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  1. There’s something in the water - Mulch films leach endocrine active substances

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  2. Short-term in situ Exposure of Guinean Tilapia and Blue Crab Near a Sawmill Wastes-impacted Coastal Ecosystem Reveal Significant Oxidative Stress Effects

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  3. Application of equilibrium passive sampling to assess the influence of anthropogenic activities and bioturbation on the distribution of hydrophobic organic chemicals in North Sea sediment cores

    Article • Environmental Pollution, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  4. Subcellular Responses and Avoidance Behavior in Earthworm Eisenia andrei Exposed to Pesticides in the Artificial Soil

    Article • Agriculture, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  5. Application of Equilibrium Passive Sampling to Assess the Influence of Anthropogenic Activities and Bioturbation on the Distribution of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in North Sea Sediment Cores

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  6. Receptor-mediated estrogenicity of native and chemically dispersed crude oil determined using adapted microscale reporter gene assays

    Article • Environment International, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  7. The EU Horizon 2020 project GRACE: integrated oil spill response actions and environmental effects

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  8. Optimization of screening-level risk assessment and priority selection of emerging pollutants – The case of pharmaceuticals in European surface waters

    Article • Environment International, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  9. Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  10. Toxicity of 10 organic micropollutants and their mixture: Implications for aquatic risk assessment

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  11. Is Hyalella azteca a Suitable Model Leaf-Shredding Benthic Crustacean for Testing the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Metals in Europe?

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  12. Pesticides diazinon and diuron increase glutathione levels and affect multixenobiotic resistance activity and biomarker responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos and larvae

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  13. Behavioral profile alterations in zebrafish larvae exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of eight priority pharmaceuticals

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  14. Acute toxicities and effects on multixenobiotic resistance activity of eight pesticides to the earthworm Eisenia andrei

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  15. Herbicides diuron and fluazifop- p -butyl affect avoidance response and multixenobiotic resistance activity in earthworm Eisenia andrei

    Article • Chemosphere, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  16. Cyanobacterial blooms act as sink and source of endocrine disruptors in the third largest freshwater lake in China

    Article • Environmental Pollution, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  17. Integrated zebrafish-based tests as a novel strategy investigation for water quality assessment

    Article • Water Research, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  18. Effect-based and chemical analyses of agonistic and antagonistic endocrine disruptors in multiple matrices of eutrophic freshwaters

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  19. Integrating bioassays, chemical analysis and in silico techniques to identify genotoxicants in surface water

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  20. Corrigendum to “European demonstration program on the effect-based and chemical identification and monitoring of organic pollutants in European surface waters” [Sci. Total Environ. 601–602 (2017) 1849–1868]

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  21. Looking back - Looking forward: A novel multi-time slice weight-of-evidence approach for defining reference conditions to assess the impact of human activities on lake systems

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  22. Mixture effects in samples of multiple contaminants – An inter-laboratory study with manifold bioassays

    Article • Environment International, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Dr Ana Catarina Almeida

  23. Editorial: Special Issue “Effect-related evaluation of anthropogenic trace substances—concepts for genotoxicity, neurotoxicity and endocrine effects”

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  24. Chemosphere novel procedures for whole organism detection and quantification of fluorescence as a measurement for oxidative stress in zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) larvae

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  25. Identification of Unknown Antiandrogenic Compounds in Surface Waters by Effect-Directed Analysis (EDA) Using a Parallel Fractionation Approach

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  26. Enzymatic activity and gene expression changes in zebrafish embryos and larvae exposed to pesticides diazinon and diuron

    Article • Aquatic Toxicology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  27. European demonstration program on the effect-based and chemical identification and monitoring of organic pollutants in European surface waters

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Dr Ana Catarina Almeida

  28. Life cycle assessment and sustainable engineering in the context of near net shape grown components: striving towards a sustainable way of future production

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  29. Development of a bioanalytical test battery for water quality monitoring: Fingerprinting identified micropollutants and their contribution to effects in surface water

