Team

martinDr. Martin Wagner
Professor

martin.wagner at ntnu dot no
+47 73413047

CV

ORCID 0000-0002-4402-3234
Dr. Bettie Cormier
Postdoctoral fellow

bettie.cormier at ntnu dot no

Project: Degradation and toxicity of plastics in the REVEAL project
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
Sofie Altermark
PhD fellow

Project: Nanoplastics and the immune system
(co-supervision with Anne Marie Rokstad)
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)
Sunniva Rem Jørdstad
MSc student

Project: GPCR agonists in plastics
Simen Ziel Stenersen Michler
MSc student

Project: GPCR agonists in plastics
(co-supervision with Molly McPartland)
Anusha Marie Mosbye
MSc student

Project: Nanoplastics and inflammation
(co-supervision with Anne Marie Rokstad)
Former members
Period  
2023-2024Tuva Nordby Falkenhaug (M.Sc. ENVITOX)

Thesis: Effects of microplastic mixture on hatching, mortality and morphometry in early life-stages of Atlantic cod
(external at SINTEF Ocean, co-supervision with Andy Booth and Bettie Cormier)
2023-2024Caroline Elisabeth Paillard (M.Sc. ENVITOX)

Thesis: The challenge of behavioral swimming tests standardization and its application: Sublethal effects of plastic bag extracts on behaviors and oxidative stress of Daphnia magna
(co-supervision with Bettie Cormier)
2023-2024Hoda Daneshvar (M.Sc. ENVITOX)

Thesis: Degradation of plastic consumer
products: From macro- to micro- and nanoplastics

(co-supervision with Bettie Cormier)
2023-2024Emma Ludvigsen (M.Sc. teacher education)

Thesis: Challenge of behavioral swimming tests standardization and its application: Sublethal effects of plastic bag extracts on behaviors and oxidative stress of Daphnia magna
(co-supervision with Bettie Cormier)
2020-2024Dr Sarah Stevens (PhD)

Thesis: Endocrine and metabolism disrupting chemicals in plastic food packaging: Addressing the unknowns
(co-supervision with Johannes Völker)
2012-2024Dr Ilona Schneider (PhD)

Thesis: Sample preparation and ecotoxicological assessment of conventional and advanced wastewater treatments with in vitro and in vivo bioassays
(co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann)
2019-2024Dr Andrea Faltynkova (PhD)

Thesis: Advancing Methods for Sampling and Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment
(co-supervision with Geir Johnsen)
2018-2024Dr. Johannes Völker (Postdoctoral fellow)

Project: Adipogenic activity of plastic chemicals
2022-2023Catherine Deschênes (M.Sc. Ocean Resources)

Thesis: Environmental monitoring of microplastics using an unmanned vehicle and a hyperspectral imager
(co-supervision with Andrea Faltynkova)
2022-2023Faiza Zohaib (M.Sc. ENVITOX)

Thesis: Receptor-mediated toxicity of the chemicals extracted and migrated from plastics
(co-supervision with Sarah Stevens)
2022-2023Vivien Klein (engineer)

Project: cell culture work
2023Manon Perrier (M.Sc.)

Project: Toxicity of degraded microplastics in daphnids
(co-supervision with Bettie Cormier)
2023Laurine Leray (research intern)

Project: Hazard assessment of plastic chemicals
(co-supervision with Laura Monclús)
2021–2022Åsa Vedøy (M.Sc. Biotechnology)

Thesis: Exploring the link of inflammation and adipogenesis following exposure to plastic chemicals
(co-supervision with Johannes Völker)
2021–2022Ingrid Gisnås Vardeberg (M.Sc. Biotechnology)

Thesis: Disruption of Melatonin, Serotonin, and Adenosine Receptors by Chemicals in Plastic Food Packaging
(co-supervision with Molly MacPartland)
2021–2022Hanna Sofie Skåland (M.Sc. ENVITOX)

Thesis: Non-target analysis of chemicals extracted and migrated from plastic food contact articles
(co-supervision with Sarah Stevens)
2021–2022Erik 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)
2021–2022Chloe Lefebvre (Erasmus student)

Thesis: Development of a plastic degradation process to mimic environmental degradation
(co-supervision with Bettie Cormier)
2021–2022Mahnaz 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)
2011–2021Aennes Abbas (PhD)

Thesis: Ecotoxicological characterization of micropollutants and wastewater samples from conventional biological and advanced wastewater treatment
(co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann)
2016–2021Dr Christoph Schür (PhD)

Thesis: Tissue translocation, multigenerational and population effects of microplastics in Daphnia magna
(co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann)
2016–2021Dr Annkatrin Weber (PhD)

Thesis: Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems - abundance, interaction with biota and toxicity
(co-supervision with Jörg Oehlmann)
2020–2021Eliana 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)
2020–2021Inger 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)
2016–2021Dr Lisa Zimmermann (PhD)

