M.Sc. Katrin Wiltschka
Ph.D. student
Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, iFZ
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26
35392 Giessen, Germany
Room: B227
Phone: +49(0)641 99 37103
Fax: +49(0)641 99 37109
Email: katrin.wiltschka
Fields of interest / focus of work
- Hydrodechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated waters using palladium nanocatalysts
- Solid-phase microextraction (SPME), GC-MS
- Project: Dechlorination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) using palladium nanocatalysts to eliminate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated waters (AntiPOP)
CV
- since 01/2020 Ph.D. student (DBU scholar) at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, JLU Giessen
- 01/2019 - 12/2019 Academic assistant at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, JLU Giessen
- 2016-2018 Studies of Environmental Science (M.Sc.), JLU Giessen
Thesis: Investigation of intermediate steps within the nano-Pd catalyzed dehalogenation of hexachlorobenzene. - 2012-2016 Studies of Environmental Management (B.Sc.), JLU Giessen
Thesis: Heavy metal content of selected roadsides in the urban area of Giessen
Peer-reviewed publications
Simon MP, Knuth D, Böhm L, Wiltschka K, Schatz M, Düring R-A. 2022. A miniaturized method for fast, simple, and sensitive pesticide analysis in soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments 22: 496–508.
Wiltschka K, Neumann L, Werheid M, Bunge M, Düring R-A, Mackenzie K, Böhm L. 2020. Hydrodechlorination of hexachlorobenzene in a miniaturized nano-Pd(0) reaction system combined with the simultaneous extraction of all dechlorination products. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 275: 119100.