Michael Edelmann

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Scientific employee
• R&D in the Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Unit
• Supervision of analytical chemistry practical courses for chemistry students
• Trainer for laboratory technicians EFZ chemistry in the field of analytics

Focus

• Spektrometrie (UV-VIS / NIR / IR / Raman / XRF)
• Element analysis (AES / AAS / ICP-OES)
• Microscopy (IR / Raman)
• Chromatography (Ion / GC / LC)

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Bachelor of Science ZHAW in Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
  ZHAW
  09 / 2009 - 08 / 2012
• Chemical Lab Technician
  GBS St.Gallen / Metrohm Herisau
  08 / 2001 - 07 / 2003

Projects

• Targeted Photodynamic Disinfection Therapy (tPDT) for Dental Care Through Local Activation of a Curcumin-PVP Complex / Deputy project leader / completed
• Paper based SERS biochip for point of care diagnostics / Deputy project leader / completed
• CarboPHOS – Phosphorous recovery through hydrothermal carbonisation of sewage sludge / Team member / completed
• Zeta potential measurements for the characterization of filter aids / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Dias, R. et al. (2023) 'Infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy and multiproduct multivariate calibration to estimate the proportion of coffee defects in roasted samples', Beverages, 9(1), p. 21. doi: 10.3390/beverages9010021.
• Dias, R. C. E. et al. (2018) 'Data on roasted coffee with specific defects analyzed by infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy and chemometrics', Data in Brief, 2018(20), pp. 242–249. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.08.013.
• Dias, R. C. E. et al. (2018) 'Quantitative assessment of specific defects in roasted ground coffee via infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy', Food Chemistry, 255, pp. 132–138. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.02.076.
• Hirsch, C. et al. (2017) 'Multiparameter toxicity assessment of novel DOPO-derived organophosphorus flame retardants', Archives of Toxicology, 91(1), pp. 407–425. doi: 10.1007/s00204-016-1680-4.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Edelmann, M. et al. (2026) 'Opportunities and limitations of combustion ion chromatography (CIC) for PFAS determination in environmental samples', in SCS Fall Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, 27-28 August 2026. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-37435.

Other publications

Baier, U., Moser, Y. and Edelmann, M. (2017) 'Methodenentwicklung zur Kunststoffanalytik in organischen Düngern', in 'Bioabfall Getrenntsammlung', Pratteln, 16. März 2017.

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