Papers

2026

• Surendra Balraadjsing, Philipp Kropf, Annetrude Boeije, S Henrik Barmentlo, Willie J G M Peijnenburg, Martina G Vijver (2026). Harmonizing ecotoxicological data reporting: A guide for toxicologists and chemists. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2026;, vgag061.
• Annetrude Boeije, S. Henrik Barmentlo, Martina G. Vijver, Laura Scherer (2026). Ecotoxicity effects on functional diversity – A proof of concept using a sensitivity distribution approach. Environment International, Volume 208, 2026, 110078, ISSN 0160-4120.
• Heinz-R. Köhler, Reza Aalizadeh, Gabriele Treu, Thomas Gräff, Katharina Peschke, Ines Prutz, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Rita Triebskorn, Peter C. von der Ohe (2026). By integrating previously overlooked drivers AI boosts bioaccumulation assessment in fish. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 501, 2026, 140648, ISSN 0304-3894.
• Aafke.I. Saarloos, Maarten J.J. Schrama, S. Henrik Barmentlo, Judith M.A. van den Brand, Natashja M.T. Ennen-Buijs, Reina S. Sikkema, Wouter Bakker, Tijs J. van den Berg, Nico W. van den Brink (2026). Acute mortality in sand martins (Riparia riparia) and barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) linked to dermal or inhalation pyrethroid insecticide exposure. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Volume 8, 2026, Pages 1779-1786, ISSN 2590-1826.

Events

Final Conference Berlin 4 and 5 June 2026

We had a wonderful final conference at the Federal Press Office in Berlin on 4 and 5 June. Thank you to all participants and presenters. And special thanks to the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency) for organising. All TerraChem partners presented their emerging results and key messages for policymakers and others interested.

Presentations (PDF)

• Day 1 (4 June 2026)
• Day 2 (5 June 2026)

SETAC Europe 2026

TerraChem made a splash at SETAC Europe 2026 in Maastricht, with a TerraChem-inspired session chaired by Guy Duke and co-chaired by Susan Oginah, Paola Movalli and Henrik Barmentlo.

Presentations

• Annetrude Boeije, Henrik Barmentlo, Martina G. Vijver and Laura Scherer (2026). Relating Chemical Effects to Ecosystem Functioning: Introducing the Functional Sensitivity Distribution. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Guy Duke, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Paola Movalli, Susan Oginah, Gabriele Treu, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Marissa B Kosnik, Martina G. Vijver, Henrik Barmentlo, Koos Biesmeijer, Peter Fantke, Georgios Gkotsis, Romana Hornek-Gausterer, Olivier Jolliet, Oliver Machate, Peter Oswald, Laura Scherer and Jaroslav Slobodnik (2026). A new systems approach addressing chemical risks to terrestrial biodiversity in Europe. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Romana Hornek-Gausterer, Dörte Themann, Oliver Machate, Dominik Thomas Nerlich, Johan Axelman and Gabriele Treu (2026). Protecting Terrestrial Biodiversity Through Chemical Regulation: A Critical Review of European Environmental Risk Assessment Frameworks. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Antigoni Konomi, Nikolaos Boinis, Georgios Gkotsis, Anthi Karageorgoudi, Eleni Panagopoulou, Reza Aalizadeh, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Guy Duke, Ali Akbar Eftekhari, Oliver Machate, Susan Oginah, Dörte Themann, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Panagiota Kontogianni, Dafni Preza Mayo Kataki, Nikolaos Dragazis, Henrik Barmentlo, Koos Biesmeijer, Paola Movalli, Dominik Thomas Nerlich, Peter Oswald, Gabriele Treu, Martina G. Vijver and Jaroslav Slobodnik (2026). Occurrence and Distribution of Organic Micropollutants in the Barn Owl Food Chain: A Pan-European case study. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Philipp Kropf, Martina G. Vijver, Laura Scherer, Jaroslav Slobodnik and Henrik Barmentlo (2026). Occurrence and concentration of organic pesticides in Europe’s wildlife. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Susan Oginah, Farshad Soheilifard and Olivier Jolliet (2026). Linking Pesticide Mixture Toxic Pressure to Species Loss in European Agricultural Soils. Presentation, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.

