Antonia Praetorius

Antonia Praetorius

@praetorius-a.bsky.social

Environmental chemist | associate prof. @ Univ. of Amsterdam | emerging contaminants, nano-/microplastics, PFAS | citizen science | she/her

197 Followers 281 Following 7 Posts Joined Jan 2025
1 month ago
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Do your laundry for science from your own home! Sign up here for our Citizen Science project and collect the microplastics from your clothes.

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Doe thuis jou was voor de wetenschap! Meld je hier aan voor ons Citizen Science project en verzamel de microplastics van jouw kleding.

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Portrait of Marina Vance, a scientist, sitting in a Colorado grassland.

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14

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2 months ago

All code available open-access to be taken up e.g. in global-scale transport and fate models.

Fantastic collaboration with Marianne Seijo, Mick Whelan & Todd Gouin

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We present a model framework to estimate atmospheric residence times of #microplastics and #nanoplastics to account for combined impacts of micro- and nanoplastic properties and of environmental conditions on the long-range transport potential of micro- and nanoplastics.

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Particle properties and environmental factors control atmospheric transport and deposition of micro- and nanoplastics - Communications Earth & Environment Estimated half-lives of micro- and nanoplastics in air can range from seconds to weeks, depending on their characteristics, land surface type, surface wind speed, atmospheric stratification, and preci...

Happy to share our paper recently published in Communications Earth & Environment! ๐Ÿ“š

"Particle properties and environmental factors control atmospheric transport and deposition of micro- and nanoplastics"

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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2 months ago
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We are thrilled to announce our Outstanding Papers of 2024!

Huge congratulations to all the deserving winners! See the below thread for all this yearโ€™s winning articles #EnvSciOutstandingPapers
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2 months ago
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Congratulations to this yearโ€™s Runner Up Outstanding Papers from the RSCโ€™s Environmental Science journals #EnvSciOutstandingPapers. See all of 2024โ€™s winning papers in this collection: http://pubs.rsc.org/...

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3 months ago
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The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...

STOTEN is cooked

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing | Science | EL PAรS English share.google/pWoEgaHE2wmY...

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3 months ago
Streams and Sessions โ€“ iEMSs 2026

๐Ÿ“ข Calling environmental modellers! ๐Ÿ“ข

I'm excited to be chairing two sessions at the @iemss.org Congress, Dublin next July:
B7: Advances in exposure modelling
D4: Reimagining environmental modelling: Designing for flexibility, agility, and change

conference.iemss.org/streams/

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6 months ago
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If youโ€™re a #student member looking for support to attend the SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting in Maastricht, apply for a student meeting registration grant. ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ธ Join #SETACMaastricht!

๐Ÿ“… Apply by 30 October
๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/41ARCwx

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5 months ago
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Got Research? Got Creativity? Sign up for the SETAC Science Slam in Maastricht!

Take the stage at #SETACMaastricht and showcase your research through a story, skit, song, anything you can imagine, during the #SETACScienceSlam!
๐ŸŽ™๏ธReady to #Slam? Students and early careers interested in taking the stage can sign up by 30 October. ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.setac.org/resource/got...

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7 months ago
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We are looking for a PhD student for a project on chloronitramide in drinking water. Please spread the word!

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

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8 months ago
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry

We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the area of Soil Chemistry. Please spread the word! Application deadline is September 30.

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

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8 months ago
Tractor applying pesticide to a barren field. Photo by Bence Balla-Schottner on Unsplash

Breaking #TFA news: The Danish Ministry of the Environment is withdrawing the approval of 23 #pesticides because the products contain active ingredients that can form and leach #TFA into groundwater. This is the first country to ban #PFAS pesticides.

Press release (Danish):
mst.dk/nyheder/2025...

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8 months ago

Just over two weeks left to apply

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8 months ago
Promotional banner for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Environmental Science Nano journal, celebrating 10 years of progress with dynamic graphics of molecular structures and light streams.

Environmental Science: Nano's anniversary collection is a showcase of incredible research from past and present board members, outstanding reviewers and emerging investigators โœจ

Read now โžก๏ธ buff.ly/p98M8vt
#ChemSky

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8 months ago
Punta del Este Briefings (OEWG 3.2 Day 1) | IPCP

๐Ÿ“ Live from Uruguay!

