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Overview

Stefan Peiffer is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany, specializing in environmental science with a research focus on environmental chemistry, pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, water science and technology, and biomedical engineering. Their scholarly output includes a substantial number of publications primarily within the field of environmental science.

Peiffer's research covers key topics such as mine drainage and remediation techniques, soil and water nutrient dynamics, arsenic contamination and mitigation, microplastics and plastic pollution, minerals flotation and separation techniques, iron oxide chemistry and applications, and metal extraction and bioleaching. These topics highlight an emphasis on understanding and addressing environmental contamination and transformation processes.

Frequent collaborators in Peiffer's research include Johanna Schmidtmann, Benjamin Gilfedder, Karel As, Jan H. Fleckenstein, and Andreas Kappler. This network of coauthors reflects interdisciplinary collaborations spanning geochemistry, hydrology, and environmental engineering.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • A biogeochemical-hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems, 2021, published in Nature Geoscience
  • Antimony mobility in sulfidic systems: Coupling with sulfide-induced iron oxide transformations, 2020, published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Transfer and transformations of oxygen in rivers as catchment reflectors of continental landscapes: A review, 2021, published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Sulfidation of ferric (hydr)oxides and its implication on contaminants transformation: a review, 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Low hydrological connectivity after summer drought inhibits DOC export in a forested headwater catchment, 2021, published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Peiffer has published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Water Research, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, and Applied Geochemistry. These venues demonstrate a diverse dissemination across open-access platforms, conference proceedings, and specialized environmental science journals.

Best Publications

  • Groundwater management and development by integrated remote sensing and geographic information systems: prospects and constraints

    Madan K. Jha;Alivia Chowdhury;V. M. Chowdary;Stefan Peiffer

  • Formation and stability of schwertmannite in acidic mining lakes

    Simona Regenspurg;Andreas Brand;Stefan Peiffer

  • Arsenate and chromate incorporation in schwertmannite

    Simona Regenspurg;Stefan Peiffer

  • Electron flow in an iron‐rich acidic sediment—evidence for an acidity‐driven iron cycle

    Ariane Peine;Andrea Tritschler;Kirsten Küsel;Stefan Peiffer

  • Silicon increases the phosphorus availability of Arctic soils.

    Jörg Schaller;Samuel Faucherre;Hanna Joss;Martin Obst

  • A biogeochemical–hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems

    Stefan Peiffer;A. Kappler;S. B. Haderlein;C. Schmidt

  • Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon in runoff from a forested catchment: insights from high frequency measurements

    Stefan Strohmeier;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Martin Reichert;Sven Frei

  • Upscaling Nitrogen Removal Capacity from Local Hotspots to Low Stream Orders' Drainage Basins

    Gilles Pinay;Stefan Peiffer;Jean-Raynald De Dreuzy;Stefan Krause

  • Surface micro-topography causes hot spots of biogeochemical activity in wetland systems: A virtual modeling experiment

    Sven Frei;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Stefan Peiffer;Jan Fleckenstein

  • Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of hydrogen sulfide with lepidocrocite

    Stefan Peiffer;Maria Dos Santos Afonso;Bernhard Wehrli;Rene Gaechter

  • Reactivity of alkaline lignite fly ashes towards CO2 in water.

    Martin Back;Michael Kuehn;Helge Stanjek;Stefan Peiffer

  • Occurrence of Surface Polysulfides during the Interaction between Ferric (Hydr)Oxides and Aqueous Sulfide

    Moli Wan;Andrey Shchukarev;Regina Lohmayer;Britta Planer-Friedrich

  • Fe(III):S(-II) Concentration Ratio Controls the Pathway and the Kinetics of Pyrite Formation during Sulfidation of Ferric Hydroxides

    Moli Wan;Christian Schröder;Stefan Peiffer

  • Effect of pH on the anaerobic microbial cycling of sulfur in mining-impacted freshwater lake sediments

    Kirsten Küsel;Ursula Roth;Tanja Trinkwalter;Stefan Peiffer

  • Pyrite formation and mineral transformation pathways upon sulfidation of ferric hydroxides depend on mineral type and sulfide concentration

    Stefan Peiffer;Thilo Behrends;Katrin Hellige;Philip Larese-Casanova

  • Pathways of ferrous iron mineral formation upon sulfidation of lepidocrocite surfaces

    Katrin Hellige;Kilian Pollok;Philip Larese-Casanova;Thilo Behrends

  • Removal of As(III) from acidic waters using schwertmannite: Surface speciation and effect of synthesis pathway

    Susanta Paikaray;Jörg Göttlicher;Stefan Peiffer

  • A generalized Damköhler number for classifying material processing in hydrological systems

    Carolyn Oldham;D. E. Farrow;Stefan Peiffer

  • Stratification of reactivity determines nitrate removal in groundwater.

    Tamara Kolbe;Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy;Benjamin W. Abbott;Luc Aquilina

  • Support for an anaerobic sulfur cycle in two Canadian peatland soils

    Christian Blodau;Bernhard Mayer;Stefan Peiffer;Tim R. Moore

  • Iron and sulfate reduction in the sediments of acidic mine lake 116 (Brandenburg, Germany): Rates and geochemical evaluation

    Christian Blodau;S. Hoffmann;Ariane Peine;Stefan Peiffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan H. Fleckenstein
Jan H. Fleckenstein University of Bayreuth
Christian Blodau
Christian Blodau University of Münster
Britta Planer-Friedrich
Britta Planer-Friedrich University of Bayreuth
Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Benjamin W. Abbott
Benjamin W. Abbott Brigham Young University
Andreas Kappler
Andreas Kappler University of Tübingen
Kirsten Küsel
Kirsten Küsel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Egbert Matzner
Egbert Matzner University of Bayreuth
John Tenhunen
John Tenhunen University of Bayreuth

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