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Christa McArdell-Buergisser
EDUCATION
1994
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zurich, Institute of Terrestial Ecology, Zurich, Switzerland, Ph.D.
Sc. Nat.
1992
ETH Zurich, Dept. of Social Sciences and
Humanities and Dept. of Chemistry, Zurich, “Höheres Lehramt” (teaching
certificate in Chemistry).
1990
ETH Zurich, Dept. of
Chemistry, Zurich, Diploma (M.Sc.) in Chemistry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-present
Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of
Aquatic Science & Technology, Department of Environmental Chemistry,
Duebendorf: Group Leader.
2001-2005
Eawag, Duebendorf, and Swiss National
Science Foundation (SNF), Bern, Assistant for the evaluation of SNF proposals.
1989-2001
ETH Zurich, Department of Civil,
Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, (2000-2001) lab lecturer; Department of
Environmental Sciences, (1997-2000) Lecturer; Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
and Department of Environmental Science, (1990-1994) Research and Teaching
Assistant; Institute of Technical Chemistry, (1989-1990) Research Assistant;
Institute of Organic Chemistry, (1989-1990) Teaching Assistant.
1994-1996
The Johns Hopkins University, Department of
Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, USA: Post Doctoral Research
Fellow.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Occurrence, fate and transport of emerging organic contaminants, e.g. pharmaceuticals, from urban settlements in the aquatic environment: mass flow and river infiltration studies.
Wastewater treatment processes and strategies for removal of organic micropollutants: conventional and advanced treatment; decentralized treatment in hospitals.
Development of analytical techniques for the determination of organic pollutants in sewage and ambient waters.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Input and Elimination of Pharmaceuticals from Hospital Wastewater (SER/COST, EU Project NEPTUNE, FOEN, Swiss cantons, InterReg IVB Project PILLS)
Fate of Micropollutants in Artificial Groundwater Recharge Sites with Reclaimed Wastewater (EU Project RECLAIM WATER)
Behavior of Micropollutants in Advanced Wastewater Treatment (EU Projects POSEIDON and RECLAIM WATER, FOEN MicroPoll project)
PUBLICATIONS
Escher B.I., Baumgartner R., Koller M., Treyer K., Lienert J., McArdell C.S. (2011) Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater, Water Research 45, 75-92.
Götz C.W., Abegglen C., McArdell C.S., Koller M., Siegrist H., Hollender J., Schärer M. (2010) Mikroverunreinigungen. Beurteilung weitergehender Abwasserreinigungsverfahren anhand Indikatorsubstanzen. GWA 4, 325-333.
Bester K., McArdell C.S., Wahlberg C., Bucheli T.D. (2010) Quantitative Mass Flows of Selected Xenobiotics in Urban Waters and Waste Water Treatment Plants, Chapter 1 in D. Fatta-Kassinos et al. (eds.), Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle: Mass Flows, Environmental Processes, Mitigation and Treatment Strategies. Environmental Pollution, Vol. 16, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3509-7_1, © Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Hollender J., Zimmermann S.G., Koepke S., Krauss M., McArdell C.S., Ort C., Singer H., Von Gunten U., Siegrist H. (2009) Elimination of organic micropollutants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant upgraded with a full-scale post-ozonation followed by sand filtration, Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 7862-7869.
Weissbrodt D., Kovalova L., Pazhepurackel V., Ort C., Moser R., Hollender J., Siegrist H., McArdell C.S. (2009). Mass flows of X-rax contrast media and cytostatics in hospital wastewater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 4810-4817.
Abegglen C., Joss A., McArdell C.S., Fink G., Schlüsener M.P., Ternes T.A., Siegrist H. (2009) The fate of selected micropollutants in a single-house MBR. Water Research 43, 2036-2046.
Kovalova L., McArdell C.S., Hollender J. (2009) Challenge of high polarity and low concentrations in analysis of cytostatics and metabolites in wastewater by hydrophilic interaction chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. J. Chromatography A, 1216, 1100-1108.
Bester K., Scholes L., Wahlberg C., McArdell C.S. (2008). Sources and Mass flows of Xenobiotics in Urban Water Cycles - an Overview on Current Knowledge and Data Gaps. Water Air Soil Pollut: Focus 8, 407-423.
Hollender, J., Singer, H., McArdell, C.S. (2008) “Polar organic micropollutants in the aquatic water cycle”, in: Dangerous Pollutants (Xenobiotics) in Urban Water Cycle, Petr Hlavinek, Ognjen Bonacci, Jiri Marsalek and Ivana Mahrikova (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, 103-116.
Stamm C.; Alder A.C.; Fenne, K.; Hollender J.; Krauss M.; McArdell C.S.; Ort C.; Schneider M.K. (2008). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment: A Review. Geography Compass 2/3, 920-955.
Göbel A., McArdell C.S., Joss A., Siegrist H., Giger W. (2007). Fate of Sulfonamides, Macrolides and Trimethoprim in Different Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Sci. Total Environ. 372, 361-371.
Moser, R., McArdell C.S., Weissbrodt, D. (2007) Mikroverunreinigungen: Vorbehandlung von Spitalabwasser. GWA 11, 869-875.
Hollender J., McArdell C.S., Escher,B.I. (2007) Mikroverunreinigungen. Vorkommen in Gewässern der Schweiz. GWA 11, 843-852.
Hanke I., Singer H., McArdell C.S., Brennwald M., Traber D., Muralt R., Herold T., Oechslin R., Kipfer R. (2007). Arzneimittel und Pestizide im Grundwasser. GWA 3, 187-196.
McArdell C.S., Alder A.C., Göbel A., Löffler D., Suter M.J.-F., Ternes T.A. (2006). Analytical Methods. In Human Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Fragrances: The challenge of micropollutants in urban water management edited by Thomas A. Ternes and Adriano Joss. ISBN: 1843390930. IWA Publishing, London, UK.
