Dr. Manuela van Pinxteren

Leibniz Institute for

Tropospheric Research

Permoserstraße 15

04318 Leipzig  

 

Phone: +49 341 2717- 7102

Mail: manuela.vanpinxteren@tropos.de  

Room: 007 (Geb. 23.1)

 

Function

Scientist

 

Department:

Atmospheric Chemistry Deaprtment

 

Research areas & research interest:

  • Research theme: Interactions between ocean and atmosphere • Analytical method development for the trace analysis of natural organic compounds in marine samples (hyphenated MS-techniques: GC-MS, LC-MS)
  • Planning and performing of field campaigns for the sampling of marine aerosol particles and seawater (research cruises, atmospheric stations)

 

Current projects:

  • PI in the SAW project MarParCloud (2016-2018) 
  • DFG project: Aliphatic amines in the tropical marine environment: Sources, budgets and phase partitioning (ALAMARE) (2016-2017)
  • Transregio project: Arctic Amplification (AC3) (2016-2019) o BMBF project: Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene (SOPRAN) (2013-2016) ⇒ PI in the sub project: Oceanic export of organic matter: comprehensive data interpretation

 

Teaching:

  • Since 2012: Lecturer in the postgraduate studies “Analytics and Spectroscopy” at the University of Leipzig  

 

Memberships:  

  • 10/2015: Participation in the Future Leaders Programme of the Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS-Forum), Kyoto, Japan
  • Since 2012: Member of the internal scientific advisory board at TROPOS

 

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Academic qualification 

1997-2002 Study of Chemistry with the focus of Environmental Chemistry Leipzig University
09/2002 Diploma in Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry) with the grade „very good“(1,3) Leipzig University
09-12/1999 DAAD practical training (Development and testing of catalysts) University of Campinas, Brasil
2003-2005 Teaching activities during GDCh courses in gas chromatography  
01/2003- 04/2006 Doctorate Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Department of Analytical Chemistry
05/2006-06/2011 Postdoc in the Department of Analytical Chemistry Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Since 07/2011 Scientist at the Atmospheric Chemistry Department Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig

Diploma thesis:  "Gas chromatographic investigations of the products of pre-treated wood samples"  (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Engewald)

PhD thesis: "Development and Application of New Techniques for the Extraction of Organic Contaminants in Different Matrices" (supervisors: Dr. habil. Peter Popp, Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schulze), title and grade: Dr. rer. nat., "summa cum laude"

 

Publications, van Pinxteren / Schellin