Posters

• Nikolaos Boinis, Paola Movalli, Antigoni Konomi, Anthi Karageorgoudi, Dafni Preza-Mayo-Kataki, Panagiota Kontogianni, Nikolaos Dragazis, Faidra-Angeliki Mourtzoukou, Nikolaos Floros, Eleni Ι.Panagopoulou, Reza Aalizadeh, Emanuel Baltag, Jasja Dekker, Pilar Gómez-Ramírez, Oliver Krone, Ricardo Lopes, Petros Lymberakis, Henri Zomer, Nikiforos Alygizakis, S. Henrik Barmentlo, Koos Biesmeijer, Guy Duke, Ali Akbar Eftekhari, Romana Hornek-Gausterer, Philipp Kropf, Oliver Machate, Dominik T. Nerlich, Peter Oswald, Susan A. Oginah, Dörte Themann, Gabriele Treu, Martina Vijver, Georgios Gkotsis, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Nikolaos Thomaidis (2026). The Invisible Threat: Tracing Organic Micropollutants Across Diverse European Terrestrial Food Chains Using Cutting-Edge Mass Spectrometry. Poster, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Nikiforos Alygizakis, Guy Duke, Paola Movalli, Susan Oginah, Gabriele Treu, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Marissa B Kosnik, Martina G. Vijver, Henrik Barmentlo, Koos Biesmeijer, Peter Fantke, George Gkotsis, Romana Hornek-Gausterer, Olivier Jolliet, Oliver Machate, Peter Oswald, Laura Scherer and Jaroslav Slobodnik (2026). Integrated Solutions for Managing Contaminants of Emerging Concern: TerraChem’s Approach to Data, Modeling, and Visualization in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Poster, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Ali A. Eftekhari, Kerstin von Borries, Peter Fantke, Olivier Jolliet (2026). Automating Reliable Input Data: The PROVES Python Packages for Chemical Structure and Property Verification in Environmental Modeling. Poster, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Ali A. Eftekhari, Kerstin von Borries,Yuyue Zhang, Peter Fantke, Olivier Jolliet (2026). A Systematic Workflow for Generating Accurate and Transparent Chemical Input Data for Environmental Modelling. Poster, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.
• Yuyue Zhang, Susan Oginah, Farshad Soheilifard, Peter Fantke, Olivier Jolliet (2026). Spatially-explicit Impact Assessment of Pesticide-induced Terrestrial Biodiversity Loss. Poster, SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-21 May 2026.

SETAC Europe 2025

• Aalizadeh R, Nerlich DT, von der Ohe PC, Thomaidis NS, Duke G, Slobodnik J, Fantke P, Hollert H & Treu G. (2025). TerraChemPro – Leveraging Transfer Learning for Predicting Chemical Half-Lives in Mammals to Screen for Bioaccumulation in Airbreathers. Poster, SETAC German Language Branch Conference, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, 22-24 September 2025.
• Alygizakis N, Duke G, Movalli P, Oginah SA, Treu G, Thomaidis NS, Kosnik MB, Vijver MG, Barmentlo SH, Biesmeijer K, Fantke P, Gkotsis G, Hornek-Gausterer R, Jolliet OJ, Machate O, Oswald P, Scherer L & Slobodnik J.(2025). Integrated solutions for managing contaminants of emerging concern: TerraChem’s approach to data, modeling, and visualization in terrestrial ecosystems. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Duke G, Alygizakis N, Movalli P, Oginah SA, Treu G, Thomaidis NS, Kosnik MB, Vijver MG, Barmentlo SH, Fantke P, Gkotsis G, Hornek-Gausterer R, Jolliet OJ, Machate O, Oswald P, Scherer L, & Slobodnik J. (2025). A new systems approach addressing chemical risks to terrestrial biodiversity in Europe. Poster and Spotlight presentation, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Eftekhari AA & Jolliet OJ (2025) Improving the Reliability of Chemical Property Predictions: A Thermodynamic Perspective. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Gkotsis G, Panagopoulou E, Konomi A, Boinis N, Mourtzoukou F-A, Aalizadeh R, Alygizakis N, Barmentlo H, Duke G, Fantke P, Hornek-Gausterer R, Kropf P, Machate O, Movalli P, Nerlich D, Nolte T, Oginah S, Oswald P, Themann D, Treu G, Vijver M, Slobodnik J & Thomaidis NS. (2025) An advanced analytical methodology for the simultaneous monitoring of more than 2500 emerging pollutants in soils and biodiversity leveraging the technique LC-TIMS-HRMS. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Kosnik MB, Scholier T, & Guignard D. (2025) Data-Driven Characterization of Chemical Impacts on the Genetic Diversity of Wild Populations: A Case Study. Platform presentation, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025. (Platform)
• Machate O, Aalizadeh R, Alygizakis N, Barmentlo SH, Duke G, Fantke P, Gkotsis G, Hornek-Gausterer R, Kosnik MB, Movalli P, Nerlich DT, Nolte TM, Oginah SA, von der Ohe PC, Oswald P, Scherer L, Slobodnik K, Thomaidis NS & Treu G. (2025) Chemical Pollution & Biodiversity Loss: How to identify those chemicals that require our immediate attention? Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Movalli P, Alygizakis N, Islam S, Alonso E, Koureas D, Caspers M, Pieterse S, Slobodnik J & Duke G. (2025). Linking LIFE APEX data on chemicals in wild biota in Europe with the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo), for research and regulatory applications. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Movalli P, Biesmeijer K, Merckx V, van Ommen Kloeke E, Gkotsis G, Aalizadeh R, Boinis N, Konomi A, Mourtzoukou F-A, Panagopoulou E, Thomaidis NS, Alygizakis N, Oswald P, Oswaldova M, Slobodnik J, Gomes SIF & Duke G. (2025) Generating spatially and temporally matched data at pan-European scale on chemicals exposure and species composition in soils and invertebrate communities to build species sensitivity distributions. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Movalli P, Gkotsis G, Aalizadeh R, Boinis N, Konomi A, Mourtzoukou F-A, Panagopoulou E., Alygizakis N, Duke G, Fantke P, Oswald P, Oswaldova M, Slobodnik J, Biesmeijer K, Bouma AM, Desjardins B,  Hornek-Gausterer R, Gravendeel B, Rambonnet L, Nolte TM, van de Pas V, Wieringa JJ, Barmentlo SH, Kropf P, Jolliet OJ, Oginah SH, Scherer L, Vijver MG, Machate O, Treu G, Gomes SIF & Thomaidis NS. (2025) Monitoring chemicals exposure and mixture effects in terrestrial wildlife foods chains in Europe. Poster and Spotlight presentation, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Nerlich DT, Machate O, von der Ohe PC, Aalizadeh R, Gkotsis G, Thomaidis NS, Alygizakis N, Slobodnik J, Hollert H & Treu G. (2025) Monitoring based substance prioritization – tracing chemical pollution through apex predators. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Nolte T, Kropf P, Barmentlo SH, Treu G, Alygizakis N, Oginah SA, Fantke P, Gkotsis G, Thomaidis NS, Vijver MG, Slobodnik J, Duke G, Biesmeijer K & Movalli P. (2025) Free and open source databases on terrestrial pollution of wild apex predators. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Themann D, Hornek-Gausterer R, Duke G, Slobodnik J, Fantke P, Oginah SA, Movalli P & Alygizakis N, Scherer L, Ågerstrand M, Axelman J, Duquesne S & Treu G. (2025) How to improve risk management to reduce chemical pressure on biodiversity in Europe. Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Themann D, Hornek-Gausterer R, Duke G, Slobodnik J, Fantke P, Oginah SA, Movalli P & Alygizakis N. (2025) Towards improved risk management to reduce chemical pressure on biodiversity in Europe.  Poster, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.
• Zhang Y, Gladbach A, Kosnik MB, Settles L, Norinder U, Glas D, Jolliet OJ & Fantke P. (2025) Global pesticide application data as input for assessing ecosystem exposure and impacts. Poster and Spotlight presentation, SETAC Europe 35^th Annual Meeting 2025, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 May 2025.

SETAC Europe 2024

• Machate O, Treu G, Hornek-Gausterer R, Uhl M, Movalli P, Bismejier K, Fantke P, Oginah SA, Vijver, Scherer L, Barmentlo SH, Thomaidis NS, Nika MC, Gkotsis G, Kosnik MB, DukeG, Alygizakis N, Glowacka N & Slobodnik J (2024) Using biota monitoring data to identify priority substances and improve chemical risk assessment and management under REACH. Poster, SETAC Europe 34^th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 5-9 May 2024.
• Movalli P, Biesmeijer K, Nolte TM, Thomaidis NS, Nika M-C, Gkotsis G, Vijver MG, Scherer LA, Barmentlo SH, Boeije AG, Kropf P, Treu G, Machate O, Fantke P, Oginah SA, Kosnik MB, Alygizakis N, Duke G, Oswald P, Slobodnik J. (2024) Monitoring chemicals exposure and mixture effects in terrestrial food chains in Europe. Poster, SETAC Europe 34th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 5-9 May 2024.
• Nerlich DT, Treu G, Machate O, Themann D, DukeG, Slobodnik J, Hollert H & Hornek-Gausterer R (2024) Biomonitoring meets regulation – strategies for a better protection of terrestrial biodiversity and its ecosystem services. Poster, SETAC German Language Branch Conference, Gießen, Germany, 8-11 September 2024.
• Oginah, S., Vijver, M. G., Scherer, L., Barmentlo, S. H., Kosnik, M. B., Movalli, P., Treu, G., von der Ohe, P., Slobodnik, J., Duke, G., Alygizakis, N. A., Thomaidis, N. S., Biesmeijer, K. & Fantke, P. (2024). Modeling Chemical Source-to-Damage Pathways in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Poster, SETAC Europe 34^th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 5-9 May 2024.