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Torsten C. Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and has established a substantial body of work primarily within Environmental Science, with a focus on related subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The research topics addressed by Schmidt encompass concentrations in areas such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Advanced oxidation water treatment, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Analytical chemistry methods development, Water Treatment and Disinfection, and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Schmidt include the following:

  • Content of toxic components of cigarette, cigarette smoke vs cigarette butts: A comprehensive systematic review, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Worldwide bottled water occurrence of emerging contaminants: A review of the recent scientific literature, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) leachates from cigarette butts into water, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Influence of water matrix on the degradation of organic micropollutants by ozone based processes: A review on oxidant scavenging mechanism, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental fate of cigarette butts and their toxicity in aquatic organisms: A comprehensive systematic review, 2021, Environmental Research

Schmidt frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Maik A. Jochmann
  • Holger V. Lutze
  • Bernd Sures
  • Jochen Tuerk
  • Thorsten Teutenberg

The major venues where Schmidt's work is regularly published consist of:

  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Wirtschaftsdienst
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Analytical Chemistry

In addition to journal publications, Schmidt has contributed to book publications, including a 2024 title titled Nordic Hydrogen Valleys: value chain mapping across the region, published by Nordic Energy Research eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Degradation of chlorotriazine pesticides by sulfate radicals and the influence of organic matter.

    Holger V Lutze;Stephanie Bircher;Insa Rapp;Nils Kerlin

  • Sulfate radical-based water treatment in presence of chloride: Formation of chlorate, inter-conversion of sulfate radicals into hydroxyl radicals and influence of bicarbonate

    Holger V. Lutze;Nils Kerlin;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of organic contaminants in natural environments: a critical review of the state of the art, prospects, and future challenges

    Torsten C. Schmidt;Luc Zwank;Martin Elsner;Michael Berg

  • Content of toxic components of cigarette, cigarette smoke vs cigarette butts: A comprehensive systematic review.

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  • Polyethylene microplastics influence the transport of organic contaminants in soil.

    Thorsten Hüffer;Florian Metzelder;Gabriel Sigmund;Sophie Slawek

  • Current challenges in compound-specific stable isotope analysis of environmental organic contaminants

    Martin Elsner;Maik A. Jochmann;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Daniel Hunkeler

  • Characterization of plastic debris and association of metals with microplastics in coastline sediment along the Persian Gulf.

    Sina Dobaradaran;Torsten C. Schmidt;Iraj Nabipour;Nahid Khajeahmadi

  • Analytical methodologies for monitoring micro(nano)plastics: Which are fit for purpose?

    Gerrit Renner;Torsten C. Schmidt;Jürgen Schram

  • Oxidation of diclofenac with ozone in aqueous solution.

    Myint Myint Sein;Marco Zedda;Jochen Tuerk;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Dependence of transformation product formation on pH during photolytic and photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin.

    Alaa Salma;Sven Thoröe-Boveleth;Torsten C. Schmidt;Jochen Tuerk

  • MTBE oxidation by conventional ozonation and the combination ozone/hydrogen peroxide: efficiency of the processes and bromate formation.

    Juan L. Acero;Stefan B. Haderlein;Torsten C. Schmidt;Marc J.-F. Suter

  • Hydroxyl radical yields in the Fenton process under various pH, ligand concentrations and hydrogen peroxide/Fe(II) ratios.

    Alexandra Fischbacher;Clemens von Sonntag;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Worldwide bottled water occurrence of emerging contaminants: A review of the recent scientific literature

    Razegheh Akhbarizadeh;Sina Dobaradaran;Torsten C. Schmidt;Iraj Nabipour

  • New evaluation scheme for two-dimensional isotope analysis to decipher biodegradation processes: application to groundwater contamination by MTBE.

    Luc Zwank;Michael Berg;Martin Elsner;Torsten C Schmidt

  • The •OH Radical Yield in the H2O2 + O3 (Peroxone) Reaction

    Alexandra Fischbacher;Justus von Sonntag;Clemens von Sonntag;Clemens von Sonntag;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Microbial degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether and tert-butyl alcohol in the subsurface.

    Torsten C Schmidt;Mario Schirmer;Holger Weiss;Stefan B Haderlein

  • HPLC-MS investigations of acidic contaminants in ammunition wastes using volatile ion-pairing reagents (VIP-LC-MS)

    Torsten C. Schmidt;Ulf Buetehorn;Ulf Buetehorn;Klaus Steinbach

  • Cephalosporin antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A critical review of occurrence, fate, ecotoxicity and removal technologies

    Alyson R. Ribeiro;Bernd Sures;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Degradation of ozone-refractory organic phosphates in wastewater by ozone and ozone/hydrogen peroxide (peroxone): the role of ozone consumption by dissolved organic matter.

    J. Pablo Pocostales;Myint M. Sein;Wolfgang Knolle;Clemens von Sonntag

  • Compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of volatile organic compounds in the low-microgram per liter range

    Luc Zwank;Michael Berg;Torsten C. Schmidt;Stefan B. Haderlein

  • The partition behavior of fluorotelomer alcohols and olefins.

    Kai-Uwe Goss;Guido Bronner;Tom Harner;Monika Hertel

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan B. Haderlein
Stefan B. Haderlein University of Tübingen
Bernd Sures
Bernd Sures University of Duisburg-Essen
Sina Dobaradaran
Sina Dobaradaran Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Peter Grathwohl
Peter Grathwohl University of Tübingen
Michael Berg
Michael Berg Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Martin Elsner
Martin Elsner Technical University of Munich
Clemens von Sonntag
Clemens von Sonntag Max Planck Society
Alfred J. Meixner
Alfred J. Meixner University of Tübingen
Thomas A. Ternes
Thomas A. Ternes Federal Institute of Hydrology
Uwe Karst
Uwe Karst University of Münster

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