Team > Dr. Martin Löder

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Chair Animal Ecology I

Head of the Microplastics Working Group

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Chair Animal Ecology I

Research topics:

• Method development: sampling, purification and spectroscopic analysis of aquatic and terrestrial environmental samples for microplastics
  
• Impact of microplastics on organisms
  
• Diffuse and point sources of microplastic inputs
  

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Chair Animal Ecology I

Publications

2024

Sarmite Kernchen, Holger Schmalz, Martin G. J. Löder, Christoph Georgi, Andrej Einhorn, Andreas Greiner, Anke Nölscher, Christian Laforsch, Andreas Held: Atmospheric deposition studies of microplastics in Central Germany. In: Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 17 (2024). - S. 2247-2261.
doi:10.1007/s11869-024-01571-w

Thomas Steiner, Lisa-Cathrin Leitner, Yuanhu Zhang, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Detection and specific chemical identification of submillimeter plastic fragments in complex matrices such as compost. In: Scientific Reports, 14 (2024). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51185-6

Markus Rolf, Hannes Laermanns, Julia Horn, Lukas Kienzler, Christian Pohl, Georg Dierkes, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Christina Bogner: Multi-method analysis of microplastic distribution by flood frequency and local topography in Rhine floodplains. In: Science of the Total Environment, 927 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171927

Simon David Jakob Oster, Paul E. Bräumer, Daniel Wagner, Max Rösch, Martina Fried, Vinay Kumar Bangalore Narayana, Eva Hausinger, Helena Metko, Eva Cseperke Vizsolyi, Matthias Schott, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder: A novel proof of concept approach towards generating reference microplastic particles. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4 (2024). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-024-00094-6

Ryan Bartnick, Andrei Rodionov, Simon David Jakob Oster, Martin G. J. Löder, Eva Lehndorff: Plastic Quantification and Polyethylene Overestimation in Agricultural Soil Using Large-Volume Pyrolysis and TD-GC-MS/MS. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (2024). - S. 13047-13055.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c10101

Maximilian Wohlschläger, Martin Versen, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: A promising method for fast identification of microplastic particles in environmental samples : A pilot study using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. In: Heliyon, 10 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25133

Leandra Hamann, Jennifer Werner, Felicia J. Haase, Massimo Thiel, Anja Scherwaß, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Alexander Blanke, Hartmut Arndt: Retention of microplastics by biofilms and their ingestion by protists in rivers. In: Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16 (2024). - .
doi:10.1111/1758-2229.70016

Anita Jemec Kokalj, Gabriela Kalčíková, Salla Selonen, Thijs Bosker, Damjana Drobne, Darina Dvorakova, Jakub Hofman, Rachel Hurley, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Sam van Loon, Paula E. Redondo-Hasselerharm, Vili Saartama, Klára Šmídová, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Laura J. Zantis, Luca Nizzetto, Cornelis A. M. van Gestel: Strategy towards producing relevant and reliable data for the hazard assessment of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soils. In: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 172 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.trac.2024.117567

2023

Aileen Jakobs, Elif Gürkal, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Tillmann Lüders: A novel approach to extract, purify, and fractionate microplastics from environmental matrices by isopycnic ultracentrifugation. In: Science of the Total Environment, 857, Part 3 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159610

E. Bergami, E. Ferrari, Martin G. J. Löder, G. Birarda, Christian Laforsch, L. Vaccari, I. Corsi: Textile microfibers in wild Antarctic whelk Neobuccinum eatoni (Smith, 1875) from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). In: Environmental Research, 216, Part 2 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114487

Julia A. Prume, Hannes Laermanns, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Christina Bogner, Martin Koch: Evaluating the effectiveness of the MicroPlastic Sediment Separator (MPSS). In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 3 (2023). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-023-00073-3

Thomas Steiner, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Frank Hilbrig, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Microplastic Contamination of Composts and Liquid Fertilizers from Municipal Biowaste Treatment Plants : Effects of the Operating Conditions. In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, 14 (2023). - S. 873-887.
doi:10.1007/s12649-022-01870-2

