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Academic degree:Prof. Dr. Thomas Braunbeck
Last name:Braunbeck 
First name:Thomas 
Responsible for:ESPR-Area 2: Aquatic chemistry and biology, health 
Organization/Institute:University of Heidelberg, Aquatic Ecology and Toxicology Unit 
Department:Department of Zoology 
Position:Assistant Professor 
Street, Number, POB:Im Neuenheimer Feld 230 
Postal code, City:D-69120 Heidelberg 
State: 
Country:Germany 
Phone:+49-(0)6221-545668 
Fax:+49-(0)6221-546162 
E-mail address:Braunbeck@zoo.uni-heidelberg.de 
Url:http://web.zoo.uni-heidelberg.de/aquatox/ 
Curriculum vitae:ESPR-Principal Subject Editor:
Aquatic Chemistry and Biology

Thomas Braunbeck (PhD, Professor) is an expert in aquatic toxicology working with endocrine disruptors, cytopathology, histopathology of fish, genotoxicity assessment, embryotoxicity and biomarkers. He has 20 years of experience in the area and has published over 120 international articles and several books in this area.

As the head of the section of Aquatic Ecology and Toxicology located at the Department of Zoology, he has supervised more than 20 PhD and 100 MSc students and is now working as an associate professor (Akademischer Rat) at the Dept. pf Zoology, University of Heidelberg (Germany). 
Areas of interest:
aquatic toxicology 
ecotoxicological testing methods 
genotoxicity tests 
Fisch, fish 
fish physiology 
endocrine effects of chemicals 
marine ecology 
limnology 
biomarkers 
toxicology 
 
Articles:
7 JSS (6) 377-387 (2007), Differentiation Between Bioavailable and Total Hazard Potential of Sediment-induced DNA Fragmentation as Measured by the Comet Assay with Zebrafish Embryos (11 pp)
14 ESPR (2) 75-84 (2007), ESPR Subject Area 2 ´Aquatic Chemistry and Biology, Health Issues´
13 ESPR (5) 308-319 (2006), Ecotoxicological Assessment of Sediment, Suspended Matter and Water Samples in the Upper Danube River. A pilot study in search for the causes for the decline of fish catches (12 pp)
18 UWSF (1) 70 (2006), Weight-of-Evidence-Studie zur Sedimentbelastung des Tietê River in Brasilien
6 JSS (1) 20-29 (2006), Membrane Dialysis Extraction (MDE): A Novel Approach for Extracting Toxicologically Relevant Hydrophobic Organic Compounds from Soils and Sediments for Assessment in Biotests
17 UWSF (3) 129-130 (2005), Postgraduale Weiterbildung mit dem zertifizierten Abschluss Fachökotoxikologin/e GDCh/SETAC. Die ersten drei Kurse starten im Oktober/November 2005 (2 Seiten)
12 ESPR (6) 347-360 (2005), Endocrine Disruption of Water and Sediment Extracts in a Non-Radioactive Dot Blot/RNAse Protection-Assay Using Isolated Hepatocytes of Rainbow Trout (14 pp)
16 UWSF (3) 149-150 (2004), Podiumsdiskussion ´New Blood in Ecotoxicology´: Wie kann die Berliner Erklärung zur Ökotoxikologie umgesetzt werden? (Achte Deutschsprachige Jahrestagung der SETAC Europe-GLB, Heidelberg, 21. – 24. September 2003)
4 JSS (2) 84-94 (2004), Comparative Genotoxicity Testing of Rhine River Sediment Extracts Using the Comet Assay with Permanent Fish Cell Lines (RTG-2 and RTL-W1) and the Ames Test (11 pp)
11 ESPR (5) 313-320 (2004), Changes in Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Industrial Sewage Sludge Samples Containing Nitro- and Amino-aromatic Compounds Following Treatment in Bioreactors with Different Oxygen Regimes (8 pp)
15 UWSF (4) 281-282 (2003), Nachwuchsförderung in der Ökotoxikologie - New Blood in Ecotoxicology. Achte Deutschsprachige Jahrestagung der SETAC Europe-GLB. Heidelberg, 21. - 24. September 2003
3 JSS (3) 197-207 (2003), A New Sediment Contact Assay to Assess Particle-bound Pollutants Using Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos (11 pp)
14 UWSF (3) 132-137 (2002), Ökotoxikologische Untersuchung von Sedimenten und Schwebstoffen - Abschätzung des Gefährdungspotenzials für Trinkwasser und Korrelation verschiedener Expositionspfade (Acetonischer Extrakt, Natives Sediment) im Bakterienkontakttest und Fischeitest
15 UWSF (2) 71-77 (2003), DDT und Metabolite in Sedimenten Berliner Gewässer - Vorkommen, Analytik und Schädigungspotenzial
15 UWSF (1) 5-12 (2003), Untersuchungen zum ökotoxikologischen Schädigungspotenzial und Erosionsrisiko von kontaminierten Sedimenten in staugeregelten Flüssen
 
 

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