    Article • Water Research, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  30. A hierarchical testing strategy for micropollutants in drinking water regarding their potential endocrine-disrupting effects—towards health-related indicator values

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  31. Diuron and diazinon alter the behavior of zebrafish embryos and larvae in the absence of acute toxicity

    Article • Chemosphere, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  32. A versatile and low-cost open source pipetting robot for automation of toxicological and ecotoxicological bioassays

    Article • PLOS One, June 2017, PLOS

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  33. p53 induction and cell viability modulation by genotoxic individual chemicals and mixtures

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  34. Toward Streamlined Identification of Dioxin-like Compounds in Environmental Samples through Integration of Suspension Bioassay

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  35. Assessment of a novel device for onsite integrative large-volume solid phase extraction of water samples to enable a comprehensive chemical and effect-based analysis

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  36. Integrating chemical analysis and bioanalysis to evaluate the contribution of wastewater effluent on the micropollutant burden in small streams

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Dr Cornelia Kienle

  37. A sensitive biomarker for the detection of aquatic contamination based on behavioral assays using zebrafish larvae

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  38. Acute embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of three potential biofuels also used as flavor or solvent

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  39. Microscale In Vitro Assays for the Investigation of Neutral Red Retention and Ethoxyresorufin-O-Deethylase of Biofuels and Fossil Fuels

    Article • PLOS One, September 2016, PLOS

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  40. Bioassay battery interlaboratory investigation of emerging contaminants in spiked water extracts – Towards the implementation of bioanalytical monitoring tools in water quality assessment and monitoring

    Article • Water Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  41. Longitudinal profile of the genotoxic potential of the River Danube on erythrocytes of wild common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) assessed using the comet and micronucleus assay

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  42. Downscaling procedures reduce chemical use in androgen receptor reporter gene assay

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  43. Communicating environmental science to the general public

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  44. Assessment of cytotoxicity and AhR-mediated toxicity of sediments from water level fluctuation zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  45. Mechanism-specific and whole-organism ecotoxicity of mono-rhamnolipids

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  46. Effect-directed analysis supporting monitoring of aquatic environments — An in-depth overview

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  47. Estrogenic activity in Finnish municipal wastewater effluents

    Article • Water Research, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  48. Linking in Vitro Effects and Detected Organic Micropollutants in Surface Water Using Mixture-Toxicity Modeling

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  49. Are sediments a risk? An ecotoxicological assessment of sediments from a quarry pond of the Upper Rhine River

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  50. Determination of the CYP1A-inducing potential of single substances, mixtures and extracts of samples in the micro-EROD assay with H4IIE cells

    Article • Nature Protocols, October 2015, Nature

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  51. Bioaccumulation and molecular effects of sediment-bound metals in zebrafish embryos

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  52. Laudation to PD Dr. Wolfgang Ahlf: towards integrated approaches in sediment toxicology and its transfer to sediment quality guidelines

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  53. Anthropogenic Trace Compounds (ATCs) in aquatic habitats — Research needs on sources, fate, detection and toxicity to ensure timely elimination strategies and risk management

    Article • Environment International, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  54. Future water quality monitoring — Adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Miren Lopez de Alda

  55. The value of zebrafish as an integrative model in effect-directed analysis - a review

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  56. Growing Near Net Shape Components from Renewable Materials

    Article • Procedia CIRP, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  57. Three propositions for improved science communication from environmental research

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  58. Mutagenicity, dioxin-like activity and bioaccumulation of alkylated picene and chrysene derivatives in a German lignite

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  59. Polar polycyclic aromatic compounds from different coal types show varying mutagenic potential, EROD induction and bioavailability depending on coal rank

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  60. PAH toxicity at aqueous solubility in the fish embryo test with Danio rerio using passive dosing

    Article • Chemosphere, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  61. Evaluations of combined zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo and marine phytoplankton (Diacronema lutheri) toxicity of dissolved organic contaminants in the Ythan catchment, Scotland, UK