Thesis: Toxicity of plastic consumer products: A biological, chemical and social-ecological analysis
(co-supervision with Carolin Völker and Jörg Oehlmann)
2020–2021Ingrid 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)
2020–2021Harini 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)
2013–2020Dr Christian Scherer (PhD)

Thesis: Microplastics in freshwater bodies - Sources, fate and impacts
2019–2020Dhiya Sathananthan (M.Sc. Ocean Resources)

Thesis: Selective Ingestion of Textile Microfibres by Calanus finmarchicus
(co-supervision with Iurgi Imanol Salaverria-Zabalegui and Andy Booth)
2020Sebastian Behr (Erasmus+ Trainee from Hochschule Fresenius, Idstein, Germany)
2019Siqi Wang (M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)

Thesis: Baseline toxicity and estrogenic activity in baby food: influence of the packaging
2019Gianmarco Marino (Erasmus+ Trainee from Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy)
2014–2019Nina Jeckel (B.Sc. Biology, M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, PhD fellow)
2018–2019Shova Adhikari (M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)
Thesis: Comparative toxicity of exfoliating products containing microplastics and alternative particles from Nepal
2018–2019Dina 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)
2018–2019Therese 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)
2012–2018Dr Dennis Becker (PhD)

Thesis: Ecotoxicological assessment of new enzymatic decontamination technology regarding the degradation of recalcitrant micropollutants in wastewater in the ENDETECH project
2015–2018Dr Scott Lambert (Postdoctoral fellow)

Project: FreshwaterMPs
2018Beatrice Kulawig (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Identification of endocrine disruptors in thermal paper extracts
2017Carolin Weil (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Uptake of microplastics by freshwater bivalves
2017Sebastijan Vurusic (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Abundance of microplastics in the River Elbe
2017Kristina Klein (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Effects of irregular microplastics on the freshwater invertebrate Daphnia magna
2017Simon Umbach (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Uptake, excretion and effect of polystyrene microplastics in freshwater gastropods
2017Natascha Cascanette (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Microplastic: sediment analysis, spatial distribution, and degradation
2017Moritz Damm (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Environmental distribution and degradation of microplastics under outdoor conditions
2017Franz Jäger (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Polystyrene microplastics induced alteration of oxidative stress level (ORAC/TBARS) in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna
2017Anastasia Swonkow (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Extraction of microplastics from river sediments
2016Lydia Rongstock (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Effects of microplastics on freshwater organism communities in an artificial mesocosm study
2016Philipp Vikari (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Investigation of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sport and outdoor plastic bottles
2016Maximilian Hübinger (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Bioanalytical investigations of endocrine disrupting chemicals in personal care products
2016Maria Brose (B.Sc. student)

Research project: Sorption of endocrine activity to microplastics
2015Marie Hohoff (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Environmental fate of microplastics during wastewater treatment
2015Christoph Parsch (B.Sc.)

Thesis: Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastic in aquatic ecosystems
2014Dr Daniâ Mazzeo (Postdoctoral fellow)

EDCs in sewage sludge.
Research stay at our lab as part her Green Talents award.
2013Bertrand Gräf (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Mutagenic profiles of chemical mixtures in the AMES fluctuation assay
Performed externally at the Federal Institute for Hydrology
2012–2013Catherine Antoni (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Passive sampling of sediment-associated pollutants at the river Elbe
Performed externally at the Federal Institute for Hydrology
2012–2013Sarah Charaf (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Effects of endocrine disruptors on the reproduction of Physella acuta with focus on epigenetic modifications
2012–2013Lucie Valek (M.Sc.)

Thesis: CYP35A3::GFP induction and reproductive toxicity of β-Naphtoflavone and environmental water samples on Caenorhabditis elegans
2012–2013Elisabeth Berger (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Parabens detected in baby teething rings are xenoestrogens and anti-androgens
2012–2013Raoul Wolf (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Combined Effects of DEET and Permethrin on Aquatic Invertebrates
2012Theresa Hack (B.Sc.)

Thesis: In vitro detection of dioxin-like activity in human endometriosis and tumor cell lines
2012Albert Guart (visiting PhD fellow)

Research stay to investigate EDCs in plastic food packaging.
2011–2012Andriy Reva (M.Sc.)

Thesis: Investigation of the specific modes of action of three environmentally relevant cytostatics
2009–2010Isabell Jersch (Diploma)

Thesis: Analysing the endocrine activity of environmental chemicals and samples with the yeast-two-hybrid assay for selected nuclear receptors
2009–2010Maximilian Behr (Diploma)

Thesis: Comparative assessment for endocrine active substances in food stuff by means of bioassays and chemical analyses
2006–2007Eva Luther (Diploma)

Thesis: Endocrine active chemicals in food packaging material
2005–2006Julia Horak (Teacher's exam)

Thesis: Assessing the leaching of estrogenic and anti-estrogenic compounds from food packaging material by means of a bioassay