Dr. Lars Duester
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
Awards
Young Scientist Paper Award, American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology Conference 2007, Houston, USA
Activities
Scientist, Workgroup Environmental Chemistry and Soil Chemistry
Research Projects
Current:
Toxicity of TiO2 nanomaterials towards Daphnia magna
Completed:
Länderfinanzierungsprogramm „Wasser, Boden und Abfall“ Projekt B 4.07 (German): http://www.laenderfinanzierungsprogramm.de/cms/WaBoAb_prod/WaBoAb/Vorhaben/LABO/B_4.07/Abschlussbericht_Projekt_B_4_07.pdf
Feral pigeons (German):
http://www.stadttauben-nrw.de/index.php?id=119
DFG FOR 415, Project Ö2:
http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/umweltanalytik/forschergruppe/
Industrial Projects
Development of stainless steel cryo milling vessel for soil and sediment samples, 10.2004 finished
Detection of arsenic in industrial CO2 raw gases, particulate matter and process water finished
Development of an arsenic analyser in CO2 raw gases, particulate matter and process water finished
Equipment
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