Dr. Markus Lenz
Dr. Markus Lenz
Activities at the FHNW
Team Leader and Lecturer, Applied Circular Economy
Teaching
Bachelor
- Plant sciences and physiology (module head)
- Basics of biology and genetics (module head)
- Basics of biology, compact module (module head)
- Environmental microbiology
- Environmental biotechnology
Master
- Remediation (module head)
- Solid waste management (module head)
Profile
Employment history
Since 2022
Group Leader “Applied Circular Economy” and Lecturer. Institute for Ecopreneurship, Uni-versity of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
2014
Invited Professorship, Université Paris Est - Marne la Vallée (France)
Since 2009
Senior researcher, Institute for Ecopreneurship, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
2008 – 2009
PostDoc, Institute for Ecopreneurship, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
Since 2008
Guest researcher, Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University (the Netherlands).
Education
2004-2008
PhD, Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University (the Netherlands). Thesis: “Biological selenium removal from (waste)waters”
1998-2004
Diplom-Biologe (Biology, equiv. MSc), Technical University, RWTH Aachen (Germany). Thesis: "Environmental fate of cyanides and heavy metals in sediment"
Reviewer
- for international journals: Environmental Science & Technology, Re/Views in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Science of the total Environment, Journal of Environmental Quality, Nature Scientific Reports, else
- for large scientific installations: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light source (SSRL) beam time allocation; Peer Review Committee member « Ancient Materials, Environment and Earth » French Synchrotron “Soleil”
- for national science foundations: CONICYT (Chile); BBSRC (UK); NSERC (Canada), Irish Research Council
Memberships
- Geochemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, International Waters Association
- Bravo, D., Lenz, M. (2014). Elemental Selenium Nanoparticles and Production Method (WO2014202686)
ORCID 0000-0001-6832-3218
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No peer reviewed content available
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Le Blévennec, K., Hengevoss, D., Zimmermann, Y.-S., Brun, N., Hugi, C., Lenz, M., Corvini, P., & Fent, K. (2024). Circularity and environmental sustainability of organic and printed electronics. In G. Nisato, D. Lupo, & S. Rudolf (Eds.), Organic and printed electronics. Fundamentals and applications (2 ed., pp. 543–602). Jenny Stanford Publishing. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/47046
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Peer reviewedHengevoss, D., Misev, V., Feigl, V., Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Balomenos, E., Davris, P., Hugi, C., & Lenz, M. (2024). Life cycle assessment of a novel production route for scandium recovery from bauxite residues. Cleaner Waste Systems, 7(100129). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2024.100129
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Peer reviewedHedwig, S., Yagmurlu, B., Peters, E. M., Misev, V., Hengevoss, D., Dittrich, C., Forsberg, K., Constable, E. C., & Lenz, M. (2023). From trace to pure. Pilot-scale scandium recovery from TiO2 acid waste. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11(15). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06979
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Peer reviewedSchmidt, F., Amrein, M., Hedwig, S., Kober-Czerny, M., Paracchino, A., Holappa, V., Suhonen, R., Schäffer, A., Constable, E. C., Snaith, H. J., & Lenz, M. (2023). Organic solvent free PbI2 recycling from perovskite solar cells using hot water. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130829
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Peer reviewedFekete-Kertész, I., Stirling, T., Vaszita, E., Berkl, Z., Farkas, É., Hedwig, S., Remmen, K., Lenz, M., Molnár, M., & Feigl, V. (2023). Ecotoxicity attenuation by acid-resistant nanofiltration in scandium recovery from TiO2 production waste. Heliyon, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15512
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Peer reviewedLiu, Y., Schäffer, A., Martinez, M., & Lenz, M. (2023). Environmental selenium volatilization is possibly conferred by promiscuous reactions of the sulfur metabolism. Chemosphere, 345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140548
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Peer reviewedSchmidt, F., Ledermann, L., Schäffer, A., Snaith, H. J., & Lenz, M. (2022). Rapid sequestration of perovskite solar cell-derived lead in soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128995
