 | Dr. Martin Wagner Associated Professor martin.wagner at ntnu dot no +47 73413047 CV ORCID 0000-0002-4402-3234 |
 | Dr. Bettie Cormier Postdoctoral fellow bettie dot cormier at ntnu dot no Project: Degradation and toxicity of plastics in the REVEAL project |
 | Dr. Johannes Völker Postdoctoral fellow johannes.voelker at ntnu dot no Project: Adipogenic activity of plastic chemicals |
 | Dr. Laura Monclús Anglada Postdoctoral fellow laura.monclus at ntnu dot no Project: PlastChem |
 | Trude Johansen Staff engineer trude.johansen at ntnu dot no +47 73594070 |
 | Zdenka Bartosova Staff engineer zdenka.bartosova at ntnu dot no |
 | Andrea Faltynkova PhD fellow Project: Applying Machine Learning to hyperspectral images for identifying microplastics (co-supervision with Geir Johnsen) |
 | Molly McPartland PhD fellow Project: Interaction of plastic chemicals with G-protein coupled receptors and subsequent cellular alterations: an integrative approach (co-supervision with Lena van Giesen) |
 | Gabriël Olthof PhD fellow Project: In vivo toxicity of microplastics in LimnoPlast (co-supervision with Bettie Cormier) |
 | Sarah Stevens PhD fellow Project: Chemicals leaching from plastics: in vitro toxicity and identification of causative substances in LimnoPlast (co-supervision with Johannes Völker) |
| Sofie Altermark MSc student Project: Nanoplastics and the immune system (co-supervision with Felicity Ashcroft and Berit Johansen) |
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| Hoda Daneshvar MSc student Project: Polymer degradation (co-supervision with Bettie Cormier) |
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| Catherine Deschênes MSc student Project: Novel microplastics sampling and detection methods (co-supervision with Andrea Faltynkova) |
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| Tuva Nordby Falkenhaug MSc student Project: TBD (external at SINTEF Ocean, co-supervision with Andy Booth and Bettie Cormier) |
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| Caroline Elisabeth Paillard MSc student Project: Behvavioral effects of microplastic exposures (co-supervision with Bettie Cormier) |
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 | Manon Perrier MSc student Project: Toxicity of degraded microplastics in daphnids (co-supervision with Bettie Cormier) |
| Faiza Zohaib MSc student Project: Endocrine toxicity of food contact materials (co-supervision with Sarah Stevens) |
Former members
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| 2021–2022 | Åsa Vedøy (M.Sc. Biotechnology) Project: Exploring the link of inflammation and adipogenesis following exposure to plastic chemicals (co-supervision with Johannes Völker) |
| 2021–2022 | Ingrid Gisnås Vardeberg (M.Sc. Biotechnology) Thesis: Disruption of Melatonin, Serotonin, and Adenosine Receptors by Chemicals in Plastic Food Packaging (co-supervision with Molly MacPartland) |
| 2021–2022 | Hanna Sofie Skåland (M.Sc. ENVITOX) Thesis: Non-target analysis of chemicals extracted and migrated from plastic food contact articles (co-supervision with Sarah Stevens) |
| 2021–2022 | Erik Hvid Hundstad (M.Sc. Marine biology) Thesis: Toxic effects of a petroleum-based and a biodegradable MP on the reproduction and mortality of Daphnia magna (co-supervision with Gabriël Olthof) |
| 2021–2022 | Chloe Lefebvre (Erasmus student) Thesis: Development of a plastic degradation process to mimic environmental degradation (co-supervision with Bettie Cormier) |
| 2021–2022 | Mahnaz Jafari (M.Sc. ENVITOX) Thesis: Validating reproducible analytical pipelines for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples (external at NIVA, co-supervision with Hans Peter Arp, Amy Lusher and Bart van Bavel) |
| 2011–2021 | Aennes Abbas (PhD) Thesis: Ecotoxicological characterization of micropollutants and wastewater samples from conventional biological and advanced wastewater treatment (co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann) |
