Dr. Lars Duester

Ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Umwelt- und Bodenchemie)

Tasks

Since June 2008, Lars Duester is part of the Environmental Chemistry workgroup at the University of Koblenz-Landau. Former employer were the University of Duisburg-Essen, workgroup Prof. A. V. Hirner and the workgroup of Prof. Tim Mansfeldt, department of geography at the University of Cologne.

Research interests

The fate of metal(loid)s either released on natural basis or from anthropogenic causes is my key interest. Environmental matrices like soils, sediments, slurries, plants, waste or blood the borders zones between particles/colloids dissolved metal(loid)s (Ag, Cu, Sb, Sn, Ti, Zn), the transitions between the different organic/inorganic chemical species (As, Bi, Hg, Sb, Sn, Te) as well as the analytical method development are in the focus of my work.

Curriculum vitae

PhD-Thesis 5.2007: Methylated arsenic and antimony species in sediments and soils

Since 2.2004 scientist

M. of Env.Sc. (Dipl. Umweltwiss.) University of Duisburg-Essen: “Metal(loid) organic compounds in urban soils and sediments” WS 03/04

Pre-degree Dipl. Env.Sc. University of Duisburg-Essen: “Influence of Buddleja davidii on soil forming processes”, WS 00/01

Pre-degree Dipl. Biol. University of Duesseldorf, WS 95/96 – WS 98/99 incl. Ruhr University Bochum (6 months) “Steppe vegetation, morphology and physiology of higher plants”

Final secondary school examination 1993

Publications

Duester L.; Prasse C.; Bayer J.V.; Vink J.P. and Schaumann G.E. (submitted) Fate of Sb₂O₃ and TiO₂ nanoparticles in an undisturbed floodplain soil.

Duester L.; Rakcheev D.; Bayer J.V.; Abraham P.M.; Dabrunz A.; Schulz R. and Schaumann G. E. (accepted) A robust, particle size independent, method for quantifying metal(oxide) nanoparticles and their agglomerates in complex environmental matrices by electrothermal vaporisation coupled to ICP-MS. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., DOI:10.1039/C0JA00149J.

Duester L. ,van der Geest H.G. , Moelleken S., Hirner A.V. and Kueppers K. (2010) Comparative phytotoxicity of methylated and inorganic arsenic- and antimony species to Lemna minor, Wolffia arrhiza and Selenastrum capricornutum. Microchem. J. DOI:10.1016/j.microc.2010.05.007

Walch S. G., Duester L., Schaumann G. E. (2009) Kritische Anmerkungen zum EU-weiten Verbot von Glühbirnen in Bezug auf Quecksilber. Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht. Physik, 20, 111/112, S. 78-79 (no english version)

Overesch M., Duester L., Greef K., Rinklebe J., Mansfeldt T. (2008) Ermittlung und Beurteilung des Mobilisierungspotenzial von Arsen in Böden. Länderfinanzierungsprogramm „Wasser, Boden und Abfall“ Projekt B 4.07, Abschlussbericht (no english version)

Duester L, Vink Jos P. M. and Hirner Alfred V. (2008) Methylantimony and -arsenic Species in Sediment Pore Water Tested with the Sediment or Fauna Incubation Experiment. Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (16), pp 5866–5871 DOI: 10.1021/es800272h

Duester L, Hartmann LM, Hirner AV (2008) Methylated antimony- and arsenic species in suspended mater of river Ruhr, Germany. Biogeosciences Discussion, 5, 1361–1378 http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/5/1361/2008/bgd-5-1361-2008-print.pdf

Duester L, Vink Jos P. M. and Hirner Alfred V. (2007) Methylated antimony and arsenic species in fresh water and sediment pore water tested with the soil or fauna incubation experiment (SOFIE®). Environmental Science and Technology Conference, ISBN: 978-0976885399

Duester L, Hartmann LM, Luemers L, Hirner AV (2007) Particle size distribution of organometal(loid) compounds in freshwater sediments. Applied Organometallic Chemistry 21: 441-446 DOI: 10.1002/aoc.1234

Duester L (2005) Methylated antimony, arsenic and tin species in fresh water environments. Book of Abstracts, WETPOL Conference, Gent, Belgium

Duester L, Diaz-Bone RD, Koesters J, Hirner AV (2005) Methylated arsenic, antimony and tin species in soils. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 7: 1186-1193