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Welcome to the Environmental Chemistry of Anthropogenic Materials Group!

This group is lead by Prof. Dr. Denise M Mitrano

Who we are

Beginning in July 2020, Prof. Mitrano was awarded an SNF Eccellenza Professorship and founded the ECAM group in the Environmental Systems Science Department at ETH. The natural environment is experiencing ever-increasing pressures from anthropogenic stressors. Understanding how human activities influence physical, chemical and biological cycles is a central component of modern geosciences. Our research aims to connect this geochemical knowledge with decision making on a larger platform concerning the protection of various ecosystems. Thus, we combine fundamental science within an applied context, with a focus on environmental impacts of the Anthropocene and risk assessment of pollutants. To date, our research has centered on engineered nanomaterials and (micro)plastic pollution.

Latest News

New publication: Training the next generation of plastics pollution researchers: Tools, skills and career perspectives in a transdisciplinary field

New publication: plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture

New publication: Eco-corona Formation on Plastics: Adsorption of Dissolved Organic Matter to Pristine and Photochemically Weathered Polymer Surfaces

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