MSc. Alexandra Sybertz

Modelling of single and mixed applications of pesticides and their effects on communities in the agricultural landscape

Room: 106
Phone: +49 (0) 241 / 80-23693
(UBC) Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University Kackertstraße 10 52072 Aachen Deutschland

Curriculum vitae

Since 2018 PhD student, Institute for Environmental Research (UBC), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2017 Master thesis, Institute for Environmental Research (UBC), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Topic: “An integrated model for time-dependent analysis of pesticide application series – including exposure, degradation and mixture toxicity”

2014 – 2017 Master of Biology (focus Environmental Sciences), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2010-2014 Bachelor of Biology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany

Study accompanying activites

Since 2018 Coordination of the BLOPP allocation of practical courses in the Master of Biological Sciences, Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2017 Student assistant, Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2015 – 2016 Student assistant, gaiac-Research Institute for Ecosystem Analysis and Assessment, Germany

Memberships

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Publications

Articles

  • Sybertz A, Ottermanns R, Schäffer A, Scholz-Starke B, Daniels B, Frische T, Bär S, Ullrich C, Roß-Nickoll M (2020): Simulating spray series of pesticides in agricultural practice reveals evidence for accumulation of environmental risk in soil. Science of the Total Environment, 710: 135004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135004
  • Sybertz A, Roß-Nickoll M, Schäffer A, Scholz-Starke B, Daniels B, Ottermanns R (2020): MITAS: A model for assessing the time-dependent risk of sequential applications of pesticides for soil organisms by consideration of exposure, degradation and mixture toxicity. MethodsX, 7: 100763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.12.004.

Presentations

  • Sybertz A, Ottermanns R, Daniels B, Frische T, Schäffer A, Scholz-Starke B, Roß-Nickoll M (2019): Simulation of time-dependent mixture exposure to pesticides in agricultural landscapes and estimation of effects on terrestrial organisms. 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, June 16-20, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Sybertz A, Ottermanns R, Daniels B, Frische T, Schäffer A., Scholz-Starke B, Roß-Nickoll M (2017): Pflanzenschutzmittelspritzserien in der Agrarlandschaft – unter Berücksichtigung von Exposition, Abbau und Mischungstoxizität. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)- German Language Branch, November 12-14, Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße, Germany

Poster

  • Sybertz A, Ottermanns R, Schäffer A, Daniels B, Roß-Nickoll M (2020): Pesticide mixtures in soil: Simulation of time-dependent effects on soil organisms. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Europe), SETAC SciCon, May 3-7
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