PhD Kilian Eric Christopher Smith

Arbeitgruppenleiter

Room: 42D 310
Phone: +49 (0) 241 / 80-23686
(now Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal) Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 1 52074 Aachen Deutschland

Arbeitsgebiete

  • Development of passive sampling and dosing methods to sample, measure and control the bioavailable dissolved concentrations of organic contaminants and their mixtures
  • Understanding the links between organic contaminant bioavailability and biodegradation
  • Approaches for measuring environmental mixture toxicity using toxicity bioassays (e.g., endocrine disruption, genotoxicity, acute and chronic toxicity)
  • Trace analysis of organic contaminants (e.g., endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biocides, industrial chemicals) using HPLC-MS/MS and GC-MS.

Curriculum vitae

Seit 07/2015 Arbeitsgruppenleiter, Institut für Umweltforschung (Biology V), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland

07/2013 - 06/2015 Research Fellow, Convergence Environment Team, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe, Saarbrücken, Deutschland

05/2012 - 06/2013 Rückkehr nach Berlin wegen des jüngsten Kindes

04/2008 - 04/2012 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Dänemark

09/2005 - 03/2008 Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Deutschland

2002 - 2005 Marie Curie Research Fellow, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemünde, Deutschland

Akademischer Sponsor: Professor Michael McLachlan.

2001 - 2002 Research Scientist, Agrosphere Institute, Helmholtz Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutschland

1996 - 2001 Doktorand in Umweltchemie. University of Lancaster, Großbritannien

Thema: “Transfer of semi-volatile organic compounds to pasture”. Betreuer: Professor Kevin Jones.

1992 - 1995 B. Sc. in Plant Science (First Class Honours). University of Liverpool, Großbritannien

Mitgliedschaften

  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Mitglied seit 2008
  • Society of Biology, Mitglied seit 1995

Pulikationen (Auswahl)

detailierte Publikationsliste

Artikel

  • Smith KEC, Jeong Y, Kim J (2015): Passive dosing versus solvent spiking for controlling and maintaining hydrophobic organic compound exposure in the Microtox® assay. Chemosphere, Vol. 138, pp 174 - 180.
  • Ooostingh GJ, Smith KEC, Tischler U, Radauer-Preiml I, Mayer P (2014): Differential immunotoxic immunomodulatory responses to nine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons applied by passive dosing. Toxicol. In Vitro, Vol. 29, pp 345-351.
  • Marchal G, Smith KEC, Mayer P, de Jonge LW, Karlson UG (2014): Impact of soil amendments and the plant rhizosphere on PAH behaviour in soil. Environ. Pollut., Vol. 188, pp 124-131.
  • Schmidt SN, Holmstrup M, Smith KEC, Mayer P (2013): Passive dosing of PAH mixtures to terrestrial springtails – linking mixture toxicity to chemical activity, equilibrium lipid concentration and toxic units. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 47, pp 7020 – 7027.
  • Smith KEC, Schmidt SN, Dom N, Blust R, Mayer P (2013): Baseline toxic mixtures of nontoxic chemicals – ”solubility addition” increases exposure for solid hydrophobic chemicals. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 47, pp 2026−2033.
  • Marchal G, Smith KEC, Rein A, Winding A, de Jonge LW, Trapp S, Karlson UG (2013): Impact of activated carbon, charcoal and compost on the desorption and mineralization of phenanthrene in soil. Environ. Pollut., Vol. 181, pp 200–210.
  • Smith KEC, Rein A, Trapp S, Mayer P, Karlson UG (2012): Dynamic passive dosing for studying the biotransformation of hydrophobic organic chemicals: microbial degradation as an example. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 46, pp 4852−4860.
  • Gouliarmou V, Smith KEC, de Jonge L, Mayer P (2012): Measuring binding and speciation of hydrophobic organic chemicals at controlled freely dissolved concentrations and without phase separation. Anal. Chem., Vol. 84, pp 1601-1608.
  • Smith KEC, Thullner M, Wick LY, Harms H (2011): Dissolved organic carbon enhances mass fluxes of hydrophobic organic compounds from NAPLs into the aqueous phase. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 45, pp 8741–8747.
  • Smith KEC, Dom N, Blust R, Mayer P (2010): Controlling and maintaining exposure of hydrophobic organic compounds in aquatic toxicity tests by passive dosing. Aquat. Toxicol., Vol. 98, pp 15-24.
  • Smith KEC, Oostingh GJ, Mayer P (2010): Passive dosing for producing defined and constant exposure of hydrophobic organic compounds during in vitro toxicity tests. Chem. Res. Toxicol., Vol. 23, pp 55-65.
  • Smith KEC, Thullner M, Wick LY, Harms H (2009): Sorption to humic acids enhances polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 43, pp 7205-7211.
  • Wolters A, Linnemann V, Smith KEC, Klingelmann E, Park B, Vereecken H (2008): Novel chamber to measure equilibrium soil-air partitioning coefficients of low-volatility organic chemicals under conditions of varying temperature and soil moisture. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 42, pp 4870–4876.
  • Smith KEC, McLachlan MS (2006): Concentrations and partitioning of polychlorinated biphenyls in the surface waters of the southern Baltic Sea – seasonal effects. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., Vol. 25, pp 2569-2575.
  • Farrar NJ, Smith KEC, Lee RGM, Thomas GO, Sweetman AJ, Jones KC (2004): Atmospheric emissions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and other persistent organic pollutants during a major anthropogenic combustion event. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 38, pp 1681–1685.
  • Smith KEC, Thomas GO, Jones KC (2001): Seasonal and species differences in the air-pasture transfer of PAHs. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 35, pp 2156-2165.
  • Smith KEC, Green M, Thomas GO, Jones KC (2001): The behaviour of sewage sludge derived PAHs on pasture. Environ. Sci. Technol., Vol. 35, pp 2141-2150.

