2022

Borgschulte Andreas

• Intsitutsseminar "Focus Materialchemie" des Instituts für Materialchemie, TU Wien, Online, 23.3.2022
  Cataluminescence in perovskites: a novel energy conversion

Driesen Charlotte

• Ruminant Group Meeting Agroscope, Switzerland, Online, 23.5.2022
  Fate of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in Beef-Producing Husbandries and the Impact of Animal Physiology

• Knowledge Transfer by FSVO, Switzerland, 24.11.2022
  Project AgroPOP: Fate of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in Beef-Producing Husbandries and the Impact of Animal Physiology
   

Heeb Norbert

• 12th VERT Forum, Germany, Online, 24.3.2022
  Secondary emissions from emission control devices and their impact on occupational health and safety
   
• 25th ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, Switzerland, Online, 21.6. - 23.6.2022
  New legislation to guide the world
   

Knobloch Marco

• Internal group meeting (AIM), Switzerland, 10.3.2022
  R-based Automatic (mass) Spectra Evaluation Routine (RASER) to analyze Chlorinated Paraffins and Olefins

• Internal group meeting (AIM), Switzerland, 17.3.2022
  Chlorinated Paraffin and Olefin distribution in Sewage Sludge change during 1993-2020

Zennegg Markus

• PolluConf 2022, Switzerland, 16.9.2022
  Project AgroPOP: Fate of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in Beef-Producing Husbandries and the Impact of Animal Physiology

2021

Borgschulte Andreas

• KAUST ChemS Graduate Seminar, Online, 2.7.2021
  Hydrogen in matter from superconductivity to catalysis

• EPFL Valais/Wallis SEMINAR 20.7.2021
  Hydride Surfaces for Catalysis

• LPHYS21: Laser Physics, Online, 19. - 23.7.2021
  Plasma X-ray Lasers: Scaling Laws and Optimal Parameters

• From Smart Methods to SmartPhones: The Dunning-Kruger Effect hits Analytical Science, Online, 10.9.2021
  From Smart Methods to Smartphones

• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Symposium, ETH Zurich, 18.9.2021
  Progress in Small Scale X-ray Lasers - Beyond Proof-of-Principle Science

• Deutsch Schweizer H2 Forum 2021, Germany, 28.9.2021
  Erneuerbarer Wasserstoff – hier trifft sich die Welt! – Von der Energieforschung bis zum Konsumenten

Driesen Charlotte

• Group seminar environmental risk assessment and management, Switzerland, Online, 28.1.2021
  AgroPOP - The transgenerational transfer of PCBs from a diffusive source to cow and calf

• Agridea Fortbildung, Switzerland, Online, 21.4.2021
  AgroPOP - Erkenntnisgewinnung zum generationsübergreifenden Transfer von Schadstoffen aus diffusen Quellen in Rindern

• Group seminar animal physiology, Switzerland, Online, 5.7.2021
  AgroPOP - The transgenerational transfer of POPs from a diffusive source to cow and calf

• RFA ReP Energy Colloquium, Switzerland, 6.9.2021
  Polychlorinated biphenyls - once a high production volume chemical, now an omnipresent residue in our dairy and meat products

• Agridea Fortbildungskurs: Schadstoffe in der Tierhaltung, Switzerland, Online, 5.10.2021
  AgroPOP - Erkenntnisgewinnung zum generationsübergreifenden Transfer von Schadstoffen aus diffusen Quellen in Rindern

Heeb Norbert

• 11th VERT Forum, Online, 25.3.2021
  - Technologies and policies towards zero impact combustion engines -a n introduction to the conference
  - New fuels, new risks, new opportunities: The chemistry and toxicity of synthetic fuels
   
• Mining Diesel Emission Council (MDEC) Conference, Canada, Online, 30.11. - 1.12.2021
  Secondary emissions from emissions control devices and their impact on occupational health and safety plans

