;A.J.B. Zehnder;W.M. de Vos

  • In Vitro Assessment of Modes of Toxic Action of Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Life

    Beate I. Escher;Nadine Bramaz;Rik I. L. Eggen;Manuela Richter

  • A European perspective on alternatives to animal testing for environmental hazard identification and risk assessment

    Stefan Scholz;Erika Sela;Ludek Blaha;Thomas Braunbeck

  • Characterization of the celB gene coding for beta-glucosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus and its expression and site-directed mutation in Escherichia coli.

    W.G.B. Voorhorst;R.I.L. Eggen;E.J. Luesink;W.M. de Vos

  • Peer Reviewed: Re-engineering the toilet for sustainable wastewater management

    Tove A. Larsen;Irene Peters;Alfredo Alder;Rik Eggen

  • The glutathione peroxidase homologous gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is transcriptionally up-regulated by singlet oxygen.

    Urs Leisinger;Karin Rüfenacht;Beat Fischer;Manuel Pesaro

  • Role of singlet oxygen in chloroplast to nucleus retrograde signaling in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Beat B. Fischer;Anja Krieger-Liszkay;Éva Hideg;Iva Šnyrychová

  • Baseline Toxicity (Narcosis) of Organic Chemicals Determined by In Vitro Membrane Potential Measurements in Energy-Transducing Membranes

    Beate I Escher;Rik I L Eggen;Ulrich Schreiber;Zachariah Schreiber

  • The Peroxiredoxin and Glutathione Peroxidase Families in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Régine Dayer;Beat B. Fischer;Rik I. L. Eggen;Stéphane D. Lemaire

  • Zebrafish (Danio rerio) neuromast: Promising biological endpoint linking developmental and toxicological studies

    Mirjam Froehlicher;Anja Liedtke;Ksenia J. Groh;Stephan C.F. Neuhauss

  • Characterization of pyrolysin, a hyperthermoactive serine protease from the archaebacterium Pyrococcus furiosus.

    Rik Eggen;Ans Geerling;Jennifer Watts;Willem M. de Vos

  • Characterization of the Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 gene tcbR, a LysR-type transcriptional activator of the tcbCDEF chlorocatechol oxidative operon, and analysis of the regulatory region.

    J.R. van der Meer;A.C.J. Frijters;J.H.J. Leveau;R.I.L. Eggen

  • Isolation and Characterization of the Hyperthermostable Serine Protease, Pyrolysin, and Its Gene from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

    Wilfried G.B. Voorhorst;Rik I.L. Eggen;Ans C.M. Geerling;Christ Platteeuw

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Segner
Helmut Segner University of Bern
Christian Stamm
Christian Stamm Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Kristin Schirmer
Kristin Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Renata Behra
Renata Behra Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Garabed Antranikian
Garabed Antranikian Hamburg University of Technology
Adriano Joss
Adriano Joss Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Olivier Kah
Olivier Kah University of Rennes

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