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dr. Marijan Ahel
Senior scientist
Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička 54, P.O.Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.:+385-1-4560 940
E-mail:
CURRICULUM VITAE (status September 2014)
Personal:
Name: Marijan Ahel
Sex: male
Born: 3 October 1951, Bjelovar, Croatia
Parents: Piroška and Mario
Marital status: married to Karmela
Children: Ivan, Tvrtko, Jakov, Juraj and Josip
Home address: Istarska 42, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Education:
1970-1975 Undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Diploma in Biotechnology
1976-1979 Postgraduate studies in Marine Science, University of Zagreb, MS Thesis: "Investigation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Pollution in the Rijeka Bay"
1982-1987 Doctoral studies at the Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG) and Ruđer Bošković Institute, PhD Thesis: "Biogeochemical Behaviour of Alkylphenol Polyethoxylates in the Aquatic Environment" (supervisor prof. Walter Giger)
Professional experience:
1975-1987 Research Assistant in the Center for Marine Research Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
1987-1989 Senior Research Assistant, Center for Marine Research Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
1989-1994 Research Associate, Center for Marine Research Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
1994-1997 Senior Research Associate, Center for Marine Research Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
1997-present Head of the Laboratory for biogeochemistry of organic compounds, Center for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
1998-present Senior scientist, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
2005-2010 Honorary full professor, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
2011- Honorary full professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka
Teaching assignments:
· Analytical Chemistry, undergraduate course, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (2002-2004)
· Geochemistry of organic pollutants, graduate course, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (2007- )
· Analytical chemistry of organic pollutants, graduate course, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (2004- )
· Biomarker compounds in oceanology, graduate course, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (2007- )
· Analytical chemistry of organic and anorganic contaminants, graduate course, Interdisciplinary doctoral programme „Protection of Nature and Environment“ at the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek (in cooperation with N. Mikac) (2004-)
Mentorship:
· 4 PhD theses
· 4 MSc theses
· 9 BSc theses
International Appointments:
1982-1983 Graduate student fellowship in the Department of Chemistry (Organic Group) at the Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG), 1 year
1984-1993 Visiting scientist, EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland, Regular shorter research
appointments (1-3 monts yearly),
1990-1991 Postdoctoral fellowship at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, 9 months
1993-1996 Visiting scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, 3 shorter research appointements (2-4 weeks)
Professional and Institutional Service:
· Member of the Scientific Council of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute
· Chairman of the Ethical Committee of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute
· Member of the Committee for Restructuring of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute
· Member of the Committe for the evaluation of the strategic projects of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute
· Vice-chairman of the National Committee for Geosciences
Membership in Professional Organizations:
· Croatian Chemical Society
· Croatian Water and Sea Pollution Control Society
· Commission International pour l,Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediteranee (CIESM)
· European Environmental Research Organization (EERO)
· American Chemical Society
· Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Awards:
1975 I award of the pharmaceutical company "Krka", Novo Mesto, Slovenia
1986 Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry, Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society
Languages:
· Croatian (mother tongue),
· English (good)
· German (good)
· Italian (basic)
Organization of scientific meetings:
· Member of the organizing committee of the international symposium “New Achievements in Chromatography”, Plitvice, 11-13 October 2000
· Member of the organizing committee of the Second International Conference on Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea: Similarities and Differences of Two Interconnected Basins”, Ankara, 14-18 October 2002.
· Member of the organizing committee of the conference “Analytical chemistry of organic contaminants in the environment – from determining trace contaminants to advocating sustainability”, Zürich, Switzerland, 3-5 September 2003.
· Chairman of the organizing Committee of the international symposium on “Characterisation of hazardous chemical contamination – from environmental chemistry and toxicology to risk assessment” Dubrovnik, 23-26 September 2010.
Editor and reviewer activity:
· Member of the Editorial board of the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2009-)
· Reviewer in a number of leading journal in the field such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, Water Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Chemosphere, Marine Chemistry, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials
Realised international cooperations:
1. Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science & Technology, prof . W. Giger, Theme: analysis and chemodynamics of organic contaminats in the aquatic environment
2. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, dr. R.F.C. Mantoura, Theme: Input and behaviour of organic matter in estuarine and coastal waters
3. Obsevatoire oceanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur Mer, dr. G. Cauwet. Theme: Organic carbon cycle in coastal and estuarine environments.
4. National Institute of Biology , Marine Biological Station, Piran, Slovenia, dr. Alenka Malej. Theme: Phytoplankton dynamics and organic carbon cycle in the northern Adriatic
5. Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway, K.V. Thomas and K.E. Tollefsen. Theme: Assessment of environmental risks using effect-directed analysis (EDA)
Research activity
Research interests:
· biogeochemistry of specific organic compounds in the aquatic environment
· analytical determination of classic and emerging contaminants in environmental samples using chromatographic techniques coupled to mass spectrometry.
