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

• 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