Dipl.-Umw. Jakob Wolfram

Research Interests
- Aquatic Ecotoxicology
- Pesticide Exposure and Risk Assessment
- Meta-Analyses
- Data aggregation and visualization
Current and Former Research Projects
- Macro-Ecotoxicology: Spatial and Causal Implications of Insecticide Contamination in Surface Waters (DFG Project). concluded
- Förderinitiative Pestizide: Pestizide in Schutzgebieten: Vorkommen, Bewertung, Maßnahmen (DBU, 2021) concluded
- Förderinitiative Pestizide: Pestizide in Schutzgebieten: Relevanz für die aquatische Biodiversität und Wasserversorgung (DBU, 2022)
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Patterns and dynamics of the potential environmental risks associated with agricultural pesticide use: Global Total Applied Toxicity (gTAT) (DFG Project)
Active Research Topics
- Development and assessment of a toxicity-based approach to derive pesticide impact trends for various spatial units. (data aggregation, analysis and visualization)
- Global assessment of agricultural pesticide impacts and associated ecological risks for multiple organismic groups (data procurement, aggregation, analysis and visualization)
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Global meta-analysis of neonicotinoids in agricultural surface waters (literature synthesis)
- Uncovering the occurence of pesiticides in natural preservation areas in Germany coupled with an ecotoxicological and geospatial assessment (data procurement, aggregation, analysis, visualization)
- Field monitoring of pesticide occurence in natural protection areas and drinking water areas in southwest Germany (field measurements, data analysis, visualization)
- Meta-anylsis on insecticide occurence in Indian surface waters (supervision)
Concluded Research topics
- Continental risk assessment of European waterbodies for the last two decades (data aggregation, analysis, and visualization)
- Developing an ecotoxicological graph database to harmonize ancillary data providers. (data aggregation)
- Risk assessment of commonly used insecticides in U.S. urban waterways (literature synthesis)
- Risk assessment of commonly used insecticides in U.S. agricultural streams (literature synthesis)
- Identifying drivers of insecticide risk in agricultural surface waters and their sediments for the United States (literature synthesis, data aggregation, and modelling)
- Derivation of pesticide use and sales estimates from dark data for Germany (literature synthesis, aggregation, visualization)
- Improving risk communication techniques for scientific findings to effectively inform public stakeholders of most recent advances in risk assessment research. (socio-psychological research)
Academic History
- Program Advisor for the M.Sc. Ecotoxicology in Landau (2020 - present)
- PhD-study (October 2016 - present); Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau
- Diploma Thesis (September 2016): Combined and chronic effects of a fungicide mixture on the population integrity of the key shredder Gammarus fossarum
- Study of Environmental Sciences (October 2008 until October 2016), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau
Functions
- PhD student and research assisstant for Ecosystem Resilience
- Program advisor for M.Sc. Ecotoxicology
- CMS administrator for Environment and Ecotoxicology
Teaching
EXT1c - Monitoring and Assessment of effects (SS, english)
ETX4b - Suborganismis and physiological effects - Effects of chemical stressors I (WS, english)
ETX5b - Computer/Field/Lab Course - Effects of chemical stressors II (WS, english)
ETX9c - Data Retrieval and IT Expertise for Risk Assessment (WS, english)
RPC - Research Project Course (WS/SS, english)
UWI2a - Informationsbeschaffung und Abstraktion (SS, deutsch)
UWI2b - Untersuchung, Darstellung und Präsentation (WS, deutsch)
UWI3b - Projekt Umweltwissenschaften (WS, deutsch)
BP - Vorträge Berufspraktika (WS, SS, deutsch)
Course coordination
ETX4a - Principles of Toxicology - Effects of chemical stressors I (WS, english)
GEO4a - Prozesse in Agrarökosystemen I (WS, deutsch)
GEO4b - Prozesse in Agrarökosystemen II (WS, deutsch)
GEO5a - Raum- und Landschaftsplanung (WS, deutsch)
GEO5b - Umweltplanung (WS, deutsch)
Online Seminars
Getting started with R - The basics of data analysis (online, on-demand, 1-day)
Data analytics in R - An extended look into data analysis with hands-on experience (online, on-demand, 3-5d)
Featured Publications
- Schulz, R.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Stehle, S.; Wolfram, J., Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops. Science 2021, 372, (6537), 81-84.
- Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Schulz, R., Water quality and ecological risks in European surface waters–Monitoring improves while water quality decreases. Environ. Int. 2021, 152, 106479.
- Stehle, S.; Bline, A.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Wolfram, J.; Schulz, R., Aquatic pesticide exposure in the US as a result of non-agricultural uses. Environ. Int. 2019, 133, 105234.
Peer-reviewed Publicatons
- Schulz, R.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Stehle, S.; Wolfram, J., Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops. Science 2021, 372, (6537), 81-84.
- Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Schulz, R., Water quality and ecological risks in European surface waters–Monitoring improves while water quality decreases. Environ. Int. 2021, 152, 106479.
- Petschick, L. L.; Bub, S.; Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R., Modeling Regulatory Threshold Levels for Pesticides in Surface Waters from Effect Databases. Data 2019, 4, (4), 150.
- Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Schulz, R., Insecticide Risk in US Surface Waters: Drivers and Spatiotemporal Modeling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, (20), 12071-12080.
- Stehle, S.; Bline, A.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Wolfram, J.; Schulz, R., Aquatic pesticide exposure in the US as a result of non-agricultural uses. Environ. Int. 2019, 133, 105234.
- Bub, S.; Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Schulz, R., Graphing ecotoxicology: The MAGIC Graph for linking environmental data on chemicals. Data 2019, 4, (1), 34.
- Wolfram, J.; Stehle, S.; Bub, S.; Petschick, L. L.; Schulz, R., Meta-Analysis of Insecticides in United States Surface Waters: Status and Future Implications. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, (24), 14452-14460.
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Zubrod, J. P., Englert, D. , Wolfram, J. , Rosenfeldt, R. R., Feckler, A. , Bundschuh, R. , Seitz, F., Konschak, M. , Baudy, P. , Lüderwald, S. , Fink, P. , Lorke, A. , Schulz, R. and Bundschuh, M. (2017), Long-term effects of fungicides on leaf-associated microorganisms and shredder populations—an artificial stream study. Environ Toxicol Chem, 36: 2178-2189.
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Zubrod, J. P.; Englert, D.; Rosenfeldt, R. R.; Wolfram, J.; Lüderwald, S.; Wallace, D.; Schnetzer, N.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M., The relative importance of diet-related and waterborne effects of copper for a leaf-shredding invertebrate. Environ. Pollut. 2015, 205, 16-22.
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Zubrod, J. P.; Englert, D.; Wolfram, J.; Wallace, D.; Schnetzer, N.; Baudy, P.; Konschak, M.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M., Waterborne toxicity and diet-related effects of fungicides in the key leaf shredder Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Aquat. Toxicol. 2015, 169, 105-112.