IPCP is on the ground as the Science-Policy Panel negotiations resume. Our delegation is actively engaging in discussions around the role of science and civil society in the future panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution.

๐Ÿ“„ Read our full briefing: www.ipcp.ch/news/punta-d...

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8 months ago

Very happy to share the first scientific publication of our microfibre-citizen science project! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ˜Š

How does participating in citizen science impact peopleโ€™s views and behavior? See thread by @annabosshard.bsky.social for more details on the psychological outcomes of our study.

More to come soonโ€ฆ

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9 months ago
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FRAGMENT-MNP: A model of micro- and nanoplastic fragmentation in the environment Harrison et al., (2025). FRAGMENT-MNP: A model of micro- and nanoplastic fragmentation in the environment. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(110), 8061, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08061

๐Ÿšจ Our plastic fragmentation model FRAGMENT-MNP is now published in @joss-openjournals.bsky.social! This was my first time publishing in JOSS and I found it very refreshing. joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...

@praetorius-a.bsky.social @richardkcross.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social @cefic.bsky.social

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9 months ago
10 members of our research group in front of a setac europe photo-background

It was a great week at #SetacVienna with our IBED @uva.nl crew ๐Ÿ˜Š

Exchanging about all things #EnvironmentalChemistry from microplastics to micropollutants, PFAS, marine contaminants, SSbD, modeling, HRMS & NTA, science-policy and moreโ€ฆ

@annemarievanwezel.bsky.social

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9 months ago
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Great discussions during our session 3.17 on combined effects of contaminants and global change at #SETACVienna! Also check out the posters 252-265! @vliz.be @praetorius-a.bsky.social @setac.bsky.social @setac-glb.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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If you are at #SETACVienna this week please stop by and say "Hi" to Lauren at The RSC Stand, Lauren will be happy to talk about all things publishing at the RSC.
@setac.bsky.social
Check Mondays schedule ๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/3YESEGy
#SETACEurope #EnvironmentalScience #EnvSci #ChemSky #EnvironmentalSky

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10 months ago
Infographic with details about the SETAC Europe conference session entitled "3.02 Advances in Exposure Modelling Towards a Safe and Sustainable Tomorrow for Both Humans and the Environment"

Exposure modelling is a crucial part of assessing the risk from chemicals. Come and find out about the latest advances in exposure modelling at our #SETACVienna session on Wednesday! 0930 and 1140 in Hall D3, with posters up all day (172-194).

@praetorius-a.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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๐ŸŒ #SETACVienna kicks off today! Professional training courses have already begun as of 8:30 a.m. CEST, and the Opening Ceremony will be at 17:30 CEST.

Letโ€™s kick off a great week of science, networking and collaboration in Vienna! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น

#SETAC #SETACEurope #EnvironmentalScience

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1 year ago
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring - Microplastics and Nanoplastics A large body of literature is available quantifying microplastic contamination in freshwater and marine systems across the globe. โ€œMicroplasticsโ€ do not represent a single analyte. Rather, they are us...

Always remember to RSVP ๐Ÿ˜‰ when monitoring microplastics: Representative Sample Volume Predictions - free tool for estimating sample volumes when going out and collecting waters for #microplastics
microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10....

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11 months ago
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Gedeeltelijke zonsverduistering - Anton Pannekoek Instituut voor Sterrenkunde Op 29 maart is er een gedeeltelijke zonsverduistering in Nederland. Om zoveel mogelijk mensen hiervan te laten meegenieten zijn wij geopend voor het publiek op deze dag.

Deze zaterdag is er een gedeeltelijke zonsverduistering. ๐ŸŒž Wij zijn geopend voor het publiek van 11-13u, met veel leuke activiteiten voor jong en oud. Ook als het NL weer niet meewerkt. Zie api.uva.nl/nl/content/e... voor meer info!

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11 months ago
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.โ€™s Scientific Research Arm More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.

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1 year ago
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#Job: #MassSpectrometry Data Engineer as a permanent position @eawag.bsky.social, #Switzerland. We offer a dynamic working environment, operating 20 MS with a team of technicians and researchers for research in environmental chemistry. bit.ly/4kJwWKD
Apply here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1244/...

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1 year ago

Registered too, a bit more last minute ๐Ÿ˜…
Really looking forward to our exposure modeling session as well ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Women are credited lessย in science than men - Nature The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples.

1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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