Angus Rocha Vogel
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Angus Rocha Vogel, born in Portugal, raised in Germany
2013 – 2016: Apprentiship as Chemical Laboratory Assistant @ Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim (Ruhr), Germany
2016 – 2019: Chemistry, Bachlor of Science @ RWTH Aachen, Germany
2019 – 2022: Chemistry-Environment-Energy, Master of Science @ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
2022: Master’s Thesis @ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Magdeburg, Germany, Topic: Trace Element Adsorption on Tire and Road Wear Particles
2023 – 2026: PhD @ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Magdeburg, Germany, Topic: Sorption Behavior of Heavy Metals on Tire and Road Wear Particles under Different Biogeochemical Conditions in River Water
2025: five weeks research stay @ American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, Topic: Influence of Wastewater on the Adsorption of Heavy Metals to Tire and Road Wear Particles
Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCH, FG UCÖT) and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
(1 publication as co-author, 3 publications as first author, 1 publication as first author under review.)
Session 7 – TRWP leaching, biodegradation and bioaccessibility
- Enriched Microbial Consortia for Vulcanized SBR Biodegradation
Speaker: Boris Eyheraguibel - Nontarget screening of chemicals leached from cryo-milled tire tread and residue profiles of tire additive-related chemicals in runoff water captured in expressway-type catch basins
Speaker: Tatsuya Kunisue - Rubber Additives Are Bioaccessible and Rapidly Released From Respirable Particulate Matter in the Lungs
Speaker: Anya Sherman - Wastewater inflows into rivers can lead to mobilization of Cd and Zn from tire and road wear particles induced by dissolved organic matter
Speaker: Angus Rocha Vogel - Long-term environmental aging of macro-tire fragments in soil: degradation dynamics and localized contaminant hotspots
Speaker: Mostafa Sadeghi Barzegar