Lutz Ahrens

Professor, Avdelningen för organisk miljökemi och ekotoxikologi
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Min forskning är inom miljö- och analytisk kemi, med särskilt fokus på per- och polyfluorerade alkylsubstanser (PFAS), samt identifiering av nya farliga kemikalier med hjälp av avancerade massspektrometriska metoder för att stödja miljömässiga tidiga varningssystem.

Presentation

Jag är professor i miljöorganisk kemi vid Institutionen för vatten och miljö, SLU. Min forskning fokuserar på utveckling av avancerade analytiska metoder för att identifiera nya organiska föroreningar – särskilt PFAS – i miljöprover. Genom att använda toppmodern massspektrometri, inklusive LC-MS/MS och LC-Orbitrap-MS, undersöker jag föroreningarnas källor, transportvägar, öde och saneringsmöjligheter för att bidra till förbättrad miljöövervakning och förvaltning.

Forskning

Min forskningsverksamhet fokuserar på:

Aktuella EU projekt

Aktuella nationalla projekt

Miljökemigruppen (seniors)

Postdoktorer

nuvarande

tidigare

  • Foon Yin Lai (main supervisor) (2018-2020), SLU
  • Oksana Golovko (main supervisor) (2017-2020), SLU
  • Pablo Gago Ferrero (co-supervisor) (2016-2018), SLU
  • Meritxell Gross (co-supervisor) (2014-2015), SLU
  • Atlasi Daneshvar (co-supervisor) (2012-2014), SLU
  • Wen Qi Fan (co-supervisor) (2012), Environment Canada

Doktorander

nuvarande

tidigare

  • Valentina Ugolini (co-supervisor) (2021-2025), SLU
  • Daniel Malnes (co-supervisor) (2021-2023, licentiate), SLU
  • Natnael Girma (co-supervisor) (2020-2023, licentiate), SLU
  • Björn Bonnet (main supervisor) (2020-2025), SLU
  • Sanne Smith (main supervisor) (2020-2023), SLU
  • Winnie Nassazi (main supervisor) (2019-2023), SLU
  • Georgios Niarchos (co-supervisor) (2018-2022), Uppsala University
  • Frank Menger (main supervisor) (2017-2021), SLU
  • Alina Koch (co-supervisor) (2016-2021), Örebro University
  • Mattias Sörengård (main supervisor) (2016-2020), SLU
  • Vera Franke (main supervisor) (2016-2020), SLU
  • Hugo De Campos Pereira (co-supervisor) (2016-2022), SLU
  • Wiebke Dürig (main supervisor) (2014-2021), SLU
  • Rikard Tröger (co-supervisor) (2014-2021), SLU
  • Minh Anh Ngyuen (co-supervisor) (2013-2017), SLU
  • Jakob Gustavsson (co-supervisor) (2012-2017), SLU

Gästdoktorander

  • Théo Paris (2025-present), Université de Poitiers, France
  • Jennifer Hooper (2025-present), University of Washington, USA
  • Dauren Mussabek (2015-2021), Lunds University, Sweden
  • Rachel Rice (2019), College of the Atlantic, USA
  • Chao Guo (2021-2022), Yantai Institute of coastal zone research (YIC), China
  • Maura Mancinelli (2022), International doctorate in Earth and Marine Sciences (EMAS), Italy
  • Michel Hubert (2021-2022), Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway
  • Malhun Fakioglu (2021-2023), Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey
  • Hanna Jörss (2019-2020), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
  • Anastasia Ivanova (2017-2019), Institute of Zoology, Moldova

Gästforskare/postdoktorer

  • Dr. Pablo Gago Ferrero (2023-present), August T Larsson Guest Researcher, IDAEA-CSIC, Spain
  • Dr. Aleksandra Skrobonja (2024-present), University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Dr. Grażyna Gałęzowska (2025), Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
  • Dr. Cristina Postigo (2019-2022), August T Larsson Guest Researcher, IDAEA-CSIC, Spain
  • Dr. Rebecca López-Serna (2018-2022), University of Valladolid, Spain

Avslutade projekt

  • PhytoRem: Phytoremediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS)-contaminated soil and groundwater, SGI Tuffo (PI Lutz Ahrens)
  • STOP-ARG: Stopping spreads of antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotics from on-site sewage facilities to the groundwater, Formas (PI Foon Yin Lai)
  • FoodsecURe: Food security through better sanitation: The case of urine recycling, Norwegian Forskningsrådet (PI DGP Rodriguez, NIBO)
  • A novel approach for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water by engineering metal-organic and covalent organic frameworks, Formas (PI Lars Öhrström, Chalmers)
  • REASSURE: To reuse or not: is purified wastewater a non-toxic and sustainable resource for the future? Swedish EPA (PI Foon Yin Lai)
  • Risk rankning of chemicals in drinking water - The Risk Thermometer: Svenskt Vatten (PI Anders Glynn, SLU)
  • Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soils – mechanisms and modelling, VR (PI J P Gustafsson)
  • DANTE: Effect-directed analysis as a tool towards a non-toxic environment - identification of mixture effects and toxicity drivers in water, Formas (PI Johan Lundqvist, SLU)
  • Rest to best: Biochar as solution and product in the circular and climate positive society, Vinnova (PI Lund municipality)
  • Blackwater treatment and reuse as agricultural fertilizer, Formas (PI Meri Gros)
  • ITN PERFORCE3: Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances towards the future of research and its communication in Europe (Coordinator IT Cousins, ACES, Stockholm University, WP3 leader L Ahrens)
  • Food waste to new food in an urban context, Formas (PI Malin Hultberg, SLU)
    LakePOPs: Lake Mälaren – a lake for millions – but threatened as a natural resource for drinking water, Formas (PI Karin Wiberg)
  • SafeDrink: Integrated chemical and toxicological methods for early detection of hazardous chemicals in drinking water, Formas (PI Karin Wiberg)
  • RedMic: Novel strategies to reduce diffuse emissions of micropollutants from on-site sewage facilities, Formas (PI Patrik Andersson, Umeå University)
  • Early detection of organic micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems (PI Lutz Ahrens, Foon Yin Lai, Oksana Golovko)
  • POPscreen: Identification of emerging organic pollutants in archived biota, Swedish EPA, Swedish EPA (PI Lutz Ahrens, Karin Wiberg)
  • PFASs-Free: Innovative treatment techniques for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, Formas (PI Lutz Ahrens)
  • PFASs-PURE: Innovative treatment techniques for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil and groundwater, Vinnova (PI Lutz Ahrens)
  • StopPFAS: In-situ remediation of PFASs based on sorption methods, SGI Tuffo (PI F Fagerlund, Uppsala University)
  • NonHazCity: Innovative management solutions for minimizing emissions of hazardous substances from urban areas in the Baltic Sea Region, EU Interreg flagship project (PI Stockholm Stad, Tonie Wickman)
  • Forest-POPs I: Legacy and emerging POPs in the Swedish forest, Formas (PI Karin Wiberg)
  • Forest-POPs II: POPs in Swedish snow and boreal catchment waters, Oscar and Lili Lamms Minne (PI Karin Wiberg)

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