Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Surface Processes
	Dr. Harald Foerstendorf
	Phone:	+49 351 260 3664, +49 351 260 2504
	Email:	h.foerstendorfhzdr.de
	Links:	Ombudsperson ORCID: 0000-0002-8334-9317
	Address	Bautzner Landstraße 400 01328 Dresden
	Building/Office:	801/P251, 850/114.1

(ORCID: 0000-0002-8334-9317)

Scientific career

• Since 2001:
  Staff scientist at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology.
• 1998-2000:
  Post-doc at the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Section Biophysics,
  Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br., Germany
• 1997:
  Ph.D. thesis: “Light-induced FT-IR investigations of the photoreactions of the plant receptor phytochrome and the antenna pigment phycoerythrocyanine”
  Faculty of Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br., Germany
• 1992:
  Diploma thesis: “Spectroscopic and thermodynamic analysis of the helix-coil transformation of oligoribonucleotides”
  Faculty of Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br., Germany

Research experience

• Surface processes of radionuclides and fission products at liquid/solid interfaces
• Aqueous complexes of actinides with organic and bio ligands
• In situ vibrational spectroscopy for the investigation of sorption processes of heavy metal ions at mineral surfaces

Important publications

Peer-reviewed papers

• Lehmann, S., Foerstendorf, H., Zimmermann, T., Patzschke, M., Bok, F., Brendler, V., Stumpf, T. and Steudtner, R. (2019) "Thermodynamic and structural aspects of the aqueous uranium(IV) system – hydrolysis vs. sulfate complexation." Dalton Trans. 48, 17898-17907.
• Müller, K., Foerstendorf, H., Steudtner, R., Tsushima, S., Kumke, M. U., Lefèvre, G., Rothe, J., Mason, H., Szabó, Z., Yang, P., Adam, C. K. R., André, R., Brennenstuhl, K., Chiorescu, I., Cho, H. M., Creff, G., Coppin, F., Dardenne, K., Den Auwer, C., Drobot, B., Eidner, S., Hess, N. J., Kaden, P., Kremleva, A., Kretzschmar, J., Krüger, S., Platts, J. A., Panak, P. J., Polly, R., Powell, B. A., Rabung, T., Redon, R., Reiller, P. E., Rösch, N., Rossberg, A., Scheinost, A. C., Schimmelpfennig, B., Schreckenbach, G., Skerencak-Frech, A., Sladkov, V., Solari, P. L., Wang, Z., Washton, N. M. and Zhang, X. (2019) "Interdisciplinary Round-Robin Test on Molecular Spectroscopy of the U(VI) Acetate System." ACS Omega 4, 8167-8177.
• Taube, F., Drobot, B., Rossberg, A., Foerstendorf, H., Acker, M., Patzschke, M., Trumm, M., Taut, S. and Stumpf, T. (2019) "Thermodynamic and Structural Studies on the Ln(III)/An(III) Malate Complexation." Inorg. Chem. 58, 368-381.
• Jordan, N., Franzen, C., Lützenkirchen, J., Foerstendorf, H., Hering, D., Weiss, S., Heim, K. and Brendler, V. (2018) "Adsorption of selenium(vi) onto nano transition alumina." Environ.-Sci. Nano 5, 1661-1669.
• Bader, M., Müller, K., Foerstendorf, H., Drobot, B., Schmidt, M., Musat, N., Swanson, J. S., Reed, D. T., Stumpf, T. and Cherkouk, A. (2017) "Multistage bioassociation of uranium onto an extremely halophilic archaeon revealed by a unique combination of spectroscopic and microscopic techniques." J. Hazard. Mater. 327, 225-232.
• Comarmond, M. J., Steudtner, R., Stockmann, M., Heim, K., Müller, K., Brendler, V., Payne, T. E. and Foerstendorf, H. (2016) "The Sorption Processes of U(VI) onto SiO₂ in the Presence of Phosphate: from Binary Surface Species to Precipitation." Environ. Sci. Technol. 50, 11610-11618.
• Jain, R., Jordan, N., Weiss, S., Foerstendorf, H., Heim, K., Kacker, R., Hübner, R., Kramer, H., vam Hullebusch, E. D., Farges, F. and Lens, P. N. L. (2015) "Extracellular Polymeric Substances Govern the Surface Charge of Biogenic Elemental Selenium Nanoparticles." Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 1713-1720.
• Kretzschmar, J., Jordan, N., Brendler, E., Tsushima, S., Franzen, C., Foerstendorf, H., Stockmann, M., Heim, K. and Brendler, V. (2015) "Spectroscopic evidence for selenium(IV) dimerization in aqueous solution." Dalton Trans. 44, 10508-10515.