Knobloch Marco

• HAPO at Empa, Online, 1.4.2021
  Synthesis and characterization of single-chain C18-CP standard materials with variable degrees of chlorination
   
• Meeting on CPs with University of Clemson, Online, 15.4.2021
  Analysis of chlorinated paraffins - Examples on mass spectrometric challenges

• IfC B Seminar at University of Zürich, Switzerland, 27.9.2021
  First synthesized long-chain chlorinated paraffins with defined chain-length
   
• Uchem-Eawag Seminar, Switzerland, 5.11.2021
  Analytical challenges and bio-transformation of chlorinated paraffins

Zennegg Markus

• Agridea Fortbildungskurs: Schadstoffe in der Tierhaltung, Online, 21.4.2021
  Gründe für Schadstoffe in der Tierhaltung

• Stillkongress 2021, Switzerland, 10.9.2021
  Persistente organische Schadstoffe in Muttermilch - ein Risiko für den Säugling?

• Agridea Fortbildungskurs: Schadstoffe in der Tierhaltung, Online, 5.10.2021
  Gründe für Schadstoffe in der Tierhaltung

• Schadstoffe und Streuströme in der Rinderhaltung, Online, 19.10.2021
  Persistente organische Schadstoffe in der Rinderhaltung - Erkenntnisse aus der Schweiz

2020

Driesen Charlotte

• Arbeitsgruppe zur Umsetzung von Massnahmen zur Reduktion von PCBs in Lebensmitteln von Nutztieren, Online, 19.06.2020
  AgroPOP - Transgenerationalen Transfer von PCBs bei Rindern aus Mutterkuhhaltung besser verstehen und eindämmen
   

Heeb Norbert

• Annual BAFU Meeting: CP18-Plus and CP-MAT Projects, online, 21.10.2020
  CP activities at Advanced Anayltical Technologies Lab
   
• BAFU Meeting CP18Plus, online, 18.05.2020£
  CPs in plastic consumer products - Results from the 2019 campaign
   
• Tagung Koordinationsplattform Vollzug Chemikalienrecht, Bern, 05.03.2020
  Vorkampagne zur massenspektrometrischen Analyse von SCCPs in Gegenständen

Knobloch Marco

• Meeting on Hazardous pollutants Empa , online, 05.11.2020
  Hazardous pollutants in Swiss sewage sludge - Sampling of waste water treatment plants and first results on CPs and their transformation products
• Reporting to Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) about chlorinated paraffin burdens in Switzerland , University of Zürich, 18.05.2020
  Long chain chlorinated paraffins in theSwiss environment (CP18-Plus) - CPs in Swiss sewage sludge (BAFU report)

2019

Borgschulte Andreas

• Komatsu Technology IAB 2019, Amsterdam, 30.09.2019 -01.10.2019
  What is the fuel of tomorrow?
   

Driesen Charlotte

• Swissbeef Mittelland Visit, Agroscope Posieux, 14.06.2019
  AgroPOP – Den generationsübergreifenden Transfer von persistent organischen Schadstoffen in Rindern besser verstehen und mindern
   
• Modelling of POPs, Agroscope Posieux, 10.04.2019
  AgroPOP – Toward a Better Understanding and Mitigation of Transgenerational Transfer of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Cattle
   
• Mutterkuh Schweiz, Brugg, 11.12.2019
  AgroPOP - Transfer von persistent organischen Schadstoffen in Fleisch produzierenden Rindern verstehen und mindern
   

Figi Renato

• Koordinationsplattformtagung (KPT), Bern, 05.09.2019
  RoHS-III Kampagne 2018  Neue Methode zur Untersuchung von Lotstellen in elektronischen Geräten
   
• BAFU-ROHS-Commission-Meeting, Berne, 06.02.2019
  Neue Analysenmethoden zur Bestimmung von Zinn-Blei-Loten in Elektronikgeräten sowie Batterien
   

Heeb Norbert

• 10th VERT Forum, Dübendorf, 14.03.2019
  The genotoxic potential of MPI engines in comparison to other combustion engines
   
• 23rd ETH Conference on Combustion Genereated Nanoparticles, Zürich, 17.06.2019 -20.06.2019
  The chemisty of nanoparticle adsorbates from diesel and gasoline combustion engines
   
• BD Forum 2019, St. Gallen, Hall of the cantonal council, 11.03.2019
  "Diesel gate" Wie weiter: Haben Verbrennungsmotoren eine Zukunft?
   
