Kretzschmar, Ruben
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Ruben Kretzschmar is Full Professor of Soil Chemistry and head of the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1994 in the Department of Soil Science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, where he specialized in soil chemistry and mineralogy. He was elected Associate Professor at ETH Zurich in 1999 and Full Professor in 2002. From August 2008 to July 2009 he was a Cox Visiting Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University, CA, USA.
Research Interest
The research of his group is primarily concerned with the biogeochemical behavior and cycling of essential and potentially toxic trace elements in terrestrial and semi-terrestrial systems. Currently, his group focuses on the biogeochemistry of metals and metalloids in periodically flooded or water-saturated soils, such as contaminated river floodplains and irrigated rice paddies.
Publications
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Control of arsenic mobilization in paddy soils by manganese and iron oxides. Xu X, Chen C, Wang P, Kretzschmar R, Zhao FJ. Environ Pollut. 2017 Aug 4;231(Pt 1):37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.084.
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Source tracing of natural organic matter bound mercury in boreal forest runoff with mercury stable isotopes. Jiskra M, Wiederhold JG, Skyllberg U, Kronberg RM, Kretzschmar R. Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2017 Aug 21. doi: 10.1039/c7em00245a
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Reductive solubilization of arsenic in a mining-impacted river floodplain: Influence of soil properties and temperature. Simmler M, Bommer J, Frischknecht S, Christl I, Kotsev T, Kretzschmar R. Environ Pollut. 2017 Aug 26;231(Pt 1):722-731. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.054.
