| Academic degree: | Dr. |  | | Last name: | Knacker | | First name: | Thomas | | Responsible for: | Sediments, Section 1: Sediment quality and impact assessment | | Organization/Institute: | ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH | | Department: | | | Position: | | | Street, Number, POB: | Böttgerstr. 2-14 | | Postal code, City: | 65439 Flörsheim | | State: | | | Country: | Germany | | Phone: | | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | th-knacker@ect.de | | Url: | http://www.ect.de | | Curriculum vitae: | Ph. D. in 1981 at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on the lipid and fatty acid composition of a C4 plant grown under low atmospheric oxygen concentrations.
Post-doctoral research (1982) at the University of Wales, Department of Biochemistry in Cardiff, U.K., on lipid biosynthesis in synchronized cultures of a photosynthetic bacterium.
Thereafter scientist and later head of the Department of Ecotoxicology and Biodegradation at Battelle Institute e.V. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Since 1993 Managing Director of the company ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH located in Flörsheim am Main, Germany. ECT assists chemical industry and governmental authorities in the area of investigating the effects and fate of chemicals in the environment.
Active member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).
From 2001 to 2005 one of the four editors-in-chief of the periodical ´Journal of Soils and Sediments´ (JSS). | | Areas of interest: | | Ökologische Chemie | | risk assessment and risk management of gmos | | contaminated sediments | | mesocosm studies | | sediments, ecotoxicological assessment | | acute toxicity | | aquatische Ökotoxikologie | | environmental risk assessment | | endocrine effects of chemicals | | bioaccumulation/biomagnification | | |
| | Articles: | 7 JSS (1) 2-8 (2007), Subject Area ´Sediments´: The Subject Editors and Advisors: Challenges and relevant literature in JSS and ESPR (the presentation of the Editors is not complete yet and will be continued)
14 ESPR (1) 24-29 (2007), Eco-Labelling of Shampoos, Shower Gels and Foam Baths (6 pp)
13 ESPR (2) 110-119 (2006), Evaluation of Measured and Predicted Environmental Concentrations of Selected Human Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (10 pp)
12 ESPR (2) 62-65 (2005), The EU-project ERAPharm - Incentives for the further development of guidance documents? (4 pages)
3 JSS (4) 237-238 (2003), Standardisation of Terrestrial Ecotoxicological Effect Methods: An example of successful international co-operation
3 JSS (1) 2 (2003), Highlights of the First Issue in 2003 (February)
15 UWSF (3) 169-180 (2003), Körperpflegemittel in der aquatischen Umwelt - Eine bisher vernachlässigte Stoffgruppe
1 JSS (1) 1 (2001), Journal of Soils and Sediments - Protection, Risk Assessment and Remediation: A New Journal
9 UWSF (4) 219-222 (1997), Terrestrische Mikrokosmen
4 ESPR (3) 155-162 (1997), Endocrine Disrupters in the Aquatic Environment
2 ESPR (3) 179-187 (1995), Application of the Criteria for Classification of Existing Chemicals as Dangerous for the Environment
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