• BFH Jubilee Workshop: Reduction of emissions and energy consumption of IC engines - actual challenges and developments, Biel, 13.06.2019
  20 years VERT filter tests - 20 years of excellent team work of BFH and Empa
   

Hubeli Jasmin

• Koordinationsplattformtagung (KPT), Bern, 05.09.2019
  Development of a new method for the determination of Hg, Pb and Cd in different battery types
   

Schinkel Lena

• RFA NAREP + Energy Colloquium, Dübendorf, 03.06.2019
  Chlorinated paraffins - from a high production volume chemical to an analytical nightmare
   
• Cefic Euro Chlor - Chloro Alkane Analytics Workshop, Amsterdam, 26.02.2019
  Labeled CP congeners: The need for representative internal standards

Schreiner Claudia

• Koordinationsplattformtagung (KPT) vom 05.09.2019 , Bern, 05.09.2019
  Novel Method for RoHS III Campaign 2018  Lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) determination in small electronic devices
   
• BAFU-ROHS-Commission-Meeting, Bern , 06.02.2019
  Neue Analysenmethoden zur Bestimmung von Zinn-Blei-Loten in Elektronikgeräten
   

Wang Jing

• Annual congress of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology, Lugano, 05.09.2019 -06.09.2019
  Size-resolved endotoxin and oxidative potential of atmospheric particles

2018

Borgschulte Andreas

• CMSZH Graduate School Retreat 2018, Evolene, 17.01.2018 - 21.01.2018
  Applied Spectroscopy: a balancing act over the abyss between physics and chemistry
   
• LightCheC Symposium and SummerSchool 2018, Diableret, 19.08.2018 - 23.08.2018
  Poisonous water - engineering water coverage improves CO2 reduction catalysts
   
• Seminar Series of the EPFL "Highlights in Energy Research", Sion, 01.03.2018
  Renewable synthetic fuels by electro- or thermo-catalysis?

Heeb Norbert

• 2. Sonderkollogquium: Stickstoffdioxid: Ist der Diesel noch zu retten?, Frankfurt, 05.12.2017
  DeNox Technologien auf der Strasse: Ist “adblue” noch nicht grün genug?
   
• 22th ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, Zürich, 18.06.2018 -21.06.2018
  Nitration chemistry in non-catalyzed diesel particle filters
   
• 9th VERT Forum: 20 years of VERT emission control certification, Dübendorf, 15.03.2018
  Secondary emissions – the need and the challenge to protect human health
   
• Focus Event: Effect- and toxicity-based assessment of exhausts, Dübendorf, 16.03.2018
  Chemistry-based assessment of combustion exhausts

Muñoz Fernandez Maria

• SAG Meeting at University Bern, Bern, 05.11.2018
  Are GDI exhaust more dangerous than current diesel exhaust?
   

Figi Renato

• LECO Anwendertreffen Nichtmetall-Analytik, Berlin, 10.01.2018 -11.01.2018
  Nichtmetall-Analysen (C,O,N,H) als unverzichtbare Helfer in der Röntgenfluoreszenz-Analytik
   

Schinkel Lena

• Environmental Chemistry Group Seminar, IBP, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 13.11.2018
  The CP/CO problem with GC-ECNI-MS & SCCPs in plastic
   
• MTM Seminar, Örebro, 08.12.2017
  Analysis of chlorinated paraffins: The analytical nightmare
   
