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Urs Berger is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions across several interconnected subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, clinical biochemistry, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, toxic organic pollutants impact, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, metabolism and genetic disorders, folate and B vitamins research, and analytical chemistry methods development. A recurring emphasis is placed on the development of analytical chemistry and chromatography techniques.

Urs Berger has authored publications in several journals, frequently contributing to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Ḥadašŵt ʾarkeyŵlŵgiyŵt.
  • Water Research

Recent papers by Urs Berger include:

  • "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) published in Water Research
  • "Membrane/Water Partitioning and Permeabilities of Perfluoroalkyl Acids and Four of their Alternatives and the Effects on Toxicokinetic Behavior" (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A rapid method for quantification of persistent and mobile organic substances in water using supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry" (2020) published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • "Comprehensive target analysis and TOP assay of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild boar livers indicate contamination hot-spots in the environment" (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Spatial profiles of perfluoroalkyl substances and mercury in fish from northern Lake Victoria, East Africa" (2020) published in Chemosphere

Their frequent collaborators include Thorsten Reemtsma, Marc Guckert, Karsten Nödler, Gudrun Nürenberg, and Sarah C. Grünert, each having contributed multiple joint publications with Berger.

Best Publications

  • Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment: Terminology, classification, and origins

    Robert C Buck;James Franklin;Urs Berger;Jason M Conder

  • Determination of selected pharmaceuticals and caffeine in sewage and seawater from Tromsø/Norway with emphasis on ibuprofen and its metabolites.

    Stefan Weigel;Urs Berger;Einar Jensen;Roland Kallenborn

  • Levels and trends of poly- and perfluorinated compounds in the arctic environment.

    Craig M. Butt;Urs Berger;Rossana Bossi;Gregg T. Tomy

  • Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids in Blood Serum from Primiparous Women in Sweden: Serial Sampling during Pregnancy and Nursing, And Temporal Trends 1996-2010

    Anders Glynn;Urs Berger;Anders Bignert;Shahid Ullah

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

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

  • Bioaccumulation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in selected species from the Barents Sea food web.

    Marianne Haukås;Marianne Haukås;Urs Berger;Urs Berger;Haakon Hop;Bjørn Gulliksen

  • Analysis of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in air samples from Northwest Europe.

    Jonathan L. Barber;Urs Berger;Urs Berger;Chakra Chaemfa;Sandra Huber

  • Analytical challenges hamper perfluoroalkyl research

    Jonathan W. Martin;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Urs Berger;Pim De Voogt

  • Fish consumption as a source of human exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances in Sweden - analysis of edible fish from Lake Vättern and the Baltic Sea.

    Urs Berger;Anders Glynn;Katrin E. Holmström;Marika Berglund

  • Riverine Discharge of Perfluorinated Carboxylates from the European Continent

    Michael S McLachlan;Katrin E Holmstrom;Margot Reth;Urs Berger

  • Perfluorinated alkyl substances in plasma, liver, brain, and eggs of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from the Norwegian arctic.

    Jonathan Verreault;Magali Houde;Geir W. Gabrielsen;U. R. S. Berger

  • Trace analysis of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in various matrices-how do current methods perform?

    Annika Jahnke;Urs Berger

  • Dietary exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids for the Swedish population in 1999, 2005 and 2010.

    Robin Vestergren;Urs Berger;Anders Glynn;Ian T. Cousins

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

    Stefanie Schulze;Daniel Zahn;Rosa Montes;Rosario Rodil

  • Fast Quantification of Chlorinated Paraffins in Environmental Samples by Direct Injection High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Pattern Deconvolution

    Christian Bogdal;Tomas Alsberg;Pascal S. Diefenbacher;Pascal S. Diefenbacher;Matthew MacLeod

  • Chlorinated paraffins in indoor air and dust: concentrations, congener patterns, and human exposure.

    Ulrika E. Fridén;Michael S. McLachlan;Urs Berger

  • Latitudinal Gradient of Airborne Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances in the Marine Atmosphere between Germany and South Africa (53° N−33° S)

    Annika Jahnke;Urs Berger;Ralf Ebinghaus;Christian Temme

  • Estrogen-like properties of fluorotelomer alcohols as revealed by mcf-7 breast cancer cell proliferation.

    Marleen Maras;Caroline Vanparys;Frederik Muylle;Johan Robbens

  • Hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea: An integrated thematic assessment of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea

    Samuli Korpinen;Maria Laamanen;Jesper H. Andersen;Lillemor Asplund

  • Brominated flame retardants and other organobromines in Norwegian predatory bird eggs

    D. Herzke;U. Berger;R. Kallenborn;T. Nygård

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian T. Cousins
Ian T. Cousins Stockholm University
Peter Haglund
Peter Haglund Umeå University
Anders Bignert
Anders Bignert Swedish Museum of Natural History
Dorte Herzke
Dorte Herzke Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Michael S. McLachlan
Michael S. McLachlan Stockholm University
Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Roland Kallenborn
Roland Kallenborn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Walter Vetter
Walter Vetter University of Hohenheim
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Lutz Ahrens
Lutz Ahrens Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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