Carolin Riegraf

Contact
Send mailTel. +41 (0) 58 765 6462Centre Ecotox
Eawag
Office BU F19
Überlandstrasse 133
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Tasks at the Ecotox Centre
- Planning, supervision and implementation of various applied projects in aquatic ecotoxicology with a focus on hormonally active substances, effect-based screening tools and sample preparation techniques
- Combination of thin-layer chromatography and bioassays
Areas of Expertise
- Endocrine disruption
- Cell-based in vitro bioassays
- Effect-directed analysis (EDA)
- Combination of thin-layer chromatophraphy and bioassays
CV
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since 2020
Scientist in aquatic ecotoxicology at the Ecotox Centre
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2017-present
PhD thesis at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen (Germany) at the Institute of Biology V (Environmental Research).
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2016-2020
Scientific assistant at the Federal Institute of Hydrology in Koblenz (Germany)
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2014-2016
Master in Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University (Netherlands)
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2010-2014
Bachelor in Environmental Sciences at the University of Tübingen (Germany)
Publications
Riegraf, C., Reifferscheid, G., Belkin, S., Moscovici, L., Shakibai, D., Hollert, H., & Buchinger, S. (2019). Combination of yeast-based in vitro screens with high-performance thin-layer chromatography as a novel tool for the detection of hormonal and dioxin-like compounds. Analytica chimica acta, 1081, 218-230
Riegraf, C., Reifferscheid, G., Becker, B., Belkin, S., Hollert, H., Feiler, U., & Buchinger, S. (2019). Detection and quantification of photosystem II inhibitors using the freshwater alga Desmodesmus subspicatus in combination with high-performance thin-layer chromatography. Environmental science & technology, 53(22), 13458-13467
Shakibai, D., Riegraf, C., Moscovici, L., Reifferscheid, G., Buchinger, S., & Belkin, S. (2019). Coupling High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography with Bacterial Genotoxicity Bioreporters. Environmental science & technology, 53(11), 6410-6419
Müller, A. K., Leser, K., Kämpfer, D., Riegraf, C., Crawford, S. E., Smith, K., Vermeirssen, E.L.M., Buchinger, S. & Hollert, H. (2019). Bioavailability of estrogenic compounds from sediment in the context of flood events evaluated by passive sampling. Water research, 161, 540-548