Staff

Christoph Ort

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About Me

Research Interest
Wastewater is one of the most information-rich and dynamic waste streams of our society. My interests lie in source typing and tracking of water-borne pollutants such as personal care products, pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in both the built and natural environment. I combine full scale measurements, modeling (deterministic and stochastic) and laboratory experiments. Furthermore, I develop new measurement devices and work flows to gain unprecedented insight into pollutant dynamics and the spatio-temporal variability of environmental variables.


New devices
Transportable high-resolution mass spectrometry; floatable sensor platforms; application of passive samplers in highly dynamic water systems

Wastewater-based epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2; sampling and monitoring design; processes in sewers; transformation of parent and metabolites in sewers (lab and full scale experiments)

Wet-weather discharges
Micropollutants from urban areas; separate and combined sewers; prediction based on land use

Source control
Quantification of hospital wastewater; comparison to other sources (households)

Pollutant fluxes in natural water bodies
Micropollutant removal; modeling and monitoring concepts; resource allocation


Current supervision

Former PhDs/Postdocs (left for)

  • Michael Stravs (ETHZ, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology)
  • Lena Mutzner (Danish Technical University)
  • Adrian Koller (University of Applied Sciences Lucerne)
  • Ann-Kathrin McCall (Arcadis)
  • Philipp Staufer (Canton Solothurn)

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Projects

Application of Wastewater-based Epidemiology to SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Measuring micropollutants in combined sewer overflows with mobile HRMS
High resolution mass spectrometry in the field
Mapping environmental variables in sewers
Quantifying micropollutant loads in combined and separate sewer overflows
Advancing estimation of illicit drug use from wastewater samples - the role of in-sewer drug transformation.

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Publications

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McCall, A.-K.; Bade, R.; Kinyua, J.; Lai, F. Y.; Thai, P. K.; Covaci, A.; Bijlsma, L.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Ort, C. (2016) Critical review on the stability of illicit drugs in sewers and wastewater samples, Water Research, 88, 933-947, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.040, Institutional Repository
Ort, C.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Berset, J.-D.; Bijlsma, L.; Castiglioni, S.; Covaci, A.; de Voogt, P.; Emke, E.; Fatta-Kassinos, D.; Griffiths, P.; Hernández, F.; González-Mariño, I.; Grabic, R.; Kasprzyk-Hordern, B.; Mastroianni, N.; Meierjohann, A.; Nefau, T.; Östman, M.; Pico, Y.; Racamonde, I.; Reid, M.; Slobodnik, J.; Terzic, S.; Thomaidis, N.; Thomas, K. V. (2014) Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis, Addiction, 109(8), 1338-1352, doi:10.1111/add.12570, Institutional Repository
Kaegi, R.; Voegelin, A.; Ort, C.; Sinnet, B.; Thalmann, B.; Krismer, J.; Hagendorfer, H.; Elumelu, M.; Mueller, E. (2013) Fate and transformation of silver nanoparticles in urban wastewater systems, Water Research, 47(12), 3866-3877, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.060, Institutional Repository
Ort, C.; Lawrence, M. G.; Rieckermann, J.; Joss, A. (2010) Sampling for pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and illicit drugs in wastewater systems: are your conclusions valid? A critical review, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(16), 6024-6035, doi:10.1021/es100779n, Institutional Repository
Ort, C.; Hollender, J.; Schaerer, M.; Siegrist, H. (2009) Model-based evaluation of reduction strategies for micropollutants from wastewater treatment plants in complex river networks, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(9), 3214-3220, doi:10.1021/es802286v, Institutional Repository

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Address

E-Mail: christoph.ort@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 5277
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: BU B11

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Expert on

wastewater, wastewater-based epidemiology, micropollutants, modeling, monitoring

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