Last workshop was 12-17 of November 2023 in Switzerland!

The following experts attended:

• Andy Booth - Biodegradability of plastics in the environment

• Camilla Cartney - Plastics Europe

• Scott Coffin - Science to Policy and Regulations

• Richard Cross - Freshwater microplastics- how and why bother?

• Matthias Egger - Marine systems: fate and cleanup

• Tim van Emmerik - Macroplasic research in the era of microplastic

• Andreas Gondikas - Particle fate and properties, detection in the marine environment 

• Nanna Hartmann - Ecotoxicity of microplastics: investigating and communicating risks

• Alba Hernandez Bonilla - Plastics and human health

• Karin Mattsson - Plastic sources, fate and characterization in the environment

• Denise Mitrano - Plastic fate and transport in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, nanoplastics

• Brice Mourier - Fate of microplastics in rivers - spatial and temporal dynamics

• Bernd Nowack - Modeling environmental exposure and risks

• Stephan Wagner - Material characterization and detection, plastic fate and transport in the environment

• Martin Wagner - Analysis and impacts of plastic chemicals

After the success of our one-day Microplastics workshop for early career researchers in June 2021 , we are organizing an extended second workshop, to be held in person on June 13-17, 2022 in Athens, Greece.

The overarching goal of this workshop is on increased interaction between students (Ph D candidates, early stage Postdocs) and field-leading experts. Through a series of novel and targeted interactive development and break-out sessions, we strive for active participation of a wide variety of scientists from different backgrounds to increase our collective understanding on the most important research questions in the field and up-to-date approaches in tackling microplastics research. In this way, the early career researchers not only have the opportunity to learn more about the scientific and methodological research and expand their scientific network by intense communication in small circles, but also learn career building skills which they can put into practice in their daily work.

This workshop will have three main foci to help early career researchers become more knowledgeable in the field of environmental microplastics studies and be better equipped to be competent and confident researchers in the future. These include 1) key-note lectures by experts highlighting the state of the art in the field, 2) interactive sessions between students and experts for more in-depth scientific discussions and increased networking amongst participants and 3) student development sessions, where lectures are given to help students have the information and tools they need to work in the field of academic science.

Invited experts

• Moritz Bigalke - Microplastics in solis

• Andy Booth - Plastic-associated chemicals and biodegradation

• Camilla Cartney - Plastics Europe

• Scott Coffin - Plastic policy

• Matthias Egger - Marine plastics. The ocean clean up!

• Andreas Gondikas - Particle fate and properties, detection in the marine environment 

• Thorsten Huffer - Additives in plastics

• Bart Koelmans - Risk assessments of (nano- and micro)plastics in aquatic environments

• Elma Lahive - Ecotoxicity

• Karin Mattsson - Plastic sources, fate and characterization in the environment

• Denise Mitrano - Plastic fate and transport in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, nanoplastics

• Stephanie Reynaud - Material characterization

• Stephan Wagner - Material characterization and detection, plastic fate and transport in the environment

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