· distribution of biochemically active natural organic compounds in the marine environment, notably in areas influenced by enhanced river water discharges
· study of eutrophication-related phenomena in neritic areas
· impact of landfills on groundwater quality
· behavior of organic contaminants in wastewater treatment
· application of effect-directed analysis for prioritization of organic contaminants
· assessment of drug abuse using sewage epidemiology
Major projects:
· Director of interdisciplinary programme “Biogeochemical processes and environmental risk” encomapassing 14 research projects funded by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MSES) (2007-2013)
· PI of 3 Projects funded by MSES, several international projects and a number of applied projects (see list below)
Basic projects funded by MSES:
1. "Biogeochemistry of organic compounds in natural waters" (project No. 00981501) (1998-2002).
2. “Analysis and biogeochemistry of organic compounds in the aquatic environment ” (project No. 098120) (2002-2006)
3. “Organic compounds as molecular markers of the anthropogenic impact on the environment” (project No. 098-0982934-2712); (2007- 2013)
International projects
1. EUTROPHICATION-RELATED PROCESSES IN NERITIC AREAS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT/CARBOHYDRATE RELATIONSHIPS (PI: M. Ahel); UNESCO/IOC, 1995-1996.
2. BEHAVIOUR AND FATE OF ORGANIC MATTER IN ESTUARINE AND COASTAL WATERS (PI: M. Ahel); bilateral cooperation with dr. R.F.C. Mantoura, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK), 1993-1996.
3. Impact of eutrophication on the cycle of organic carbon in the northern Adriatic.(PI: M. Ahel); bilateral cooperation with dr. Alenka Malej, Marine biological station, Piran); 1997-1998.
4. AROMATIC SURFACTANTS AND EMERGING CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS – ANALYSES, OCCURRENCE AND FATE IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT (ASECCO). bilateral cooperation with prof. Walter Giger, Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Programme SCOPES, 2001-2003.
5. MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN CROATIA – RISK ASSESSMENT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION. (PI M. Ahel). Project funded by Norwegian Government, 2001-2005.
6. REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, POSED BY EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, THROUGH ADVANCED TREATMENT OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS (EMCO). FP6 STREP project (coord. Damia Barcelo, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; M. Ahel, PI for IRB), (2004-2007)
7. Sava River Basin: Sustainable use, management and protection of resources (SARIB). EU FP6 project (2004-2007); (coord. Radmila Milačič, IJS, Ljubljana, Slovenija)
8. Assessment of hazardous chemical contamination in the Sava River Basin, NATO Science for Peace project, M. Ahel, Project Co-director (2007-2010).
9. Innovative biodiagnosis meets chemical structure elucidation - novel tools in effect-directed analysis to support the identification and monitoring of emerging toxicants on the European scale. FP7 Marie Curie ITN project (coordinator: Werner Brack; M. Ahel PI for IRB), 2011-2015.
10. Analysis and environmental behaviour of synthetic surface active substances. Bilateral collaboration with State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, RCEES, CAS, Beijing, China (PI dr. Marijan Ahel)
Selected applied projects
1. Assessment of impact of wastewaters of the city of Slavonski Brod on the petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of the Sava River (1986)
2. Risk assessment studies at the location of sunken chemical tanker "Brigitta Montanari" (1988).
3. Physical, chemical and bacteriological investigations of soil, solid waste and groundwater in the Jakuševec landfill in the framework of the project „Assessment of the disposal options on the Jakuševec landfill“ (1995).
4. Proposal of the programme for the systematic investigation of the Adriatic Sea – open waters (1996).
5. Monitoring of contaminants in the area of the Jakuševec landfill (1997)
Publications:
· About 90 papers in journal cited by Web of Science and/or Scopus (see list below)
· 10 papers in other journals
· 4 book chapters
· about 50 papers in proceedings from international conferences
· 19 papers in proceedings from national conferences
Citation record:
· Total number of citations in the data base Web of Science (15/09/14) – 3531 of which 3337 (94.5 %) without self-citations.
· 8 papers cited more than 100 times;
· The most cited paper cited 551 times
· Average number of citations per item - 41,54
· h-index - 29
Participation on scientific conferences:
· Over 100 oral and poster contributions on international and national conferences
· 36 invited lectures on international conferences
Publication LIST (FULL PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS)
1. Picer M., Ahel M.: Separation of polychlorinated biphenyls from DDT and its analogues on miniature silica gel column. J. Chromatogr. 150, 1978, 119-127.
2. Picer M., Picer N., Ahel M.: Chlorinated insecticide and PCB residues in fish and mussels of the eastern coastal waters of the Middle and North Adriatic Sea. 1974-75, Pestic. Monit. J. 12, 1978, 102-112.
3. Picer M., Picer N., Ahel M.: An evaluation of commercially available polyurethane foam plugs for the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons in seawater. Thalassia Jugoslav. 17, 1981, 61-70.