• CWG “Chlorinated Paraffins” by EURL, Freiburg, 17.10.2018
  SCCPs in plastic: Pattern deconvolution with single-chain CP mixtures
   
• ACES Seminar, Stockholm, 05.12.2017
  The Analytical Nightmare: Dealing with Strong Mass Interferences of Chlorinated Paraffins and Their Transformation Products, Chlorinated Olefins
   
• Environmental Chemistry Group Seminar, IBP, ETH Zurich, Zürich, 30.01.2018
  The Analytical Nightmare: Dealing with Strong Mass Interferences of Chlorinated Paraffins and Their Transformation Products, Chlorinated Olefins
   

Setyan Ari

• AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11.12.2017 - 15.12.2017
  The surface chemical reactivity of particles and its impact on human health
   

Wang Jing

• AsianNano 2018, Qingdao, 18.10.2018 - 21.10.2018
  Health risks of nanocomposites based on carbon and metal oxide nanomaterials
   
• Joint conference of American Geophysical Union - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 15.10.2018 - 18.10.2018
  Filtration as a method for emission control and personal protection
   

Zennegg Markus

• Seminar am Institut für Chemie und Biologische Chemie (ICBT) , University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil, 07.11.2018
  Dioxins and PCBs in Meat - Still a Matter of Concern?

2017

Arbelo Yunieski

• EEAW Analytical Workshop, Zurich, 12.10.2017
  Table-top XUV mass spectrometry for chemical surface-characterization of water-oxidation catalysts
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Borgschulte Andreas

• EEAW Analytical Workshop, Dübendorf, 12.10.2017
  Applications of the Raman effect: from energy research to waste water analysis
   
• 2nd Empa-AIST Joint Workshop on “Energy Materials”, Kansai, 10.10.2017 - 11.10.2017
  Neutrons Support Renewable Energy Technology
   

Borgschulte Andreas and Terreni Jasmin

• 2nd Empa-AIST joint workshop on “Energy Materials” , Kansai , 10.10.2017 - 11.10.2017
  Neutrons Support Renewable Energy Technology

Brem Benjamin

• NAREP Seminar, Empa Dübendorf, 06.11.2017
  The non-volatile particle emission standard for aero gas turbines
   
• Die Schweizerische Vereinigung für Flugwissenschaften SVFW, ETH Zürich, 06.04.2017
  Von Russfahnen zu unsichtbaren Nanopartikeln: Feinstaubemmissionen von Flugzeuggasturbinen
   

Cirelli Claudio

• LiXS 2017 Workshop - Liquid X-ray spectroscopy, Paris, 17.01.2017 -18.01.2017
  Soft X-ray spectroscopy on photoactive molecular systems in solution
   

Figi Renato

• Anwendertreffen Leco Instruments, Berlin, 24.10.2017 - 25.10.2017
  Nichtmetall-Analysen (C,O,N,H) als unverzichtbare Helfer in der Röntgenfluoreszenz-Analytik
   
• ROHS-Kampagne 2018, Zürich, 14.06.2017
  Nasschemische ROHS-Analytik

Heeb Norbert

• 21th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, Zürich, 19.06.2017 -22.06.2017
  Blue Technology: Not green enough yet: Nitrogen chemistry of current on-road deNOx technologies
   
• 8th VERT Forum: Particle Filter Technologies, EMPA Dübendorf, 17.03.2017
  Chemistry of the NOx trap technology
   
• Final GASOMEP Meeting, EMPA Dübendorf, 16.03.2017
  Motivation, project design, fleet characteristics, experimental set-up of the GASOMEP project
   
• GDCH-Kolloquium, Bergische Universität, Wuppertal, 17.05.2017
  Haben Verbrennungsmotoren eine Zukunft? Effiziente Abgaskatalyse für eine neue Generation von Diesel- und Benzinmotoren
   

Munoz Fernandez Maria

• JAMA Meeting at Empa, Empa, Dübendorf, 11.10.2017
  Genotoxic potential of GDI exhausts
   