Anja Ramsperger, Enrico Bergamaschi, Marco Panizzolo, Ivana Fenoglio, Francesco Barbero, Ruud Peters, Anna Undas, Sebastian Purker, Bernd Giese, Carina R. Lalyer, Alba Tamargo, M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas, Hans-Peter Grossart, Dana Kühnel, Jana Dietrich, Friedrich Paulsen, Anani K. Afanou, Shan Zienolddiny-Narui, Stine Eriksen Hammer, Torunn Kringlen Ervik, Pål Graff, Bendik C. Brinchmann, Karl-Christian Nordby, Håkan Wallin, Matteo Nassi, Federico Benetti, Michela Zanella, Julian Brehm, Holger Kress, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Nano- and microplastics : a comprehensive review on their exposure routes, translocation, and fate in humans. In: NanoImpact, 29 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.impact.2022.100441

2022

Sarmite Kernchen, Martin G. J. Löder, Franziska Fischer, Dieter Fischer, Sonya Moses, Christoph Georgi, Anke Nölscher, Andreas Held, Christian Laforsch: Airborne microplastic concentrations and deposition across the Weser River catchment. In: Science of the Total Environment, 818 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151812

Simona Mondellini, Matthias Schott, Martin G. J. Löder, Seema Agarwal, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch: Beyond microplastics : Water soluble synthetic polymers exert sublethal adverse effects in the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia magna. In: Science of the Total Environment, 847 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157608

Sven Ritschar, Elisabeth Schirmer, Benedikt Hufnagl, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Römpp, Christian Laforsch: Classification of target tissues of Eisenia fetida using sequential multimodal chemical analysis and machine learning. In: Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 157 (2022). - S. 127-137.
doi:10.1007/s00418-021-02037-1

Benedikt Hufnagl, Michael Stibi, Heghnar Martirosyan, Ursula Wilczek, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Hans Lohninger: Computer-Assisted Analysis of Microplastics in Environmental Samples Based on μFTIR Imaging in Combination with Machine Learning. In: Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9 (2022). - S. 90-95.
doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00851

Markus Rolf, Hannes Laermanns, Lukas Kienzler, Christian Pohl, Julia N. Möller, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Christina Bogner: Flooding frequency and floodplain topography determine abundance of microplastics in an alluvial Rhine soil. In: Science of the Total Environment, 836 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155141

Isabella Schrank, Julia N. Möller, Hannes Imhof, Oliver Hauenstein, Franziska Zielke, Seema Agarwal, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch: Microplastic sample purification methods : Assessing detrimental effects of purification procedures on specific plastic types. In: Science of the Total Environment, 833 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154824

Lion Schöpfer, Julia N. Möller, Thomas Steiner, Uwe Schnepf, Sven Marhan, Julia Resch, Ansilla Bayha, Martin G. J. Löder, Ruth Freitag, Franz Brümmer, Christian Laforsch, Thilo Streck, Jens Forberger, Martin Kranert, Ellen Kandeler, Holger Pagel: Microplastics persist in an arable soil but do not affect soil microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and crop yield. In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185 (2022). - S. 836-849.
doi:10.1002/jpln.202200062

Thomas Steiner, Yuanhu Zhang, Julia N. Möller, Seema Agarwal, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Municipal biowaste treatment plants contribute to the contamination of the environment with residues of biodegradable plastics with putative higher persistence potential. In: Scientific Reports, 12 (2022). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12912-z

Isabella Schrank, Martin G. J. Löder, Hannes Imhof, Sonya Moses, Maren Heß, Julia Schwaiger, Christian Laforsch: Riverine microplastic contamination in southwest Germany : A large-scale survey. In: Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 (2022). - .
doi:10.3389/feart.2022.794250

Julia N. Möller, Ingrid Heisel, Anna Satzger, Eva Cseperke Vizsolyi, Simon David Jakob Oster, Seema Agarwal, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder: Tackling the Challenge of Extracting Microplastics from Soils : A Protocol to Purify Soil Samples for Spectroscopic Analysis. In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41 (2022). - S. 844-857.
doi:10.1002/etc.5024