Vorträge

  • Smith KEC, Jeong Y, Park C, Kim J (2014): Combining equilibrium passive sampling and dosing for determining the in situ mixture toxicity of environmental mixtures. SETAC Europe, Basel, Switzerland, May 11-15.
  • Smith KEC, Rein A, Trapp S, Heringa MB, Mayer P, Karlson UG (2011): Application of passive dosing to study the biotransformation and biodegradation of hydrophobic compounds. SETAC Europe, Milan, Italy, May 15-19.
  • Smith KEC, Heringa M, Oostingh GJ, Mayer P (2010): Application of passive dosing to in vitro testing for defined and constant exposure of hydrophobic compounds. SETAC Europe, Sevilla, Spain, May 23-27.
  • Smith KEC, Thullner M, Wick LY, Harms H (2010): Direct access of sorbed hydrophobic substrates by microbes. RaiseBio International Symposium “Microbial contaminant degradation at biogeochemical interfaces”, Leipzig, Germany, March 2-4.
  • Smith KEC, Møller Fernqvist M, Holmstrup M, Mayer P (2009): Passive dosing for establishing constant freely dissolved concentrations of hydrophobic compounds. SETAC Europe, Göteborg, Sweden, May 31-June 04.

Poster

  • Smith KEC, Jeong Y (2015): Mixing polymers with different partitioning properties to optimise their application in passive sampling and dosing. SETAC Europe, Barcelona, Spain, May 3-7.
  • Smith KEC, Jeong Y (2015): Naked passive sampling of polar organic contaminants using thin silicone sheets in a wastewater treatment plant and receiving river. SETAC Europe, Barcelona, Spain, May 3-7.
  • Jeong Y, Park C, Kim J, Smith KEC (2014): Exposure control of hydrophobic compounds in the Microtox® assay: comparing solvent spiking versus passive dosing. SETAC Europe, Basel, Switzerland, May 11-15.
  • Schmidt, SN, Smith KEC, Holmstrup M, Mayer P (2013): Passive dosing of hydrophobic organic mixtures – controlling exposure levels and compositions. SETAC Europe, Glasgow, U.K., May 12-16.
  • Marchal G, Smith KEC, Frkova Z, de Jonge LW, Gosewinkel UK (2013): Impact of carbonaceous amendments on the freely dissolved concentrations, chemical activities and diffusive mass fluxes of PAHs in soil. SETAC Europe, Glasgow, U.K., May 12-16.
  • Smith KEC, Rein A, Trapp SAJ, Karlson UG (2012): Dynamic passive dosing for studying microbial PAH degradation: a comparison of experimental and model results. SETAC Europe, Berlin, Germany, May 20-24.
  • Smith KEC, Thullner M, Wick LY, Harms H (2012): Enhanced mass transfer of hydrophobic organic compounds from NAPLs into the aqueous phase by dissolved organic carbon. SETAC Europe, Berlin, Germany, May 20-24.
  • Gouliarmou V, Smith KEC, de Jonge LW, Mayer P (2011): Passive dosing beyond toxicity testing: a new analytical tool. SETAC Europe, Milan, Italy, May 15-19.
  • Rein A, Smith KEC, Karlson UG, Mayer P, Trapp S (2011): Modeling experimental findings on sorption and biodegradation of PAHs. SETAC Europe, Milan, Italy, May 15-19.
  • Seiler TB, Best N, Møller Fernqvist M, Smith KEC, Mayer P, Hollert H (2010): Passive dosing can contribute to the reliability of in vitro data on adverse effects of PAHs on fish embryos and cell lines. SETAC Europe, Sevilla, Spain, May 23-27.
  • Schmidt SN, Holmstrup M, Smith KEC, Mayer P (2010): Passive dosing of Folsomia candida in single compound and mixture toxicity tests. SETAC Europe, Sevilla, Spain, May 23-27.
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