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Switzerland
2026

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Urs von Gunten is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications addressing the intricacies of water treatment and disinfection.

Their research spans a variety of topics, including:

  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials

Von Gunten has contributed extensively to numerous subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

Their documented publications include recent papers such as:

  • Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation: Critical Assessment of Opportunities and Roadblocks (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Ozonation of organic compounds in water and wastewater: A critical review (2022) published in Water Research
  • Molecular-Level Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter during Oxidation by Ozone and Hydroxyl Radical (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Ozone disinfection of waterborne pathogens and their surrogates: A critical review (2022) published in Water Research
  • Chlorination of Phenols Revisited: Unexpected Formation of α,β-Unsaturated C4-Dicarbonyl Ring Cleavage Products (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • ACS ES&T Engineering

Key collaborators often include Joanna Houska, Valentin Rougé, Elisabeth Salhi, Christa S. McArdell, and Tarek Manasfi, each contributing to multiple joint publications with von Gunten.

Best Publications

  • The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems

    René P. Schwarzenbach;Beate I. Escher;Kathrin Fenner;Thomas B. Hofstetter

  • Ozonation of drinking water: part I. Oxidation kinetics and product formation.

    Urs von Gunten

  • Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation: Critical Assessment of Opportunities and Roadblocks.

    Jaesang Lee;Urs Von Gunten;Urs Von Gunten;Jae Hong Kim

  • Global Water Pollution and Human Health

    René P. Schwarzenbach;Thomas Egli;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Urs von Gunten

  • Reactions of chlorine with inorganic and organic compounds during water treatment—Kinetics and mechanisms: A critical review

    Marie Deborde;Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten

  • Oxidation of pharmaceuticals during ozonation and advanced oxidation processes

    Marc M. Huber;Silvio Canonica;Gun-Young Park;Urs von Gunten

  • Ozonation of drinking water: part II. Disinfection and by-product formation in presence of bromide, iodide or chlorine.

    Urs von Gunten

  • Oxidation of pharmaceuticals during ozonation of municipal wastewater effluents: a pilot study.

    Marc M. Huber;Anke Göbel;Adriano Joss;Nadine Hermann

  • Elimination of organic micropollutants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant upgraded with a full-scale post-ozonation followed by sand filtration.

    Juliane Hollender;Saskia G. Zimmermann;Stephan Koepke;Martin Krauss

  • Oxidative transformation of micropollutants during municipal wastewater treatment: Comparison of kinetic aspects of selective (chlorine, chlorine dioxide, ferrateVI, and ozone) and non-selective oxidants (hydroxyl radical)

    Yunho Lee;Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten

  • Hydroxyl Radical/Ozone Ratios During Ozonation Processes. I. The Rct Concept

    Michael S. Elovitz;Urs von Gunten

  • Chemistry of Ozone in Water and Wastewater Treatment: From Basic Principles to Applications

    Clemens von Sonntag;Urs von Gunten

  • Bromate Formation during Ozonization of Bromide-Containing Waters: Interaction of Ozone and Hydroxyl Radical Reactions.

    Urs. von Gunten;Juerg. Hoigne

  • Chemistry of Ozone in Water and Wastewater Treatment

    Clemens von Sonntag;Urs von Gunten

  • Oxidation Processes in Water Treatment: Are We on Track?

    Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten

  • Chlorination of natural organic matter: kinetics of chlorination and of THM formation.

    Hervé Gallard;Urs von Gunten

  • Comparison of the efficiency of *OH radical formation during ozonation and the advanced oxidation processes O3/H2O2 and UV/H2O2.

    Erik J. Rosenfeldt;Karl G. Linden;Silvio Canonica;Urs von Gunten

  • Evaluation of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant upgraded with ozonation and biological post-treatments: Abatement of micropollutants, formation of transformation products and oxidation by-products

    Marc Bourgin;Birgit Beck;Marc Boehler;Ewa Borowska

  • Oxidation of antibacterial molecules by aqueous ozone: moiety-specific reaction kinetics and application to ozone-based wastewater treatment.

    Michael C. Dodd;Marc-Olivier Buffle;Urs Von Gunten

  • Effect of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Transformation of Contaminants Induced by Excited Triplet States and the Hydroxyl Radical

    Jannis Wenk;Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten;Urs von Gunten;Silvio Canonica

  • Oxidation of Iodide and Hypoiodous Acid in the Disinfection of Natural Waters

    Yves Bichsel;Urs von Gunten

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvio Canonica
Silvio Canonica Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Kristin Schirmer
Kristin Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christa S. McArdell
Christa S. McArdell Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hansruedi Siegrist
Hansruedi Siegrist Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Frederik Hammes
Frederik Hammes Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Thomas B. Hofstetter
Thomas B. Hofstetter Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jean-Philippe Croué
Jean-Philippe Croué University of Poitiers

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