Furrer, Gerhard
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Gerhard Furrer was awarded the title of professor in 2003. His research and teaching activities are related to terrestrial and aquatic environmental geochemistry. Bio sketch - Swiss citizenship; - Diploma in Chemistry, University of Fribourg (1978); - PhD at EAWAG and ETH Zurich, adv. Werner Stumm (1985); - Postdoc at OSU, Corvallis, adv. John C. Westall (1986); - University of Bern, Inorganic Chemistry Group, head Paul W. Schindler (1987 - 1991); - Since 1991: ETH Zurich, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Soil Protection Group, head Rainer Schulin; - Sabbatical at UC Davis in the lab of William H. Casey (Spring 2001); - Since July 2006: Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP).
Research Interest
Chemical weathering of minerals; - Acidification of soil and waters; - Modelling of biogeochemical processes in terrestrial and aquatic environments; - Aqueous chemistry of aluminum; - Soil pollution by heavy metals; - Gentle methods of soil remediation; - Polynuclear aluminum complexes in nature and technical applications; - Genesis of new minerals in soil polluted by heavy metals.
Publications
-
Arsenate uptake by Al nanoclusters and other Al-based sorbents during water treatment. Mertens J, Rose J, Wehrli B, Furrer G. Water Res. 2016 Jan 1;88:844-851. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.018. Epub 2015 Nov 14.
-
Thermostatted dual-channel portable capillary electrophoresis instrument. Koenka IJ, Küng N, Kubáň P, Chwalek T, Furrer G, Wehrli B, Müller B, Hauser PC. Electrophoresis. 2016 Sep;37(17-18):2368-75. doi: 10.1002/elps.201600235. Epub 2016 Jul 4.
-
Clogging of an Alpine streambed by silt-sized particles - Insights from laboratory and field experiments. Fetzer J, Holzner M, Plötze M, Furrer G. Water Res. 2017 Sep 7;126:60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.015.
