Dorte Herzke
Senior Scientist
+47 63 89 82 97
Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects
Fram Centre, Tromsø
dhe@nilu.no
Dr Dorte Herzke is a senior scientist at the Arctic environment section in NILU’s Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects located at Kjeller.
Herzke has a long-standing experience in development of analytical methods for determination of persistent organic pollutants as POPs, PFAS, microplastic and additives in environmental samples.
She has substantial expertise in biomonitoring and human exposure to environmental contaminants as well as conducting research on the fate of contaminants in the environment and the contribution to environmental and human exposure.
Herzke has been coordinating national and international research projects as well as acting as an adviser to national authorities. Contributing to the acceleration of our understanding on the drivers and impact of environmental pollution, in order to identify robust solutions, is one of her main motivations in her research.
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Individual variability in contaminants and physiological status in a resident Arctic seabird species
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Four years of NewRaptor: results from in ovo exposure in model species and field sampling in raptors
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Accumulation of the polyfluorinated ether sulfonate F53-B in food items from two provinces in China.
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Contaminants in Greenlandic food and chiral pesticides as indicators for selective uptake processes.
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Plastic pollution; global sources causing consequences for the Arctic, Towards international state-of-the-art understanding and education (PlastPoll2021)
Being a fast developing field of research of increasing complexity, education and training on the impact and fate of MP pollution is lacking behind both in teaching state-of-the art research […]
Analysis techniques for quantifying nano-and microplastic particles and their degradation in the marine environment (ANDROMEDA)
In ANDROMEDA, a combination of advanced techniques, such as µFTIR, Raman and SEM-EDX, should be optimized and used for characterization and quantification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the order of 1 µm, 0.2 µm and less. Particular focus will be given to types of MP that are challenging to detect, such as microfibers, paint flakes and tire wear particles.
Fluxes and fate of microplastics in Northern European waters (FACTS)
The project FACTS will create new knowledge and improve our understanding on the sources, transport, occurrence, and fate of small microplastics (MP) in the northern marine waters. FACTS will combine newest methods to describe transport and geographical sources of microplastics contamination. We will also investigate where microplastic particles will end up both in temperate waters of the southern North Sea and the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.
EUROpean quality Controlled Harmonization Assuring Reproducible Monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution (EUROqCHARM)
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. Numerous protocols have been developed to monitor plastic debris, but these are rarely comparable. This has hindered […]
Plastic pollution; a global challenge towards harmonised understanding, education and methodology in Europe, USA and China (PlastPoll)
Being a fast developing field of research of increasing complexity, education on the impact and fate of MP pollution is lacking behind both in teaching, state-of-the art research as well […]
Dr Dorte Herzke is a senior scientist at the Arctic environment section in NILU’s Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects located at Kjeller.
Herzke has a long-standing experience in development of analytical methods for determination of persistent organic pollutants as POPs, PFAS, microplastic and additives in environmental samples.
She has substantial expertise in biomonitoring and human exposure to environmental contaminants as well as conducting research on the fate of contaminants in the environment and the contribution to environmental and human exposure.
Herzke has been coordinating national and international research projects as well as acting as an adviser to national authorities. Contributing to the acceleration of our understanding on the drivers and impact of environmental pollution, in order to identify robust solutions, is one of her main motivations in her research.
Dorte Herzke has 483 publications at NILU:
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Individual variability in contaminants and physiological status in a resident Arctic seabird species
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
Four years of NewRaptor: results from in ovo exposure in model species and field sampling in raptors
2018
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Accumulation of the polyfluorinated ether sulfonate F53-B in food items from two provinces in China.
2015
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2014
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Contaminants in Greenlandic food and chiral pesticides as indicators for selective uptake processes.
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Plastic pollution; global sources causing consequences for the Arctic, Towards international state-of-the-art understanding and education (PlastPoll2021)
Being a fast developing field of research of increasing complexity, education and training on the impact and fate of MP pollution is lacking behind both in teaching state-of-the art research […]
Analysis techniques for quantifying nano-and microplastic particles and their degradation in the marine environment (ANDROMEDA)
In ANDROMEDA, a combination of advanced techniques, such as µFTIR, Raman and SEM-EDX, should be optimized and used for characterization and quantification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the order of 1 µm, 0.2 µm and less. Particular focus will be given to types of MP that are challenging to detect, such as microfibers, paint flakes and tire wear particles.
Fluxes and fate of microplastics in Northern European waters (FACTS)
The project FACTS will create new knowledge and improve our understanding on the sources, transport, occurrence, and fate of small microplastics (MP) in the northern marine waters. FACTS will combine newest methods to describe transport and geographical sources of microplastics contamination. We will also investigate where microplastic particles will end up both in temperate waters of the southern North Sea and the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.
EUROpean quality Controlled Harmonization Assuring Reproducible Monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution (EUROqCHARM)
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. Numerous protocols have been developed to monitor plastic debris, but these are rarely comparable. This has hindered […]
Plastic pollution; a global challenge towards harmonised understanding, education and methodology in Europe, USA and China (PlastPoll)
Being a fast developing field of research of increasing complexity, education on the impact and fate of MP pollution is lacking behind both in teaching, state-of-the art research as well […]