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  62. Limited Waterborne Acute Toxicity of Native Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds from Coals of Different Types Compared to Their Total Hazard Potential

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  63. Tox-Box: securing drops of life - an enhanced health-related approach for risk assessment of drinking water in Germany

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  64. EDA-EMERGE: an FP7 initial training network to equip the next generation of young scientists with the skills to address the complexity of environmental contamination with emerging pollutants

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Dr Ana Catarina Almeida

  65. Lost in translation? Ways for environmental sciences to communicate about risk and research

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  66. Investigation of the contaminant sorption of treated Romanian soils using “batch” and biological toxicity assays

    Article • CATENA, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  67. In vitro cytotoxic and teratogenic potential of sediment extracts from Skadar Lake using fish cell line RTL-W1 and Danio rerio embryos

    Article • Archives of Biological Sciences, January 2013, National Library of Serbia

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  68. Investigating the significance of dissolved organic contaminants in aquatic environments: Coupling passive sampling with in vitro bioassays

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  69. Sediment contact tests as a tool for the assessment of sediment quality in German waters

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  70. Assessment of the Ecotoxicological and Environmental Effects of Biorefineries

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  71. Comparison of different exhaustive and biomimetic extraction techniques for chemical and biological analysis of polycyclic aromatic compounds in river sediments

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  72. Endocrine disrupting, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects of upper Danube River sediments using effect-directed analysis

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  73. Toxicological and ecotoxicological potencies of biofuels used for the transport sector—a literature review

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Henner Hollert, Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  74. Biotests for hazard assessment of biofuel fermentation

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Henner Hollert, Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  75. The Second Young Environmental Scientist (YES) meeting 2011 at RWTH Aachen University - environmental challenges in a changing world

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  76. Sediment toxicity in a connected oxbow lake of the Upper Rhine (Germany): EROD induction in fish cells

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  77. Oxygen requirements of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos in embryo toxicity tests with environmental samples

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  78. The impact of extraction methodologies on the toxicity of sediments in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo test

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  79. Toxizität und Risk Assessment fluvialer Sedimente und Schwebstoffe: Eine kurze Übersicht bisheriger und neuerer Entwicklungen

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  80. The versatile, changing, and advancing roles of fish in sediment toxicity assessment—a review

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  81. Variability of sediment-contact tests in freshwater sediments with low-level anthropogenic contamination – Determination of toxicity thresholds

    Article • Environmental Pollution, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  82. SETAC Europe 19th annual meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden: Next step towards fulfilling students’ needs

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, Dr Cornelia Kienle

  83. SETAC Europe 19th annual meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden: next step towards fulfilling students’ needs

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Cornelia Kienle, Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  84. 1st Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Meeting—New challenges in environmental sciences

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Cornelia Kienle, Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  85. Strategien zur Sedimentbewertung – ein Überblick

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  86. The first impact factor

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  87. The risk of altering soil and sediment samples upon extract preparation for analytical and bio-analytical investigations—a review

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  88. Application of a new sediment contact test with Myriophyllum aquaticum and of the aquatic Lemna test to assess the sediment quality of Lake Skadar

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  89. Multiple stressors for the environment: Present and future challenges and perspectives

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  90. Multiple stressors for the environment: Present and future challenges and perspectives

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  91. Der SETAC Europe Student Advisory Council (SAC)

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  92. Weight-of-Evidence-Studie zur Sedimentbelastung des Tietê River in Brasilien

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  93. Membrane Dialysis Extraction (MDE): A Novel Approach for Extracting Toxicologically Relevant Hydrophobic Organic Compounds from Soils and Sediments for Assessment in Biotests

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  94. Das SeKT Verbundprojekt: Definition von Referenzbedingungen, Kontrollsedimenten und Toxizitätsschwellenwerten für limnische Sedimentkontakttests

    Article • Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler

  95. Strengthening cross-border scientific research and higher education in the lake shkodra/skadar region through a multidisciplinary transboundary approach to conservation

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas-Benjamin Seiler