Schinkel Lena

• CWG “Chlorinated Paraffins” by EURL, Freiburg, 14.11.2017
  - New internal standards for CP analysis
  - Transformation of CPs during metal work and thermal exposure
   
• CWG “Chlorinated Paraffins” by EURL  , Maribor, 21.06.2017
  The CP/CO problem: Resolving mass interferences of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) and their thermal transformation products, chlorinated olefins (COs)
   
• Environmental Chemistry Group Seminar, IBP, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 16.05.2017
  Introduction to Chlorinated Paraffins

Schreiner Claudia

• Horizon ProSum Meeting, Hamburg, 13.02.2017 - 14.02.2017
  “Pitfalls in the analysis of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)”
   
• NAREP, Dübendorf, 02.10.2017
  “Pitfalls in the analysis of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)”

Woerner Michael

• Dynamical Properties of Solids 2017, Cracov, 27.08.2017 - 31.08.2017
  Applications of the Raman effect: From femtosecond spectroscopy to waste water analysis

Zennegg Markus

• Fachtagung Herausforderung Brandschaden Fragestellungen und Lösungen aus der Praxis, Dübendorf, 30.11.2017
  Persistente organische Schadstoffe bei Brandereignissen
   
• Swiss Food Science Meeting (SFSM) 2017, Neuchâtel, 17.08.2017 - 18.08.2017
  Plenary Lecture: Dioxins and PCBs in meat - still a matter of concern?
   
• 2nd Eawag-Empa Analytical Workshop, Dübendorf, 12.10.2017
  Gas chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry for the analysis of Stockholm convention POPs

2016

Borgschulte Andreas

• Japan - Swiss Workshop on Energy, Tokio, 04.10.2016 - 06.10.2016
  Advanced Analytical Tools for Energy Storage
   

Czerwinski Jan

• 20th ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, ETH Zürich, 13.06.2016 - 16.06.2016
  - Experiences of Testing NO2 for Diesel and NH3 for Gasoline Cars
  - Particle number reduction of GDI cars with GPFs

Heeb Norbert

• 20th ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, ETH Zürich, 13.06.2016 - 16.06.2016
  The particle-NOx trade-off: Two decades of diesel converter technologies have not settled both issues
   
• 2nd General GASOMEP Meeting , Empa Dübendorf, 17.03.2016
  GASOMEP: Current status and new concepts of gasoline vehicle emission control
   
• 3id VDI/DECHEMA/GDCh Expert Forum on Atmospheric Chemistry, Frankfurt, 05.12.2016 - 06.12.2016
  Efficient filter and deNOx-technologies for both, diesel- and gasoline-direct injection vehicles
   
• 6. Freiburger Workshop "Luftreinhaltung und Modelle" IVU Umwelt , Freiburg, 07.06.2016 -08.06.2016
  Europa's NOx Problem - Eine Folge ineffiziener deNOx-Katalysatoren und schlechter Abgasgesetzgebung
   
• DECHEMA Kolloquium "Stickoxide: Ist der Diesel noch zu retten?" , Frankfurt, 14.01.2016
  Europa's NOx Problem - Eine Folge ineffiziener deNOx-Katalysatoren und schlechter Abgasgesetzgebung
   

Wang Jing

• 6th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation , Budapest, 18.08.2016 - 19.08.2016
  Carbon nanotubes: release to the environment, toxicity and control technologies

Zennegg Markus

• Swiss Society for Food Chemistry Seminar - Dioxins and PCBs in Food , Bern, 24.06.2016
  Dioxins and PCBs - Analytical Challenges and some Swiss Case Studies

2015

Arbelo Yunieski

• NAREP - From Synchrotron to table-top spectroscopies, Empa Dübendorf, 01.06.2015
  Concomitant surface microscopy and spectroscopy in the lab enabled by Plasma X-ray lasers
   
