Lukas Vogel

• Microbial Ecology
• HPLC-MSMS

I am a PhD candidate in the Environmental Microbiology group and am responsible for analysing pollutants in the OTC Genomics project. I analysed water samples for pesticides, pharmaceuticals and UV filters, using solid phase extraction (SPE) and subsequent liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MSMS). For this purpose, samples were taken twice a week over the course of a year along the Warnow estuary and along the Baltic Sea coast. In my doctoral thesis, I am investigating the entry routes of these pollutants and assessing the potential risk they could pose to aquatic organisms.