Werner Brack is head of the Department of Effect-Directed Analysis at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. Brack’s department bridges chemicals and water by developing tools to identify (eco)toxicologically relevant chemicals in (mostly aquatic) environments including water, sediments and biota. Brack is also involved in the network on emerging pollutants (NORMAN), where he heads a working group on effect-directed analysis. Annemieke Kolkman is teamleader of the Laboratory of Material Analysis and Chemical Analysis at the KWR Watercycle Research Institute in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. The focus of Kolkman’s research is the development and implementation of new analytical techniques and methods for safeguarding chemical water quality with respect to human health. Ron van der Oost is a toxicologist at Waternet Institute for the Urban Water Cycle, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Waternet is the first Dutch Water Cycle company and gives van der Oost the opportunity to perform applied research on new monitoring methods for water quality, thus bridging the gaps between science and practice. Together, the staff at Waternet investigates alternative ways to assess the chemical quality of drinking water, surface water and waste water. Juliane Hollender is head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Eawag (the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) in Dübendorf and an adjunct professor of environmental chemistry in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Hollender focuses on the occurrence and fate of organic micropollutants like pesticides, biocides, pharmaceuticals in natural and engineered aquatic environments.

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Werner Brack

Werner Brack is head of the Effect-Directed Analysis Department at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. Brack’s department develops tools to identify (eco)toxicologically-relevant chemicals in the water, sediments and biota of aquatic environments. He also leads a working group on effect-directed analysis (which focuses on the total effect of mixtures of pollutants in water rather than on individual chemical targets) as part of NORMAN, the EU-funded network on emerging pollutants.

Annemieke Kolkman

Annemieke Kolkman is team leader at the Laboratory of Material Analysis and Chemical Analysis at the KWR Water Cycle Research Institute in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. Kolkman’s research is focused on the development and implementation of new analytical techniques and methods for safeguarding chemical water quality with respect to human health.

Ron van der Oost

Ron van der Oost is a toxicologist at Waternet Institute for the Urban Water Cycle, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Waternet, the first Dutch water cycle company, investigates alternative ways to assess the chemical quality of drinking water, surface water and waste water. Van der Oost conducts applied research on new monitoring methods for water quality, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

Juliane Hollender

Juliane Hollender is head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Eawag (the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) in Dübendorf and an adjunct professor of environmental chemistry in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Hollender focuses on the occurrence and fate of organic micropollutants like pesticides, biocides, and pharmaceuticals in natural and engineered aquatic environments.