• WG3&WG4&WG5 Meeting COST Action MP 1203, Madrid, 09.07.2015 - 10.07.2015
  Table-top XUV-source characteristics for nano-Imaging and spectroscopy
   

Barbato Francesco

• WG3&WG4&WG5 Meeting COST Action MP 1203, Madrid, 09.07.2015 - 10.07.2015
  Spectral characteristic of a pseudo-spark Plasma source for phase contrast imaging
   

Borgschulte Andreas

• Antrittsvorlesung Uni Zürich, Universität Zürich, 10.10.2015
  Der Teufel steckt im Detail: Nanochemie für die Energiewende
   
• Biomasse Erfahrungsaustausch, Zofingen, 23.11.2015
  Steigerung der Methanproduktion in Biogasanlagen durch chemische Methanisierung
   
• Biomasseforschung in der Schweiz, Ittigen, 23.04.2015
  Smart Cat - Biogas-Upgrade durch kontinuierliche CO2-Methanisierung
   
• Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, MA, 12.07.2015 -18.07.2015
  Hydrides dye oxides
   
• HIU-Seminar, Helmholtz-Zentrum Ulm, 20.10.2015
  Electron-Transfer reactions by time-resolved Magneto-Optics
   
• Technology Briefing: Power-to-Gas in der Mobilität, Empa, Dübendorf, 25.02.2015
  Zukunft Methanisierung

Heeb Norbert

• 6th VERT Forum: Particle Filter Technologies, Empa Dübendorf, 19.03.2015
  PCDD/Fs are not only generated by copper catalysis

Masoudnia Leili

• WG3&WG4&WG5 Meeting COST Action MP 1203, Madrid, 09.07.2015 - 10.07.2015
  Parametric Optimization of Plasma Active-medium Parameters for Short-wavelength Laser

Ruiz-Lopez Maria Isabel

• Empa Topical Day on Imaging and Image Analysis, Dübendorf, 15.04.2015
  Extreme ultraviolet Stokesmeter for pulsed magneto-optics
   
• WG3&WG4&WG5 Meeting COST Action MP 1203, Madrid, 09.07.2015 - 10.07.2015
  Table top lensless imaging using Plasma based laser

Wang Jing

• Aircraft Noise and Emissions Reduction Symposium (ANERS), La Rochelle, 22.09.2015 - 25.09.2015
  Aircraft engine Emission measurement in Zürich and comparative assessment

Zennegg Markus

• Fachtagung PCB in der Umwelt mit Fokus auf Gewässer, BAFU Bern, 09.12.2015
  Identifikation von PCB-Punktquellen in Gewässern

2014

Figi Renato

• Plattformtagung der Kantone für die Marktkontrolle , Bern, 11.03.2014
  Quantitative Bestimmung von Hg in Fluoreszenz-Leuchten. Eine Herausforderung
   

Heeb Norbert

• 8th ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, Zürich, 22.06.2014 -25.06.2014
  Catalysis - a key property of filters to lower emissions of genotoxic compounds
   
• 5th VERT Forum on Evolution of Diesel Particle Filter- and deNOx Technolgies, Dübendorf, 21.03.2014
  Catalysis - a key property of filters to lower emissions of genotoxic compounds
   

Sukiene Vilma

• International Society of Exposure Science 24th Annual Meeting, Cincinatti, 12.10.2014 - 16.10.2014
  Measurement of the transfer of SVOCs from consumer products to house dust
   

Wang Jing

• Forum on Advanced Textile Materials and Processing - "Novel Textile Material on Environmental Protection", Beijing, 19.10.2014
  Respirator protection against carbon nanotubes and application of ultrathin nanofiber filters
   
• International Aerosol Conference 2014, Busan, 28.08.2014 -02.09.2014
  Release of nanomaterials into the environment: examples from nanocomposites to aircraft engines
   
• Seminar at the Pusan National Univeristy, Busan, 02.09.2014
  Carbon nanotubes: from application in nanocomposites to toxicity and emission control