Alder A.C., Bruchet A., Carballa M., Clara M., Joss A., Löffler D., McArdell C.S., Miksch K., Omil F., Tuhkanen T., Ternes T.A. (2006). Consumption and Occurrence. In Human Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Fragrances: The challenge of micropollutants in urban water management edited by Thomas A. Ternes and Adriano Joss. ISBN: 1843390930. IWA Publishing, London, UK.
Joss A., Zabczynski S., Göbel A., Hoffmann B., Löffler D., McArdell C.S., Ternes T.A., Thomsen A., Siegrist H. (2006). Biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater treatment: Proposing a classification scheme. Water Research 40, 1686-1696.
Göbel A., Thomsen A., McArdell C.S., Alder A.C., Giger W., Theiβ N., Löffler D. Ternes T.A. (2005). Extraction and Determination of Sulfonamides, Macrolides, and Trimethoprim in Sewage Sludge. J. Chromatogr. A 1085, 179-189.
Joss A., Keller E., Alder A.C., Göbel A., McArdell C.S., Ternes T.A., Siegrist H. (2005). Removal of pharmaceuticals and fragrances in biological wastewater treatment. Water Research 39, 3139-3152.
Huber M.M., Göbel A., Joss A., Hermann N., Löffler D., McArdell C.S., Ried A., Siegrist H, Ternes T.A., von Gunten U. (2005). Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals during Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater Effluents: A Pilot Study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(11), 4290-4299.
Göbel A., Thomsen A., McArdell C.S., Joss A., Giger W. (2005). Occurrence and Sorption Behavior of Sulfonamides, Macrolides, and Trimethoprim in Activated Sludge Treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(10), 3981-3989.
Blüm W., McArdell C.S., Höhn E., Schaubhut R., Labhart W., Bertschi S. (2005). Organische Spurenstoffe im Grundwasser des Limmattales: Ergebnisse der Untersuchungskampagne 2004. Baudirektion Kanton Zürich, AWEL (Amt für Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft), Zürich. www.bd.zh.ch > Medienforum, Dossier "Mikroverunreinigungen".
Göbel A., McArdell C.S., Suter M.J.-F., Giger W. (2004). Trace Determination of Macrolide and Sulfonamide Antimicrobials, a Human Sulfonamide Metabolite, and Trimethoprim in Wastewater using Liquid Chromatography coupled to Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 76(16), 4756-4764.
Alder A.C., McArdell C.S., Golet E.M., Kohler H.-P.E., Molnar E., Anh Pham Thi N., Siegrist H., Suter M.J.-F., Giger W. (2004). Environmental Exposure of Antibiotics in Wastewaters, Sewage Sludges, and Surface Waters in Switzerland. In Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, Kümmerer, K. (Hrsg.). Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Deutschland, p. 55-66.
McArdell C.S., Molnar E., Suter M.J.-F., Giger W. (2003). Occurrence and Fate of Macrolide Antibiotics in Wastwater Treatment Plants and in the Glatt Valley Watershed, Switzerland. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37(24), 5479-5486.
Giger W., Alder A.C., Golet E.M., Kohler H.-P.E., McArdell C.S., Molnar E., Siegrist H., Suter M.J.-F. (2003). Occurrence and Fater of Antibiotics as Trace Contaminants in Wastewaters, Sewage Sludges, and Surface Waters. Chimia 57(9), 485-491.
Haller M. Y., Müller S. R., McArdell C. S., Alder A. C., Suter M. J.-F. (2002). Quantification of Veterinary Antibiotics (Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim) in Animal Manure by Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 952, 111-120.
Alder A.C., McArdell C.S., Golet E.M., Ibric S., Molnar E., Nipales N S., Giger W. (2001). Occurrence and Fate of Fluoroquinolone, Macrolide, and Sulfonamide Antibiotics during Wastewater Treatment and in Ambient Waters in Switzerland. In: C.G. Daughton and T. Jones-Lepp (Editors), Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment: An Emerging Concern. Washington, USA, ACS Symposium Series 791, p. 56-69.
McArdell C.S., Stone A.T., Tian J. (1998). Reaction of EDTA and Related Aminocarboxylate Chelating Agents with CoIIIOOH (Heterogenite) and MnIIIOOH (Manganite). Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(19), 2923-2930.
Suter M.J.-F., Alder A.C., Berg M., McArdell C.S., Riediker S., Giger W. (1997). Determination of Hydrophilic and Amphiphilic Organic Pollutants in the Aquatic Environment. Chimia 51(12), 871-877.
Bürgisser C.S., Stone A.T. (1997). Determination of EDTA, NTA and Other Amino Carboxylic Acids and Their Co(II) and Co(III) Complexes by Capillary Electrophoresis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31(9), 2656-2664.
Borkovec M., Bürgisser C.S., Cernik M., Glättli U., Sticher H. (1996). Quantitative Description of Multi-Component Reactive Transport in Porous Media: An Empirical Approach. Trans. Porous Media 25(2), 193-204.
Bürgisser C.S., Scheidegger A.M., Borkovec M., Sticher H. (1994). Chromatographic Charge Density Determination of Materials with Low Surface Area. Langmuir 10(3), 855-860.
Scheidegger A.M., Bürgisser C.S., Borkovec M., Sticher H., Meeussen H., Van Riemsdijk W. (1994). Convective Transport of Acids and Bases in Porous Media. Water Resour. Res. 30(11), 2937-2944.
Bürgisser C.S., Cernik M., Borkovec M., Sticher H. (1993). Determination of Nonlinear Adsorption Isotherms from Column Experiments: an Alternative to Batch Studies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27(5), 943-948.