Moritz Kielmann

Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate Research Group Environmental Analytics and Ecotoxicology

Technical Head of the Research Laboratory

Room: S2.40

Phone: +49 40 219 04‑3348

Email: moritz.kielmann (at) haw-hamburg.de

Dissertation Topic

Microplastics as Pollutant Collectors – An innovative approach for the combined chemical and biological analysis of hydrophobic organic contaminants in microplastics

Supervisors

  • Prof. Dr. habil. Gesine Witt, HAW Hamburg

  • Prof. Dr. habil. Klaus Kümmerer, Leuphana University Lüneburg

Research Projects

  • RecorD: Recording the baseline before the change: First steps towards an integrated chemical and biological pollution and effects assessment off Dronning Maud Land, DFG SPP 1158 Antarctic Research

  • MOSES: Microplastics as pollutant collectors – An innovative approach for the combined chemical and biological analysis of hydrophobic organic contaminants in microplastics, HAW Hamburg

Teaching Areas

  • Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology

  • Laboratory Course in Inorganic Chemistry

  • Environmental Assessment

  • Environmental Analytics

Awards

  • Hamburg Teaching Award 2025, awarded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Gender Equality for outstanding achievements in university teaching, for contributions to the lecture Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Life Sciences, HAW Hamburg

Committee Work

  • Deputy Member of the Research Committee, HAW Hamburg (since 2023)

  • Member of the Committee for Equality and Diversity, HAW Hamburg (since summer semester 2021)

  • Representative of Doctoral Candidates, HAW Hamburg (term: SoSe 2021 – SoSe 2025)

    • Representative of Doctoral Candidates in the Research and Transfer Advisory Board

    • Representative of Doctoral Candidates in the Working Group Promotion III

Career Path

2021 – present Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, HAW Hamburg

2020 – 2021 Engineer for GC/MS Measurement Technology, Eurofins Dr. Specht International GmbH

2016 – 2019 Master of Science in Sustainability Science, Leuphana University Lüneburg

2011 – 2016 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg)