PhD student

Field of research:
Investigation on the mechanism of biotransformation of metal(loid)s with the help of coupled atomic and molecular spectrometric methods

List of publications

Peer reviewed paper
1. O. Wuerfel, R. A. Diaz-Bone, M. Stephan, M. A. Jochmann:
Determination of ¹³C/¹²C isotopic ratios of biogenic organometal(loid) compounds in complex matrices
Anal. Chem. 81 (2009), 4312–4319
DOI: 10.1021/ac8027307
2. R.A. Diaz-Bone, M. Hollmann, O. Wuerfel, D. Pieper:
Analysis of volatile arsenic compounds formed by intestinal microorganisms: Rapid identification of new metabolic products by use of simultaneous EI-MS and ICP-MS detection after gas chromatographic separation
J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 24 (2009), 808 – 814
DOI: 10.1039/B822968F

submitted paper
3. F. Thomas, R.A. Diaz-Bone, O. Wuerfel, B. Huber, K. Weidenbach, R.A. Schmitz, R. Hensel:
Multi-metal(loid) methylation in methanoarchaea mediated by a central methyltransferase of methanogenesis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., (submitted)

4. O. Wuerfel, F. Thomas, M. Schulte, R.A. Diaz-Bone, R. Hensel:
Mechanism of multi-metal(loid) methylation and hydride generation by methylcobalamin and Cob(I)alamin – A side reaction of methanogenesis
Appl. Organomet. Chem., (submitted)

Awards
Young Scientist award (2008) [ZWU, University of Duisburg-Essen]