• Müller, K., Gröschel, A., Rossberg, A., Bok, F., Franzen, C., Brendler, V. and Foerstendorf, H. (2015) "In situ Spectroscopic Identification of Neptunium(V) Inner-Sphere Complexes on the Hematite–Water Interface." Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 2560-2567.
• Foerstendorf, H., Jordan, N. and Heim, K. (2014) "Probing the surface speciation of uranium (VI) on iron (hydr)oxides by in situ ATR FT-IR spectroscopy", J. Colloid Interface Sci. 416, 133-138.
• Gückel, K., Rossberg, A., Müller, K., Brendler, V., Bernhard, G. and Foerstendorf, H. (2013) "Spectroscopic Identification of Binary and Ternary Surface Complexes of Np(V) on Gibbsite", Environ. Sci. Technol. 47, 14418-14425.
• Jordan, N., Ritter, A., Foerstendorf, H., Scheinost, A. C., Weiß, S., Heim, K., Grenzer, J., Mücklich, A. and Reuther, H. (2013) "Adsorption mechanism of selenium(VI) onto maghemite.", Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 103, 63-75.
• Müller, K., Foerstendorf, H., Brendler, V., Rossberg, A., Stolze, K. and Gröschel, A. (2013) "The surface reactions of U(VI) on γ-Al₂O₃ - In situ spectroscopic evaluation of the transition from sorption complexation to surface precipitation", Chem. Geol. 357, 75-84.
• Foerstendorf, H., Heim, K. and Rossberg, A. (2012) "The complexation of uranium(VI) and atmospherically derived CO₂ at the ferrihydrite-water interface probed by time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy", J. Colloid Interface Sci. 377, 299-306.
• Gückel, K., Rossberg, A., Brendler, V. and Foerstendorf, H. (2012) "Binary and ternary surface complexes of U(VI) on the gibbsite/water interface studied by vibrational and EXAFS spectroscopy", Chem. Geol. 326-327, 191-205.
• Müller, K., Foerstendorf, H., Meusel, T., Brendler, V., Lefèvre, G., Comarmond, M. J. and Payne, T. E. (2012) "Sorption of U(VI) at the TiO₂ - water interface: An in situ vibrational spectroscopic study", Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 76, 191-205.
• Comarmond, M. J., Payne, T. E., Harrison, J. J., Thiruvoth, S., Wong, H. K., Aughterson, R. D., Lumpkin, G. R., Müller, K. and Foerstendorf, H. (2011) "Uranium sorption on various forms of titanium dioxide - Influence of surface area, surface charge, and impurities", Environ. Sci. Technol. 45, 5536-5542.
• Jordan, N., Foerstendorf, H., Weiß, S., Heim, K., Schild, D. and Brendler, V. (2011) "Sorption of selenium(VI) onto anatase: Macroscopic and microscopic characterization.", Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 1519-1530.
• Li, B., Barkleit, A., Raff, J., Bernhard, G. and Foerstendorf, H. (2010) "Complexation of U(VI) with highly phosphorylated protein, phosvitin. A vibrational spectroscopic approach", J. Inorg. Biochem. 104, 718-725.
• Müller, K., Foerstendorf, H., Brendler, V. and Bernhard, G. (2009) "Sorption of Np(V) onto TiO₂, SiO₂, and ZnO: An in situ ATR FT-IR spectroscopic study", Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 7665-7670.
• Müller, K., Brendler, V. and Foerstendorf, H. (2008) "Aqueous uranium(VI) hydrolysis species characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy", Inorg. Chem. 47, 10127-10134.
• Ulrich, K. U., Rossberg, A., Foerstendorf, H., Zänker, H. and Scheinost, A. C. (2006) "Molecular characterization of uranium(VI) sorption complexes on iron(III)-rich acid mine water colloids", Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 5469-5487.
• Foerstendorf, H., Benda, C., Gärtner, W., Storf, M., Scheer, H. and Siebert, F. (2001) "FTIR studies of phytochrome photoreactions reveal the C=O bands of the chromophore: Consequences for its protonation states, conformation, and protein interaction", Biochemistry 40, 14952-14959.
• Foerstendorf, H., Mummert, E., Schäfer, E., Scheer, H. and Siebert, F. (1996) "Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of phytochrome: Difference spectra of the intermediates of the photoreactions", Biochemistry 35, 10793-10799.

Grants

• German Research Foundation (DFG) FO 619/1-1; 1-2 (05/2006-04/2009)

Further scientific function

• Ombudsperson of the HZDR

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