Method development for the qualitative and quantitative detection of microplastics in foods, causation and preventive measures
(Industry Association for Food Technology and Packaging, Germany+ 4 international partners)
IPF sub-project: establishment of spectroscopic microplastics reference databases, automated microplastic analysis of samples from filling and packaging plants and food samples with FTIR- and Raman microspectroscopy
(Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. E. Kanaki)
07/2021 - 07/2023
Integrated approach on the fate of MicroPlastics towards healthy marine ecosystems
(KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden + 14 international partners)
IPF sub-project: characterisation of weathered microplastics, automated microplastic analysis of marine samples with FTIR- and Raman microspectroscopy
(Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer)
04/2020 - 03/2023
Determination of inland sources and sinks of microplastics and the relevant fate processes on its pathways to the open Baltic Sea within the exemplary Warnow catchment area (Leibniz-IOW + 4 nat. partners)
IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in environmental samples
(Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer)
09/2017 - 09/2020
https://www.io-warnemuende.de/microcatch-start.html
Strategies for the reduction of urban plastic emissions into limnic systems. (Universität der Bundeswehr München + 9 partners, 10 associates)
IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in aqueous and sludge samples
(Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer, A. Rödiger)
09/2017 - 08/2020
http://www.plastrat.de
Multilevel assessment of microplastics and associated pollutants in the Baltic Sea (Leibniz-IOW + 6 int. partners)
IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in environmental samples
(Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. J. Brandt, Dr. E. Kanaki, J. Muche, Dr. K.-J. Eichhorn)
7/2017 - 6/2020
https://www.io-warnemuende.de/projekt/192/micropoll.html
Contamination of Microplastics in the Model System Weser - Wadden Sea National Park: a Cross-ecosystem Approach (University of Bayreuth + 5 nat. partners)
IPF assignment: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in air samples
(Dr. D. Fischer, E. Schierz)
09/2017 - 08/2020
https://bmbf-plastik.de/en/joint-project/plawes
Microplastic as vector for microbial populations in the ecosystem of the Baltic Sea (Leibniz IOW + 11 partners)
IPF sub project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of Microplastic in the Baltic Sea
(Dr. K.-J. Eichhorn, A. Käppler)
04/2014 - 12/2017
http://www.io-warnemuende.de/mikromik-home.html
