Britta Planer-Friedrich

Head of Environmental Geochemistry

Research interests:

• Development of species-selective methods for preservation and analysis of inorganic and organometallic trace elements
• Investigations on abiotic and microbially catalyzed transformations in trace element cycles in field and laboratory studies
• Contaminant removal and rehabilitation studies
• Determination of the role of species transformations in toxicology
• Use of isotope fractionation for reconstruction of trace element cycles
• Compartments of interest: natural surface and groundwaters, seawater, Early Earth Analogues, mine sites, geothermal water and gases, mofettes, rhizosphere, biota, and foods (rice)
• Special elements of interest: As, Sb, Se, S, Fe, Mo, W, Cd, U