study of Food Chemisty at the Bergischen University of Wuppertal/Germany (1st. StEx/M.Sc.)
master thesis at the Institute of Anorganic Chemistry at the Bergischen University of Wuppertal/Germany
second state examination of Food Chemistry in NRW at real SB,- Warenhaus GmbH (Düsseldorf), CVUA RRW (Krefeld), Lebensmittelüberwachung im Amt für Verbraucherschutz (Düsseldorf)
Activities:
dissertation theme: chlorinated paraffins
Publications:
Poster:
Arbeitstagung 2016 des Regionalverbandes NRW der Lebensmittelchemischen Gesellschaft
March, 18, 2016, Düsseldorf/Germany
Kerstin Krätschmer, Fabian Mohr, Cornel Adler: Neue Organometallkomplexe für den Vorratsschutz: Synthese, Analytik und in vivo Versuche. Lebensmittelchemie 69(4) 2015: 94-96
Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Poster Conference,
March, 20 - 21, 2017
Kerstin Krätschmer: Chlorinated paraffins: A neglected type of POPs now back in analytical focus.
https://rscposter.tumblr.com/tagged/RSCAnal/page/3
Dioxin 2017, 37th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 20 - 25, 2017, Vancouver, B.C./Kanada
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schaechtele, Rainer Malisch: Organisation of an international Interlaboratory Study as a First Step towards a harmonised Approach on Chlorinated Paraffins Analysis.
46. Deutscher Lebensmittelchemikertag,
September, 25 - 27, 2017, Würzburg/Germany
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch: Organisation und Durchführung einer internationalen Laborvergleichsuntersuchung als erster Schritt auf dem Weg zu einer Harmonisierung der Chlorparaffinanalytik.
Dioxin 2018, 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 26 -31, 2018, Kraków/Poland
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch: Analysing chlorinated paraffins: Intermediate results after round one of the interlaboratory study.
Artikel:
Kerstin Krätschmer, Cristian Cojocariu, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter (2018):
Chlorinated paraffin analysis by gas chromatography Orbitrap ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry: Method performance, investigation of possible interferences and analysis of fish samples.
J. Chromatogr. A 1539: 53-61 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.01.034)
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele; Rainer Malisch; Walter Vetter (2019):
Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in salmon sold in southern Germany: Concentrations, homologue patterns and relation to other persistent organic pollutants.
Chemosphere 227: 630-637 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.016)
Alexandra Klimm, Daniela Brenner, Bianca Lok, Jannik Sprengel, Kerstin Krätschmer, Walter Vetter (2019):
Photolytic transformation products of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE).
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53: 6302-6309 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01231)
Marie Mézière, Kerstin Krätschmer, Ingus Pērkons, Dzintars Zacs, Philippe Marchand, Gaud Dervilly, Alexander Schächtele, Ronan Cariou, Walter Vetter (2020):
Addressing main challenges regarding short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffin analysis using GC-ECNI-MS and LC-ESI-MS methods.
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 31: 1885-1895 (DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00155)
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Walter Vetter (2021):
Chlorinated paraffins in baby food from the German market.
Food Cont. 123: 107689 (DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107689)
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Walter Vetter (2021):
Short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffin exposure in South Germany: A total diet, meal and market basket study.
Environ. Pollut. 272C272C: 116019 (DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116019)
Kerstin Krätschmer, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter (2021):
Chlorinated paraffin levels in relation to other contaminants found in pooled human milk samples of primiparous mothers from 53 countries.
Environ. Health Persp. 129: 087004-1-12 (DOI 10.1289/EHP7696)
Alwyn Fernandes, Walter Vetter, Caroline Dirks, Louise van Mourik, Ronan Cariou, Jannik Sprengel, Norbert Heeb, Anouk Lentjes, Kerstin Krätschmer (2022):
Determination of chlorinated paraffins (CPs): Analytical conundrums and the pressing need for reliable and relevant standards.
Chemosphere 286: 131878 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131878)
Walter Vetter, Jannik Sprengel, Kerstin Krätschmer (2022):
Chlorinated paraffins - a historical consideration including remarks on their complexity.
Chemosphere 287: 132032 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132032)
Jannik Sprengel, Kerstin Krätschmer, Walter Vetter (2022):
A new synthesis approach for the generation of single chain CP mixtures composed of a few major compounds.