4. Ahel M., Giger W.: Determination of alkylphenols and alkylphenol mono- and diethoxylates in environmental samples by high-performance liquid chromatography. Anal. Chem. 57, 1985, 1577-1583.
5. Ahel M., Giger W.: Determination of nonionic surfactants of the alkylphenol polyethoxylate type by high-perfomance liquid chromatography. Anal. Chem. 57, 1985, 2584-2590.
6. Ahel M., Giger W.: Identification of specific organic contaminants in the Sava River by high-resolution gas chromatography and computer-assisted mass spectrometry. Kem. Ind. 34, 1985, 295-309.
7. Giger W., Ahel M., Koch M.: Das Verhalten von Alkylphenolpolyethoxylat-Tensiden in der mechanisch-biologischen Abwasserreinigung. Vom Wasser 67, 1986, 69-81.
8. Giger W., Brunner P.H., Ahel M., McEvoy J., Marcomini A., Schaffner C.: Organische Waschmittelinhaltstoffe und deren Abbauprodukte in Abwasser und Klaerschlamm. Gas-Wasser-Abwasser 67, 1987, 111-122.
9. Giger W., Ahel M., Koch M., Laubscher H.U., Schaffner C., Schneider J.: Behavior of alkylphenol polyethoxylate surfactants and of nitrilotriacetate in sewage treatment. Wat. Sci. Technol. 19, 1987, 449-460.
10 Schaffner C., Ahel M., Giger, W: Field studies on the behaviour of organic micropollutants during infiltration of river water to ground water, Wat. Sci. Technol. 19, 1987, 1195-1196.
11. Ahel M., Conrad T., Giger W.: Persistent organic chemicals in sewage effluents. 3. Determination of nonylphenoxy carboxylic acids by high-resolution gas chromatography/mass spectometry and high-perfomance liquid chromatography. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21, 1987, 697-703.
12. Czuczwa J., Leuenberger C., Tremp J., Giger W., Ahel M.: Determination of trace levels of phenols and cresols in rain by continuous liquid-liquid extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Chromatogr. 403, 1987, 233-241.
13. Ahel M.: Infiltration of organic pollutants into groundwater: Field studies in the alluvial aquifer of the Sava River, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47, 1991, 586-593.
14. Terzić S., Hršak D., Ahel M.: Primary biodegradation kinetics of linear alkylbenzene sulphonates in estuarine waters, Wat. Res. 26, 1992, 585-591.
15. Terzić S., Hršak D., Ahel M.: Enrichment and isolation of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) degrading bacteria from estuarine and coastal waters. Mar. Poll. Bull. 24, 1992, 199-204.
16. Srdoč D., Horvatinčić N., Ahel M., Giger W., Schaffner C., Krajcar Bronić I, Petricioli D., Pezdič J., Marčenko E., Plenković-Moraj A.: Anthropogenic influence on the 14C activity and other constituents of recent lake sediments: a case study, Radiocarbon 34, 1992, 585-592.
17. Ahel M., Evans K.M., Fileman T.W., Mantoura R.F.C.: Determination of atrazine and simazine in estuarine samples by high-resolution gas chromatography and nitrogen selective detection. Anal. Chim. Acta 268, 1992, 195-204.
18. Terzić, S.; Ahel, M.; Malej, A.; Barlow, R.G.; Mantoura, R.F.C.: Phytoplankton pigment signatures in the Gulf of Trieste related to major freshwater inputs during 1992. Per.Biol. 100 (1998) 105-111.
19. Ahel M., McEvoy J., Giger W.: Bioaccumulation of the lipophilic metabolites of nonionic surfactants in freshwater organisms, Environ. Pollut. 79, 1993, 243-248.
20. Terzić S., Ahel M.: Determination of linear alkylbenzene sulphonates in the Krka River estuary. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 1993, 241-246.
21. Ahel M., Giger W.: Aqueous solubility of alkylphenols and alkylphenol polyethoxylates. Chemosphere 26, 1993, 1461-1470.
22. Ahel M., Giger W.: Partitioning of alkylphenols and alkylphenol polyethoxylates between water and organic solvents. Chemospere 26, 1993, 1470-1478.
23. Kveštak R., Ahel M.: Occurrence of toxic metabolites from nonionic surfactants in the Krka River estuary. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 28, 1994, 25-34.
24. Ahel M., Giger W., Koch M.: Behaviour of alkylphenol polyethoxylate surfactants in the aquatic environment-I. Occurrence and transformation in sewage treatment. Water Res., 28, 1994, 1131-1142.
25. Ahel M., Giger W., Schaffner C.: Behaviour of alkylphenol polyethoxylate surfactants in the aquatic environment-II. Occurrence and transformation in rivers. Water Res., 28, 1994, 1142-1152.