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Thomas P. Knepper is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work addressing pollution, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, spectroscopy, environmental chemistry, and analytical chemistry.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, toxic organic pollutants impact, environmental chemistry and analysis, effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, analytical chemistry and chromatography, and analytical chemistry methods development.

Thomas P. Knepper's notable recent papers include:

  • Probing the chemical complexity of tires: Identification of potential tire-borne water contaminants with high-resolution mass spectrometry, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Filling the knowledge gap: A suspect screening study for 1310 potentially persistent and mobile chemicals with SFC- and HILIC-HRMS in two German river systems, 2021, Water Research
  • Making waves: Water-soluble polymers in the aquatic environment: An overlooked class of synthetic polymers?, 2020, Water Research
  • Analysis of mobile chemicals in the aquatic environment-current capabilities, limitations and future perspectives, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Are (fluorinated) ionic liquids relevant environmental contaminants? High-resolution mass spectrometric screening for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in environmental water samples led to the detection of a fluorinated ionic liquid, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

The collaboration network of Knepper includes frequent co-authors such as Daniel Zahn, Thorsten Reemtsma, Sven Huppertsberg, Isabelle Neuwald, and Tobias Frömel.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specialized venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Vom Wasser
  • Water Research

In addition to journal publications, Thomas P. Knepper has contributed to book literature, including the publication "Mikroplastik im Wasserkreislauf" in 2020 under the Technische Universität Berlin.

Best Publications

  • Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in River Shore Sediments of the Rhine-Main Area in Germany

    Sascha Klein;Eckhard Worch;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Polar Pollutants Entry into the Water Cycle by Municipal Wastewater: A European Perspective

    Thorsten Reemtsma;Stefan Weiss;Jutta Mueller;Mira Petrovic

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

    Rita Triebskorn;Thomas Braunbeck;Tamara Grummt;Lisa Hanslik

  • Mind the Gap: Persistent and Mobile Organic Compounds-Water Contaminants That Slip Through.

    Thorsten Reemtsma;Urs Berger;Hans Peter H. Arp;Hervé Gallard

  • Synthetic chelating agents and compounds exhibiting complexing properties in the aquatic environment

    Thomas P Knepper

  • Biodegradation of persistent polar pollutants in wastewater: comparison of an optimised lab-scale membrane bioreactor and activated sludge treatment.

    Marco Bernhard;Jutta Müller;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region.

    Senka Terzić;Ivan Senta;Marijan Ahel;Meritxell Gros

  • Analysis, Occurrence, and Degradation of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment

    Sascha Klein;Ian K. Dimzon;Jan Eubeler;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Aerobic Biodegradation Studies of Nonylphenol Ethoxylates in River Water Using Liquid Chromatography−Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Niels Jonkers;Thomas P. Knepper;Pim De Voogt

  • Environmental biodegradation of synthetic polymers II. Biodegradation of different polymer groups

    Jan P. Eubeler;Marco Bernhard;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Instrumental analysis of microplastics—benefits and challenges

    Sven Huppertsberg;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Environmental biodegradation of synthetic polymers I. Test methodologies and procedures

    Jan P. Eubeler;Sabine Zok;Marco Bernhard;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Food Containers and Packaging Materials as Possible Source of Hazardous Chemicals to Food

    Evangelia Manoli;Dimitra Voutsa

  • Occurrence of emerging persistent and mobile organic contaminants in European water samples.

    Stefanie Schulze;Daniel Zahn;Rosa Montes;Rosario Rodil

  • Behavior of perfluorinated compounds in soils during leaching experiments.

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  • Analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances in waters from Germany and Spain.

    Marta Llorca;Marinella Farré;Yolanda Picó;Jutta Müller

  • Comparison of sulfonated and other micropollutants removal in membrane bioreactor and conventional wastewater treatment.

    Heleen De Wever;Stefan Weiss;Thorsten Reemtsma;Johan Vereecken

  • Biodegradation of fluorinated alkyl substances.

    Tobias Frömel;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Zürich Statement on Future Actions on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs).

    Amélie Ritscher;Zhanyun Wang;Martin Scheringer;Martin Scheringer;Justin M. Boucher

  • Aerobic biodegradation of polyethylene glycols of different molecular weights in wastewater and seawater

    Marco Bernhard;Jan P. Eubeler;Sabine Zok;Thomas P. Knepper

  • Chemical water quality in Thailand and its impacts on the drinking water production in Thailand

    Kornprabha Kruawal;Frank Sacher;Andreas Werner;Jutta Müller

  • Analysis and Fate of Surfactants in the Aquatic Environment

    T.P. Knepper;D. Barcelo;P. de Voogt

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Urs Berger
Urs Berger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Thorsten Reemtsma
Thorsten Reemtsma Technical University of Berlin
Thomas Braunbeck
Thomas Braunbeck Heidelberg University
José Benito Quintana
José Benito Quintana University of Santiago de Compostela
Marinella Farré
Marinella Farré Spanish National Research Council
Heinz-R. Köhler
Heinz-R. Köhler University of Tübingen

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