Chemosphere 287: 132372 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132372)
Rainer Malisch, Alexander Schächtele, Ralf Lippold, Björn Hardebusch, Kerstin Krätschmer, FX Rolaf van Leeuwen, Gerald Moy, Angelika Tritscher, Kateiřina Šebková, Jana Klánová, Jiří Kalina, Martin van den Berg, Walter Vetter, Peter Fürst, Jacqueline Alvarez (2023):
Legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants in human milk: Conclusions and key messages based on WHO/UNEP-coordinated human milk studies on persistent organic pollutants.
In: R. Malisch, P. Fürst, K. Šebková (Hrsg.). Persistent organic pollutants in human milk, part 5, S. 615-675, Springer Nature Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-34085-7
Kerstin Krätschmer, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter (2023):
WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000 – 2019: Findings of chlorinated paraffins.
In: R. Malisch, P. Fürst, K. Šebková (Hrsg.). Persistent organic pollutants in human milk, part 3, S. 343-382. Springer Nature Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-34085-7
Alwyn R. Fernandes, Kerstin Krätschmer, Thomas McGrath, Bo Yuan, Sicco Brandsma, Marthinus Brits, Ronan Cariou, Robert Letcher, Jochen Mueller, Derek Muir, Walter Vetter, Thanh Wang, Gang Yu, Åke Bergman (2023):
Recommended terms and abbreviations for polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs) as the predominant component of chlorinated paraffins (CPs).
Trends Anal. Chem. 169: 117363 (DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.11736)
Lectures:
18. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Vorratsschutz der Deutschen Phytomedizinischen Gesellschaft
November, 11 -12, 2015, Laudenbach/Germany
Kerstin Krätschmer, Fabian Mohr, Cornel Adler: Neue Organometallkomplexe für den Vorratsschutz: Synthese, Analytik und in vivo Versuche.
Dioxin 2017, 37th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 20 - 25, 2017, Vancouver, B.C./Kanada
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Cristian Cojocariu, Paul Silcock, Alexander Schaechtele, Walter Vetter: Detection and Quantification of Chlorinated Paraffins in Food Samples using GC-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry.
Organohalogen Compd. 79 (2017)
46. Deutscher Lebensmittelchemikertag,
September, 25 - 27, 2017, Würzburg/Germany
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Chlorparaffine – eine vernachlässigte potentielle POP-Kategorie rückt wieder in den analytischen Fokus.
RAFA 2017, 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis,
November, 07 – 11, 2017, Prague/Czech Republic
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schaechtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Detection and Quantification of Chlorinated Paraffins in Food Samples using GC-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry.
RAFA 2017, 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis,
November, 07 – 11, 2017, Prague/Czech Republic
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Cristian Cojocariu, Alexander Schaechtele, Paul Silcock, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: GC-Orbitrap-MS: A way to simultaneously determine different halogenated POPs? A Thermo Scientific Vendors’ Seminar.
Dioxin 2018, 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 26 -31, 2018, Kraków/Poland
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schaechtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in salmon and trout: Occurrence levels, homologue patterns and relation to other persistent organic pollutants.
Arbeitstagung des Regionalverbandes Südwest der Lebensmittelchemischen Gesellschaft,
March, 05 - 06, 2019, Stuttgart Hohenheim/Germany
Kerstin Kraetschmer, Alexander Schaechtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Chlorparffine in Muttermilch weltweit: Ein erster Blick auf Proben der UNEP-Studie.
Dioxin 2019, 39th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 25 -30, 2019, Kyoto/Japan
Kerstin Krätschmer, Rainer Malisch, Alexander Schächtele, Walter Vetter: Chlorinated paraffins in human milk worldwide: First results from UNEP studies perforemed between 2012 and 2019.
Dioxin 2019, 39th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 25 -30, 2019, Kyoto/Japan
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Quantification Standards - The achilles heel of chlorinated paraffin determination?
Dioxin 2019, 39th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,
August, 25 -30, 2019, Kyoto/Japan
Kerstin Krätschmer, Alexander Schächtele, Rainer Malisch, Walter Vetter: Chlorinated paraffin exposure through food: A raw food and meal study in southern germany.