PhD Candidates
Lara Schmidt
Lara Schmidt is a PhD candidate in Environmental Science at the University of Freiburg, supervised by Prof. Stefan Peiffer. Her thesis characterises mercury methylation rates and sediment-water mercury fluxes in Swedish boreal lakes under scenarios of climate-driven temperature increase and seasonal ice loss, using isotopic tracer techniques and mesocosm experiments. Eight publications in Environmental Science and Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta document her field and laboratory findings. Lara received a DAAD scholarship for collaborative fieldwork with Stockholm University and contributed to a Swedish EPA policy brief on aquatic mercury risk thresholds. She has been approached by environmental consultancies and federal environmental agencies in Germany and Sweden. Her mercury flux models are informing lake management strategies across Scandinavia.
Details
- Advisor
- Prof. Stefan Peiffer
- Field
- Environmental Science
- Institution
- University of Freiburg
- Skills
- isotope tracingsediment core analysisGC-ICP-MSmesocosm experimentsRgeochemistryenvironmental sampling
- Thesis
- Mercury methylation and sediment-water flux dynamics in boreal lakes under climate warming
- Transition Signals
- DAAD scholarship recipientSwedish EPA policy brief contributorenvironmental consultancy interview pipeline in Germany and Sweden