Dr. Susanne Kern

Projects

• Sustainable hyaluronic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass / Team member / ongoing
• Development of a depth filter for PFAS removal / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of analytical methods specific to aquaculture / Project leader / completed
• Dynamik Knowledge Platform / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Mendo Diaz, O. et al. (2025) ‘Determination of chlorinated paraffins and olefins in plastic consumer products of the Swiss market’, Chemosphere, 374(144239). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144239.
• Mathis, F. et al. (2025) ‘The metabolome of Sphingobium chinhatense IP26 exposed to chlorinated paraffins : efficient data analysis with RASER’, Chemosphere, 373(144160). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144160.
• Hutter, J. et al. (2025) ‘Temporal trends and spatial variations of chlorinated paraffins and olefins in sewage sludge from eight Swiss wastewater treatment plants from 1993 to 2020’, Chemosphere, 372(144071). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144071.
• Mendo Diaz, O. et al. (2024) ‘A quasi real-time evaluation of high-resolution mass spectra of complex chlorinated paraffin mixtures and their transformation products’, Analytical Chemistry, 96(30), pp. 12378–12386. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01723.
• Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2023) ‘Evolution of chlorinated paraffin and olefin fingerprints in sewage sludge from 1993 to 2020 of a Swiss municipal wastewater treatment plant’, Chemosphere, 349(140825). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140825.
• Mendo Diaz, O. et al. (2023) ‘Fingerprinting of chlorinated paraffins and their transformation products in plastic consumer products’, Chemosphere, 338(139552). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139552.
• Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2022) ‘Selective and fast analysis of chlorinated paraffins in the presence of chlorinated mono-, di-, and tri-olefins with the R-based automated spectra evaluation routine (RASER)’, Analytical Chemistry, (94), pp. 13777–13784. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02240.
• Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2021) ‘Transformation of short-chain chlorinated paraffins and olefins with the bacterial dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium Indicum : Kinetic models for the homologue-specific conversion of reactive and persistent material’, Chemosphere, 283(131199). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131199.
• Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2021) ‘Enzymatic synthesis and formation kinetics of mono- and di-hydroxylated chlorinated paraffins with the bacterial dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium indicum’, Chemosphere, 291, Part 2(132939). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132939.
• Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2021) ‘Chemical synthesis and characterization of single-chain C18-chloroparaffin materials with defined degrees of chlorination’, Chemosphere, 291, Part 2(132938). doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132938.
• Mainetti, T. et al. (2021) ‘Broad diversity of bacteria degrading 17ß-estradiol-3-sulfate isolated from river sediment and biofilm at a wastewater treatment plant discharge’, Archives of Microbiology, 203(7), pp. 4209–4219. doi: 10.1007/s00203-021-02409-0.
• Berchtold, C. et al. (2020) ‘Analytical platforms at Swiss universities of applied sciences’, Chimia, 74(7-8), pp. 618–628. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2020.618.
• Natsch, A. et al. (2018) ‘Interlaboratory evaluation of methods to quantify skin-sensitizing hydroperoxides of limonene and linalool (II) : analysis in cosmetic bases’, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 33(4), pp. 322–330. doi: 10.1002/ffj.3451.
• Laue, H. et al. (2017) ‘p-alkyl-benzoyl-CoA conjugates as relevant metabolites of aromatic aldehydes with rat testicular toxicity-studies leading to the design of a safer new fragrance chemical’, Toxicological Sciences, 160(2), pp. 244–255. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfx178.
• Natsch, A. et al. (2015) ‘Oxidative tryptophan modification by terpene- and squalene-hydroperoxides and a possible link to cross-reactions in diagnostic tests’, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 28(6), pp. 1205–1208. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00039.
• Kern, S. et al. (2014) ‘Detection of potentially skin sensitizing hydroperoxides of linalool in fragranced products’, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 406(25), pp. 6165–6178. doi: 10.1007/s00216-014-8066-3.
• Laue, H. et al. (2014) ‘Predicting the bioconcentration of fragrance ingredients by rainbow trout using measured rates of in vitro intrinsic clearance’, Environmental Science & Technology, 48(16), pp. 9486–9495. doi: 10.1021/es500904h.
• Kern, S. et al. (2014) ‘Stability of limonene and monitoring of a hydroperoxide in fragranced products’, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 29(5), pp. 277–286. doi: 10.1002/ffj.3210.
• Kern, S. et al. (2011) ‘Assessing exposure to transformation products of soil-applied organic contaminants in surface water : comparison of model predictions and field data’, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(7), pp. 2833–2841. doi: 10.1021/es102537b.
• Kern, S. et al. (2010) ‘A tiered procedure for assessing the formation of biotransformation products of pharmaceuticals and biocides during activated sludge treatment’, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 12(11), pp. 2100–2111. doi: 10.1039/c0em00238k.
• Kern, S. et al. (2009) ‘Identification of transformation products of organic contaminants in natural waters by computer-aided prediction and high-resolution mass spectrometry’, Environmental Science & Technology, 43(18), pp. 7039–7046. doi: 10.1021/es901979h.

Other publications

Knobloch, M. C. et al. (2023) ‘RASER : a tool for rapid mass spectra analysis of chlorinated paraffins’, Chimia, 77(1/2). doi: 10.2533/chimia.2023.68.

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