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Dr Frank von der Kammer completed his Ph.D. in 2005 with highest honour at Hamburg University of Technology, in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology. He is currently senior scientist and lecturer, the Head of Nanogeosciences Division and Vice Head of the Department for Environmental Geosciences at the University of Vienna. In the past, Frank has acted as a visiting Professor at the University of Pau and at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. His research interests include environmental colloids, their dynamic behaviour and interaction with trace elements, natural nanoscale processes, nanoparticle characterisation, engineered nanoparticles in the environment and the application of field flow fractionation to characterise nanoparticles in complex samples. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers within both nano research and nanoparticle characterisation.

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