2021

Vinay B. N. Kumar, Lena A. Löschel, Hannes Imhof, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Analysis of microplastics of a broad size range in commercially important mussels by combining FTIR and Raman spectroscopy approaches. In: Environmental Pollution, 269 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116147

Julia A. Prume, Felix Gorka, Martin G. J. Löder: From sieve to microscope : An efficient technique for sample transfer in the process of microplastics' quantification. In: MethodsX, 8 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101341

Alfons Weig, Martin G. J. Löder, Anja Ramsperger, Christian Laforsch: In situ Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Communities on Microplastic Particles in a Small Headwater Stream in Germany. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 (2021). - .
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024

Sebastian Teichert, Martin G. J. Löder, Ines Pyko, Marlene Mordek, Christian Schulbert, Max Wisshak, Christian Laforsch: Microplastic contamination of the drilling bivalve Hiatella arctica in Arctic rhodolith beds. In: Scientific Reports, 11 (2021). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93668-w

Nora Meides, Teresa Menzel, Björn Pötzschner, Martin G. J. Löder, Ulrich Mansfeld, Peter Strohriegl, Volker Altstädt, Jürgen Senker: Reconstructing the Environmental Degradation of Polystyrene by Accelerated Weathering. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (2021). - S. 7930-7938.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07718

Hannes Laermanns, Moritz Lehmann, Marcel Klee, Martin G. J. Löder, Stephan Gekle, Christina Bogner: Tracing the horizontal transport of microplastics on rough surfaces. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 1 (2021). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-021-00010-2

Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Ruth Freitag, Eva Lehndorff, Tillmann Lüders, Christian Laforsch: Growing plastics : An effort to determine the extent and effects of microplastic pollution in agricultural soils. In: AWE International, (2021). - S. 52-57.

2020

Cristina Sandu, Emoke Takacs, Giuseppe Suaria, Franco Borgogno, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Gijsbert Tweehuysen, Letitia Florea: Society Role in the Reduction of Plastic Pollution. In: Friederike Stock, Georg Reifferscheid, Nicole Brennholt, Evgeniia Kostianaia (Hrsg.): Handbook of Environmental Chemistry : Plastics in the Aquatic Environment. Part II. Stakeholders Role against Pollution. - Cham : Springer Nature, 2020. - S. 39-65.
doi:10.1007/698_2020_483

Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Finding Microplastics in Soils : A Review of Analytical Methods. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (2020). - S. 2078-2090.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b04618

Friederike Stock, Vinay Kumar Bangalore Narayana, Christian Scherer, Martin G. J. Löder, Nicole Brennholt, Christian Laforsch, Georg Reifferscheid: Pitfalls and Limitations in Microplastic Analyses. In: Friederike Stock, Georg Reifferscheid, Nicole Brennholt, Evgeniia Kostianaia (Hrsg.): Plastics in the Aquatic Environment. Part I. Current Status and Challenges. - Berlin : Springer, 2020. - S. 13-42.
doi:10.1007/698_2020_654

Anja Ramsperger, Anja C. Stellwag, Anja Caspari, Andreas Fery, Tillmann Lüders, Holger Kress, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Structural Diversity in Early-Stage Biofilm Formation on Microplastics Depends on Environmental Medium and Polymer Properties. In: Water, 12 (2020). - .
doi:10.3390/w12113216

2019

Isabella Schrank, Benjamin Trotter, Julia Dummert, Barbara Scholz-Böttcher, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Effects of microplastic particles and leaching additive on the life history and morphology of Daphnia magna. In: Environmental Pollution, 255, Part 2 (2019). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113233

Benedikt Hufnagl, Dieter Steiner, Elisabeth Renner, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Hans Lohninger: A methodology for the fast identification and monitoring of microplastics in environmental samples using random decision forest classifiers. In: Analytical Methods, 11 (2019). - S. 2277-2285.
doi:10.1039/C9AY00252A

Sven Frei, Sarah Piehl, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Martin G. J. Löder, Jennifer Krutzke, Laura Wilhelm, Christian Laforsch: Occurence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers. In: Scientific Reports, 9 (2019). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51741-5

