Sarah Piehl
Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Phone:
+49 381 5197 3473
Fax:
+49 381 5197 440
E-Mail:
Expertise: Microplastics and Marine Litter
Topics
- Identification and Quantification of sources and sinks of plastic litter in aquatic environments
- Development of monitoring methods for plastic litter within aquatic environments
- Science communication
Education
- since 2014: PhD student at University of Bayreuth, Department of Animal Ecology I - Germany
- 09/2011-02/2014: Master of Marine Biology at the University of Rostock - Germany
- 09/2008-09/2011: Bachelor of Biology at the Philips University of Marburg - Germany
Employment
- since 01/2019: Research Assistant at Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany
- 08/2014-07/2018: Research Assistant at University of Bayreuth, Department of Animal Ecology I, Germany
Projects
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MicroCatch_Balt:
One System: Analysing microplastics sinks and sources from a typical catchment area to the open Baltic
BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01.08.2017 - 31.12.2020) -
BONUS MICROPOLL:
BONUS MICROPOLL - Multilevel assessment of microplastics and associated pollutants in the Baltic Sea
BONUS / BMBF (01.07.2017 - 30.09.2020)
Publications
- 2019
- Piehl, S., R. Hauk, E. Robbe, F. Klaeger, M. Haseler, M. Labrenz and G. Schernewski (2019). Mikroplastik in der Umwelt - Eintrag, Verbleib und Konsequenzen. In: Emissionsminderung von Punktquellen im ländlichen Raum : 12. Rostocker Abwassertagung am 10. September 2019 an der Universität Rostock : Tagungsband Rostock: Universität Rostock (Schriftenreihe Umweltingenieurwesen): 104-115, http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00002583 –open access–
- Piehl, S., V. Mitterwallner, E. C. Atwood, M. Bochow and C. Laforsch (2019). Abundance and distribution of large microplastics (1-5 mm) within beach sediments at the Po River Delta, northeast Italy. Mar. Poll. Bull. 149: 110515, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110515