| 2016–2021 | Dr Christoph Schür (PhD) Thesis: Tissue translocation, multigenerational and population effects of microplastics in Daphnia magna (co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann) |
| 2016–2021 | Dr Annkatrin Weber (PhD) Thesis: Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems - abundance, interaction with biota and toxicity (co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann) |
| 2020–2021 | Eliana McCann Smith (M.Sc. ENVITOX) Thesis: The effect of microplastic ingestion on the fatty acid composition of the Japanese quail (Corturnix japonica) (co-supervision with Laura Monclús and Veerle Jaspers) |
| 2020–2021 | Inger Larsen Lyngstad (M.Sc. ENVITOX) Thesis: Chemical effects of common plastic products - Baseline toxicity screening and chronic toxicity to polychaetes (co-supervision with Andy Booth and Stefania Piarulli at SINTEF) |
| 2016–2021 | Dr Lisa Zimmermann (PhD) Thesis: Toxicity of plastic consumer products: A biological, chemical and social-ecological analysis (co-supervision with Carolin Völker and Jörg Oehlmann) |
| 2020–2021 | Ingrid Erichsen (M.Sc. Natural Resources Management) Thesis: The effects of textile microfibres on essential physiological processes in Calanus finmarchicus (co-supervision with Iurgi Imanol Salaverria-Zabalegui) |
| 2020–2021 | Harini Pechiappan (M.Sc. Biotechnology) Thesis: Effects of Nano- and Microplastics on Inflammatory Responses in Mactrophages in vitro (co-supervision with Felicity Ashcroft and Berit Johansen) |
| 2013–2020 | Dr Christian Scherer (PhD) Thesis: Microplastics in freshwater bodies - Sources, fate and impacts |
| 2019–2020 | Dhiya Sathananthan (M.Sc. Ocean Resources) Thesis: Selective Ingestion of Textile Microfibres by Calanus finmarchicus (co-supervision with Iurgi Imanol Salaverria-Zabalegui and Andy Booth) |
| 2020 | Sebastian Behr (Erasmus+ Trainee from Hochschule Fresenius, Idstein, Germany) |
| 2019 | Siqi Wang (M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Thesis: Baseline toxicity and estrogenic activity in baby food: influence of the packaging |
| 2019 | Gianmarco Marino (Erasmus+ Trainee from Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy) |
| 2014–2019 | Nina Jeckel (B.Sc. Biology, M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, PhD fellow) |
| 2018–2019 | Shova Adhikari (M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Thesis: Comparative toxicity of exfoliating products containing microplastics and alternative particles from Nepal |
| 2018–2019 | Dina Tervik Rogstad (M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Thesis: Effects of Microplastic Fibres on the Marine Microalgae Isochrysis galbana (T-ISO) (co-supervision with Iurgi Imanol Salaverria-Zabalegui and Andy Booth) |
| 2018–2019 | Therese Meyer (M.Sc. Marine Coastal Development) Thesis: Optimising the frequency of clean-up actions in depositional coves in the Lofoten archipelago, Norway to maximize debris removal (external at SALT, Lofoten) |
| 2012–2018 | Dr Dennis Becker (PhD) Thesis: Ecotoxicological assessment of new enzymatic decontamination technology regarding the degradation of recalcitrant micropollutants in wastewater in the ENDETECH project |
| 2015–2018 | Dr Scott Lambert (PostDoc) Project: FreshwaterMPs |
| 2018 | Beatrice Kulawig (M.Sc.) Thesis: Identification of endocrine disruptors in thermal paper extracts |
| 2017 | Carolin Weil (B.Sc.) Thesis: Uptake of microplastics by freshwater bivalves |
| 2017 | Sebastijan Vurusic (M.Sc.) Thesis: Abundance of microplastics in the River Elbe |
| 2017 | Kristina Klein (M.Sc.) Thesis: Effects of irregular microplastics on the freshwater invertebrate Daphnia magna |
| 2017 | Simon Umbach (B.Sc.) Thesis: Uptake, excretion and effect of polystyrene microplastics in freshwater gastropods |
| 2017 | Natascha Cascanette (B.Sc.) Thesis: Microplastic: sediment analysis, spatial distribution, and degradation |
| 2017 | Moritz Damm (M.Sc.) Thesis: Environmental distribution and degradation of microplastics under outdoor conditions |
| 2017 | Franz Jäger (M.Sc.) Thesis: Polystyrene microplastics induced alteration of oxidative stress level (ORAC/TBARS) in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna |
| 2017 | Anastasia Swonkow (M.Sc.) Thesis: Extraction of microplastics from river sediments |
| 2016 | Lydia Rongstock (B.Sc.) Thesis: Effects of microplastics on freshwater organism communities in an artificial mesocosm study |
| 2016 | Philipp Vikari (M.Sc.) Thesis: Investigation of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sport and outdoor plastic bottles |
| 2016 | Maximilian Hübinger (M.Sc.) Thesis: Bioanalytical investigations of endocrine disrupting chemicals in personal care products |
| 2016 | Maria Brose (B.Sc. student) Research project: Sorption of endocrine activity to microplastics |
| 2015 | Marie Hohoff (B.Sc.) Thesis: Environmental fate of microplastics during wastewater treatment |
| 2015 | Christoph Parsch (B.Sc.) Thesis: Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastic in aquatic ecosystems |
| 2014 | Dr Daniâ Mazzeo (PostDoc) EDCs in sewage sludge. Research stay at our lab as part her Green Talents award. |
| 2013 | Bertrand Gräf (M.Sc.) Thesis: Mutagenic profiles of chemical mixtures in the AMES fluctuation assay Performed externally at the Federal Institute for Hydrology |
| 2012–2013 | Catherine Antoni (M.Sc.) Thesis: Passive sampling of sediment-associated pollutants at the river Elbe Performed externally at the Federal Institute for Hydrology |
| 2012–2013 | Sarah Charaf (M.Sc.) Thesis: Effects of endocrine disruptors on the reproduction of Physella acuta with focus on epigenetic modifications |
| 2012–2013 | Lucie Valek (M.Sc.) Thesis: CYP35A3::GFP induction and reproductive toxicity of β-Naphtoflavone and environmental water samples on Caenorhabditis elegans |
| 2012–2013 | Elisabeth Berger (M.Sc.) Thesis: Parabens detected in baby teething rings are xenoestrogens and anti-androgens |
| 2012–2013 | Raoul Wolf (M.Sc.) Thesis: Combined Effects of DEET and Permethrin on Aquatic Invertebrates |
| 2012 | Theresa Hack (B.Sc.) Thesis: In vitro detection of dioxin-like activity in human endometriosis and tumor cell lines |
| 2012 | Albert Guart (visiting PhD fellow) Research stay to investigate EDCs in plastic food packaging. |
| 2011–2012 | Andriy Reva (M.Sc.) Thesis: Investigation of the specific modes of action of three environmentally relevant cytostatics |
| 2009–2010 | Isabell Jersch (Diploma) Thesis: Analysing the endocrine activity of environmental chemicals and samples with the yeast-two-hybrid assay for selected nuclear receptors |
| 2009–2010 | Maximilian Behr (Diploma) Thesis: Comparative assessment for endocrine active substances in food stuff by means of bioassays and chemical analyses |
| 2006–2007 | Eva Luther (Diploma) Thesis: Endocrine active chemicals in food packaging material |
| 2005–2006 | Julia Horak (Teacher's exam) Thesis: Assessing the leaching of estrogenic and anti-estrogenic compounds from food packaging material by means of a bioassay |
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[…] Martin Wagner, a toxicologist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, says that it is a misconception to assume bioplastics are safer. Most health concerns about plastics are linked to plastic additives, chemicals added to give polymers desirable properties, like flexibility and durability. “There are very few polymers that come with little added chemicals because they simply don’t work without added chemicals,” Wagner says. “They are needed for bio-based plastics and conventional plastics.” […]