Dr. Alexandra Foetisch
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B2|01 222
Schnittspahnstraße 9
64287
Darmstadt
• Application of electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques for the detection of nanoplastics in environmental matrices
• Method development for an efficient separation and concentration of plastic from environmental matrices
• Tire wear particles (TWP) monitoring in roadside soil samples
• Use of computer vision and deep learning for image analysis and particles automatic classification
• Data handling, analysis and visualization
Since 2024: Postdoc researcher in the Department of Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
2019-2023: PhD on “Occurrence and fate of micro- and nanoplastics in the terrestrial environment.” Soil Science, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
2016-2018: Master in Ecophysiology and ecotoxicology, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
2012-2015: Bachelor of biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Foetisch, A., Grunder, A., Kuster, B., Stalder, T., Bigalke, M., (2024) All black: a microplastic extraction combined with colour-based analysis allows identification and characterisation of tire wear particles (TWP) in soils.
Foetisch, A., Filella, M., Watts, B., Bragoni, M., Bigalke, M., (2023) After the sun: a nanoscale comparison of the surface chemical composition of UV and soil weathered plastics. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 3, 18.
Foetisch, A., Filella, M., Watts, B., Vinot, L.-H., Bigalke, M., (2022) Identification and characterisation of individual nanoplastics by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM). Journal of Hazardous Materials 426, 127804.