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Peer reviewedYagmurlu, B., Huang, D., von Arx, O., Dittrich, C., Constable, E., Friedrich, B., Hedwig, S., & Lenz, M. (2022). Nanofiltration-enhanced solvent extraction of scandium from TiO acid waste. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(18), 6063–6071. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01056
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Peer reviewedLötscher, J., Martí i Líndez, A.-A., Kirchhammer, N., Cribioli, E., Giordano Attianese, G. M. P., Trefny, M. P., Rothschild, S. I., Strati, P., Künzli, M., Lotter, C., Schenk, S. H., Dehio, P., Löliger, J., Litzler, L., Schreiner, D., Koch, V., Page, N., Lee, D., Grählert, J., et al. (2022). Magnesium sensing via LFA-1 regulates CD8+ T cell effector function. Cell, 185(4), 585–602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.039
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Peer reviewedHedwig, S., Kraus, M., Amrein, M., Stiehm, J., Constable, E. C., & Lenz, M. (2022). Recovery of scandium from acidic waste solutions by means of polymer inclusion membranes. Hydrometallurgy, 213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2022.105916
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Peer reviewedLiu, Y., Hedwig, S., Schäffer, A., Lenz, M., & Martinez, M. (2021). Sulfur amino acid status controls selenium methylation in pseudomonas tolaasii. Identification of a novel metabolite from promiscuous enzyme reactions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(12). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00104-21
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Peer reviewedLenz, M., Ringuet, M., Hunne, B., Bravo, D., & Furness, J. (2021). Analysis of bioavailability and induction of glutathione peroxidase by dietary nanoelemental, organic and inorganic selenium. Nutrients, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041073
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Peer reviewedLenz, M., Schade, L., Mahesh, S., Volonakis, G., Zacharias, M., Wenger, B., Schmidt, F., Kesava, S. V., Prabhakaran, D., Abdi-Jalebi, M., Longo, G., Radaelli, P., Snaith, H., & Giustino, F. (2021). Crystallographic, optical, and electronic properties of the Cs2AgBi1–xInxBr6 double perovskite. Understanding the fundamental photovoltaic efficiency challenges. ACS Energy Letters, 6(3), 1073–1081. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02524
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Peer reviewedSchmidt, F., Lenz, M., Schaeffer, A., Zimmermann, Y., Alves dos Reis Benatto, G., Kolvenbach, B., & Krebs, F. (2020). Biodeterioration affecting efficiency and lifetime of plastic-based photovoltaics. Joule. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.08.015
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Peer reviewedPotysz, A., Lenz, M., & Hedwig, S. (2020). Bioleaching and toxicity of metallurgical wastes. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104450
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Peer reviewedViacava, K., Ammann, E., & Lenz, M. (2020). Low-Temperature Reactive Aerosol Processing for Large-Scale Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36), 16088–16094. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03213
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Peer reviewedPotysz, A., Schmidt, F., Lenz, M., Bartz, W., & Zboińska, K. (2020). Deterioration of sandstones: Insights from experimental weathering in acidic, neutral and biotic solutions with Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans. Construction and Building Materials, 246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118474
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Peer reviewedDiaconu, M., Corvini, P., & Lenz, M. (2020). Characterization of heavy metal toxicity in some plants and microorganisms—A preliminary approach for environmental bioremediation. New Biotechnology, 56, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.01.003
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Peer reviewedSchmidt, F., Schaeffer, A., & Lenz, M. (2020). Renewable Energy from Finite Resources: Example of Emerging Photovoltaics. Chimia, 73(11). https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-2007
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Peer reviewedGil-Díaz, T., Schäfer, J., Keller, V., Eiche, E., Dutruch, L., Mössner, C., Lenz, M., & Eyrolle, F. (2020). Tellurium and selenium sorption kinetics and solid fractionation under contrasting estuarine salinity and turbidity conditions. Chemical Geology, 532(119370). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119370
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Peer reviewedSchmidt, F., & Lenz, M. (2019). Renewable Energy from Finite Resources: Example of Emerging Photovoltaics. Chimia, 73(11), 874–879. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.874
