Andrea Schifferli
Tasks at the Ecotox Centre
- Responsibility for the biological analytical laboratory
- Maintenance of the algae, yeast and cell cultures
- Optimization, execution and interpretation of various bioassays for the analysis of contaminated water and waste water
- Support and counseling of apprentices, interns, students and scientists in practical technical questions
Areas of Expertise
- Ecotoxicological bioassays
- Solid phase extraction
- Cell cultures
Projects
Terminated projects
- How to detect endocrine disruptors in a cantonal lab
- Wastewater treatment with granular activated carbon combined with ozonation
- Water Monitoring in NAWA SPEZ 2017
- Biomonitoring of the Eschelisbach with Gammarus pulex (NAWA SPEZ 2015)
- Development of a Reliable Concept for Routine Assessment of Water Quality Based on Bioassays
- Evaluation of the efficiency of complementary wastewater treatments
- DEMEAU
- Ozonation at the WWTP Neugut
- Micropollutants and Ecosystems
- Ecotoxicity of corrosion inhibitors from hydraulic steel structures
- Bioassays for Detecting Estrogenic Substances in Surface Waters
- Integrated Water Quality Management for Streams and Rivers (iWaQa) - Information from Bioassays and Chemical Analyses
- Plankton Studies at Lake Thun
- Ecotoxicity of facade runoff
CV
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since 2012
Lab Technician at the Ecotox Centre
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2011
Lab technician at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
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2008 - 2011
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering with a focus on Nature Management, ZHAW Wädenswil
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2007 - 2008
Biomedical Analyst at the Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich
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2003 - 2007
Head of the Diagnostic Laboratory at the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich