Professional summary

Carolin obtained her DPhil from Oxford University, UK in 2015 on the topic of silver nanoparticle ecotoxicology in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, as part of the Marie Curie ITN NanoTOES. Her BSc/MSc studies were in the field of Geoecology with a focus on ecotoxicology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Currently, Carolin is working on the effects on nanomaterial toxicity in the terrestrial environment and how the transformation of these materials may change their fate and effects. She is further contributing to efforts investigating how nanomaterial grouping can be implemented in their Risk Assessment.

Carolin has taken up the role of Science Area Coordinator for Pollution in 2023 in addition to continuing her work as an ecotoxicologist.

Selected publications

Lahive E. et al. , (2021), A kinetic approach for assessing the uptake of Ag from pristine and sulfidised Ag nanomaterials to plants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5031

Schultz Carolin L. et al. , (2021), What is on the outside matters — surface charge and dissolve organic matter association affect the toxicity and physiological mode of action of polystyrene nanoplastics to C. elegans. Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 6065-6075, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07121

Briffa Sophie M. et al. , (2020), Nanoparticle tracking analysis of gold nanoparticles in aqueous media through an inter-laboratory comparison. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 164, https://doi.org/10.3791/61741

Schultz Carolin L. et al. , (2020), Chemical transformation and surface functionalisation affect the potential to group nanoparticles for risk assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 7, 3100-3107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0EN00578A

Spurgeon David J. et al. , (2020), Nanomaterial transformations in the environment: effects of changing exposure forms on bioaccumulation and toxicity. Small, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202000618

Wamucho Anye et al. , (2019), Genomic mutations after multigenerational exposure of Caenorhabditis elegans to pristine and sulfidized silver nanoparticles. Environmental Pollution, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113078

Schultz Carolin L. et al. , (2018), Influence of soil porewater properties on the fate and toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Caenorhabditis elegans. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4220

Schultz Carolin L. et al. , (2018), Aging reduces the toxicity of pristine but not sulphidised silver nanoparticles to soil bacteria. Environmental Science: Nano, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8EN00054A

Schultz Carolin L. et al. , (2016), Multigenerational exposure to silver ions and silver nanoparticles reveals heightened sensitivity and epigenetic memory in Caenorhabditis elegans. 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2911

Schultz Carolin et al. , (2015), Analytical approaches to support current understanding of exposure, uptake and distributions of engineered nanoparticles by aquatic and terrestrial organisms. 24, 239-261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-014-1387-3