Event Category

EEB Seminar

Date

June 22, 2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

Earth Sciences Centre, ESC 2144

Microplastics are known to be ubiquitous contaminants, and although our knowledge of them is increasing, we know little about the basic transport processes of microplastics in the aquatic environment. Theoretical principles from natural sediment transport are often used to describe microplastic transport, but do they provide sufficiently accurate results for this new “artificial sediment”?

In combining fluid mechanics with microplastic research, Kryss Waldschläger, an assistant professor at Wageningen University, wants to shed light on the transport behaviour of microplastics in the aquatic environment to help us mitigate environmental pollution.

Learn more about the work of Kryss Waldschläger.

Host: Chelsea Rochman