M.Sc. Antonia Weltmeyer
Ecotoxicology of mulch films in the terrestrial environment and their interaction with pesticides (iMulch project, EFRE, website: imulch.eu)
Curriculum vitae
03/2019 - today Doctoral studies, Project iMulch, funded by EFRE RWTH Aachen University
10/2016 - 03/2019 Ecotoxicology, M. Sc. Thesis title: Persistent organic pollutants in the green turtle chelonia mydas - Distribution and dioxin-like activity RWTH Aachen University
10/2013 - 09/2016 Environmental Science, B. Sc. Thesis title: Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Correlation of the Chemistry of Polyelectrolytes and Layer Thickness University of Greifswald
Study accompanying activities
02/2020 (one week) Attendance at PhD Winter School Topic: Plastic in the environment - Sources, sinks and possible solutions
11/2018 - 03/2019 Study Assistant, Projekt: Demonstrationsvorhaben Ozonung des Abwassers auf der Kläranlage Aachen-Soers RWTH Aachen University
06/2018 - 07/2018 Research internship at the Institute of Biology: Assessment of effects and multixenobiotic resistance activity of eight pesticides to the earthworm Eisenia andrei, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University (Osijek, Croatia)
03/2018 - 06/2018 Student Assistant, Project: Sullied Sediments Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
02/2018 - 03/2018 Research intership at the Institute for Environmental Research, Project: Assessment of biodegradation of 4-n-Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride in surface water RWTH Aachen University
02/2018 - 04/2018 Student Assistant, Project: Impact of the vertical distribution on the population dynamics of Folsomia candida (Collembola) - implications on the risk assessment of plant protection products RWTH Aachen University
Memberships
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Member since 2018
Publications
Sill A., Nestler P., Weltmeyer A., Paßvogel M., Neuber S., Helm C.A.(2020) Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films from Mixtures of Polyanions: Different Compositions in Films and Deposition Solutions, Macromulecules 53: 7107. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01089
Velki M., Weltmeyer A., Seiler TB., Hollert H. (2019). Acute toxicities and effects on multixenobiotic resistance activity of eight pesticides to the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26: 4821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3959-x
Poster and Presentations
Weltmeyer, A., Dogruer, G., Covaci, A., Hollert, H.,Weijs, L. (2019) Occurrence and distribution of persistent organic pollutants and MeO-PBDEs in tissues of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Australia, SETAC Europe in Helsinki (Finland)
Weltmeyer, A., Holzmann, H., Smith, K. (2019) Biodegradation of 4-n- Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride in surface water according to OECD No. 309, Young Environmental Scientist Meeting in Ghent (Belgium)
Velki, M.,Weltmeyer, A., Lackmann, C., Seiler, T.-B., Hollert, H. (2018) Acute toxicity of 10 pesticides to earthworm Eisenia andrei and their effects on the efflux pump activity, Croatian Biological Congress in Porec (Croatia)
Sill, A., Paßvogel, M., Weltmeyer, A., Soltwedel, O., Azinfar, A., Nestler, P., Helm, C. (2017) Composition of polyanion mixtures influence exponential growth of polyelectrolyte multilayers, DPG-Tagung in Dresden (Germany)