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Peer reviewedPotysz, A., Hedwig, S., & Lenz, M. (2019). Rapid metal mobilisation through litter, water and bioweathering as the legacy of historical copper smelting. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2019.106364
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Peer reviewedRemmen, K., Lenz, M., Hedwig, S., & Wintgens, T. (2019). Layer-by-layer membrane modification allows scandium recovery by nanofiltration. Environmental Science. Water, Research & Technology, 1683–1688. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EW00509A
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Peer reviewedIşıldar, A., Lenz, M., Du Laing, G., Cesaro, A., Marra, A., Panda, S., Akcil, A., Kucuker, M. A., Kuchta, K., & van Hullebusch, E. D. (2019). Biotechnological strategies for the recovery of valuable and critical raw materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) – A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 362, 467–481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.08.050
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Peer reviewedWyman, V., Lenz, M., & Serrano, A. (2019). Effects of barium on the pathways of anaerobic digestion. Journal of Environmental Management, 232, 397–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.065
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Peer reviewedReis, A. C., Cvancarova Småstuen, M., Liu, Y., Lenz, M., Hettich, T., Kolvenbach, B., Corvini, P., & Nunes, O. C. (2018). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by a bacterial consortium of Achromobacter denitrificans PR1 and Leucobacter sp. GP. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(23), 10299–10314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9411-9
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Peer reviewedHestericová, M., Heinisch, T., Lenz, M., & Ward, T. R. (2018). Ferritin encapsulation of artificial metalloenzymes: engineering a tertiary coordination sphere for an artificial transfer hydrogenase. Dalton Transactions, 47(32), 10837–10841. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT02224K
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Peer reviewedZhao, J., Bachmann, D. G., Lenz, M., Gillingham, D. G., & Ward, T. R. (2018). An artificial metalloenzyme for carbene transfer based on a biotinylated dirhodium anchored within streptavidin. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018(8), 2294–2298. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY00646F
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Peer reviewedJi, Y., Vollenweider, P., Lenz, M., Schulin, R., & Tandy, S. (2018). Can iron plaque affect Sb(III) and Sb(V) uptake by plants under hydroponic conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 148, 168–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.01.014
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Peer reviewedUjaczki, E., Feigl, V., Molnar, M., Cusack, P., Curtin, T., Courtney, R., Ronan, L., Davris, P., Hugi, C., Evangelou, M., Balomenos, E., & Lenz, M. (2018). Re-using bauxite residues: benefits beyond (critical raw) material recovery. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 93(9), 2498–2510. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5687
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Peer reviewedRajpert, L., Schäffer, A., & Lenz, M. (2018). Redox-stat bioreactors for elucidating mobilisation mechanisms of trace elements: An example of As-contaminated mining soils. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(17). https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-1533
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No peer reviewed content available
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Müller, T. (2024). Silber und Indium Recycling aus Perowskit-Photovoltaikzellen mittels «Layer-by-Layer» Membranen [Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW]. https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-11574
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Dahinden, J. (2024). Machbarkeitsstudie zur Wiederverwertung von Kupfer und Plastik aus Kabelresten [Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW]. https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-11572
Contact
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Dr. Markus Lenz
- Team leader and lecturer, Applied Circular Economy
- Telephone
- +41 61 228 56 86 (direct)
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- School of Life Sciences FHNW
Institute for Ecopreneurship
Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz
Institute for Ecopreneurship
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Life Sciences,
Institute for Ecopreneurship
Hofackerstrasse 30
CH - 4132 Muttenz
- Telephone
- +41 61 228 60 75
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