New project with the BFG - BiFoQueck
At the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BFG), the Department of Environmental Geochemistry has been approved for a three-year research and development project to begin Jan. 1, 2022, to study the fractionation, speciation, transformation processes and mobility of mercury in sediments and suspended solids of German streams.
Large-scale equipment application approved - ICP MS QQQ
The German Research Foundation grants the Department of Environmental Geochemistry 50% of the investment funds for the procurement of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer with Triple Quadrupole (ICP-MS-QQQ). Co-financing in the same amount is provided by the state of Lower Saxony.
Two new projects with DFG
EMOSGROW
The German Research Foundation grants Prof. Dr. Biester & Dr. David McLagan a three-year research project on "Evaluation of elemental mercury outgassing from soil-groundwater systems with passive air samplers: Method Development and Implementation."
Arsenic and mercury groundwater contamination from oil and gas production wastewater in the Niger Delta region.
The German Research Foundation grants Prof. Dr. Biester & Prof. Dr. Thomas Pichler (University of Bremen) a two-year research project on the above mentioned topic.