2018

Sarah Piehl, Anna Leibner, Martin G. J. Löder, Rachid Dris, Christina Bogner, Christian Laforsch: Identification and quantification of macro- and microplastics on an agricultural farmland. In: Scientific Reports, 8 (2018). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36172-y

Rachid Dris, Hannes Imhof, Martin G. J. Löder, Johnny Gasperi, Christian Laforsch, Bruno Tassin: Microplastic Contamination in Freshwater Systems : Methodological Challenges, Occurrence and Sources. In: Eddy Y. Zeng (Hrsg.): Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2018. - S. 51-93.
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-813747-5.00003-5

Nicolas Weithmann, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Sarah Piehl, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment. In: Science Advances, 4 (2018). - .
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aap8060

2017

Martin G. J. Löder, Hannes Imhof, Maike Ladehoff, Lena Löschel, Claudia Lorenz, Svenja Mintenig, Sarah Piehl, Sebastian Primpke, Isabella Schrank, Christian Laforsch, Gunnar Gerdts: Enzymatic purification of microplastics in environmental samples. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (2017). - S. 14283-14292.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b03055

Sebastian Primpke, Hannes Imhof, Sarah Piehl, Claudia Lorenz, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Gunnar Gerdts: Mikroplastik in der Umwelt. In: Chemie in unserer Zeit, 51 (2017). - S. 402-412.
doi:10.1002/ciuz.201700821

Hannes Imhof, Robert Sigl, Emilia Brauer, Sabine Feyl, Philipp Giesemann, Stefan Klink, Kathrin Leupolz, Martin G. J. Löder, Lena Löschel, Jan Missun, Sarah Muszynski, Anja Ramsperger, Isabella Schrank, Susan Speck, Sebastian Steibl, Benjamin Trotter, Isabel Winter, Christian Laforsch: Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean. In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116 (2017). - S. 340-347.
doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.010

2016

Inga V. Kirstein, Sidika Kirmizi, Antje Wichels, Alexa Garin-Fernandez, Rene Erler, Martin G. J. Löder, Gunnar Gerdts: Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles. In: Marine Environmental Research, 120 (2016). - S. 1-8.
doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.07.004

Burkard T. Watermann, Martin G. J. Löder, Marc Herlyn, Bernd Daehne, A. Thomsen, Kristina Gall: Long-term 2007-2013 monitoring of reproductive disturbance in the dun sentinel Assiminea grayana with regard to polymeric materials pollution at the coast of Lower Saxony, North Sea, Germany. In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24 (2016). - S. 3352-3362.
doi:10.1007/s11356-016-8058-2

2015

Henriette Horn, Maarten Boersma, Jessica Garzke, Martin G. J. Löder, Nicole Aberle: Effects of high CO2 and warming on a Baltic Sea microzooplankton community. In: ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73 (2015). - S. 772-782.
doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsv198

Andrea Käppler, Frank Windrich, Martin G. J. Löder, Mikhail Malanin, Dieter Fischer, Matthias Labrenz, Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn, Brigitte Voit: Identification of microplastics by FTIR and Raman microscopy : a novel silicon filter substrate opens the important spectral range below 1300 cm - 1 for FTIR transmission measurements. In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 407 (2015). - S. 6791-6801.
doi:10.1007/s00216-015-8850-8

Sonja Oberbeckmann, Martin G. J. Löder, Matthias Labrenz: Marine microplastic-associated biofilms : a review. In: Environmental Chemistry, 12 (2015). - S. 551-562.
doi:10.1071/EN15069

Martin G. J. Löder, Gunnar Gerdts: Methodology used for the detection and identification of microplastics : A critical appraisal. In: Bergmann, Melanie ; Gutow, Lars ; Klages, Michael (Hrsg.): Marine Anthropogenic Litter. - Cham : Springer, 2015. - S. 201-227.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3_8

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Chair Animal Ecology I

Dr. Martin Löder
Head of the Microplastics Working Group

Chair Animal Ecology I
Building NWI, Room 5.0 01 45
University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstr. 30
95440 Bayreuth
Germany

Telefon: +49 (0) 921 55 2209
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 2784

E-mail: martin.loeder@uni-bayreuth.de