Michael Sander

13.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
140 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Sander is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Sander has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Pollution, 26 papers in Biomaterials and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Sander's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (26 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (22 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (15 papers). Michael Sander is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (26 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (22 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (15 papers). Michael Sander collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Michael Sander's co-authors include Michael Aeschbacher, René P. Schwarzenbach, Laura Klüpfel, Kristopher McNeill, Marco Keiluweit, Markus Kleber, Klaus Müller‐Dethlefs, Edward W. Schlag, Joseph J. Pignatello and Thomas B. Hofstetter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Michael Sander

137 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Redox Properties of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

2014 917 citations Michael Sander et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Antioxidant Properties of Humic Substances

2012 545 citations Michael Aeschbacher, Cornelia Graf et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Novel Electrochemical Approach to Assess the Redox Properties of Humic Substances

2009 519 citations Michael Aeschbacher, Michael Sander et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Humic substances as fully regenerable electron acceptors in recurrently anoxic environments

2014 489 citations Andreas Kappler, Michael Sander et al. profile →
The Multiple States of Environmental DNA and What Is Known about Their Persistence in Aquatic Environments

2022 131 citations Michael Sander et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture

2023 130 citations Michael Sander et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Sander

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Sander. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Sander based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Sander. Michael Sander is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Photochemical Chain Scissions Enhance Polyethylene Glycol Biodegradability: from Probabilistic Modeling to Experimental Demonstration 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Madalina Jaggi, Stefano M. Bernasconi, (unknown), Andreas Künkel, Carsten Simon, Kristopher McNeill, Glauco Battagliarin, Michael Sander	0
2	Recent Developments on the Three-Dimensional Structure of Dissolved Organic Matter: Toward a Unified Description 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Joseph J. Pignatello, (unknown), Michael Sander, Kristopher McNeill, Fernando L. Rosario‐Ortiz	3
3	Polymers from Plant Oils Linked by Siloxane Bonds for Programmed Depolymerization 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Chen Cheng, Jake X. Shi, Eun-Hye Kang, Taylor F. Nelson, Michael Sander, Kristopher McNeill, John F. Hartwig	6
4	Peat Particulate Organic Matter Accepts Electrons During In Situ Incubation in the Anoxic Subsurface of Ombrotrophic Bogs 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dimitri V. Meier, Mark A. Lever, Martin H. Schroth, Michael Sander	3
5	Transport of double-stranded ribonucleic acids (dsRNA) and deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) in sand and iron oxide-coated sand columns under varying solution chemistries 2023 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·(unknown), Rälf Kaegi, Iso Christl, Martin H. Schroth, Michael Sander	6
6	Reoxidation of Reduced Peat Organic Matter by Dissolved Oxygen: Combined Laboratory Column‐Breakthrough Experiments and In‐Field Push‐Pull Tests 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Prachi Joshi, (unknown), Meret Aeppli, Martin H. Schroth, Michael Sander	3
7	Degradable and Recyclable Polyesters from Multiple Chain Length Bio‐ and Waste‐Sourceable Monomers 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Taylor F. Nelson, (unknown), Michael Sander, Stefan Mecking	33
8	Water-soluble and Water-dispersible Polymers Used in Commercial Agricultural Formulations: Inventory of Polymers and Perspective on their Environmental Fate 2023 ·CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry ·(unknown), Michael Sander	4
9	Redox Properties of Peat Particulate Organic Matter: Quantification of Electron Accepting Capacities and Assessment of Electron Transfer Reversibility 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Prachi Joshi, Martin H. Schroth, Michael Sander	18
10	Effect of Solution pH on the Dual Role of Dissolved Organic Matter in Sensitized Pollutant Photooxidation 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Jannis Wenk, Cornelia Graf, Michael Aeschbacher, Michael Sander, Silvio Canonica	36
11	Organic Matter from Redoximorphic Soils Accelerates and Sustains Microbial Fe(III) Reduction 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Andreas Fritzsche, Julian Bosch, Michael Sander, Christian Schröder, James M. Byrne, Thomas Ritschel, Prachi Joshi, Markus Maisch, Rainer U. Meckenstock, Andreas Kappler, Kai Uwe Totsche	38
12	Effects of Macrofaunal Recolonization on Biogeochemical Processes and Microbiota—A Mesocosm Study 2021 ·Water ·Annika Fiskal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Prachi Joshi, Michael Sander, Carsten J. Schubert, Mark A. Lever	5
13	Electrochemical Analysis of Changes in Iron Oxide Reducibility during Abiotic Ferrihydrite Transformation into Goethite and Magnetite 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Meret Aeppli, Rälf Kaegi, Ruben Kretzschmar, Andreas Voegelin, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Michael Sander	86
14	Effects of eutrophication on sedimentary organic carbon cycling in five temperate lakes 2019 ·Biogeosciences ·Annika Fiskal, Longhui Deng, (unknown), P. Eickenbusch, Xingguo Han, Lorenzo Lagostina, Rong Zhu, Michael Sander, Martin H. Schroth, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Nathalie Dubois, Mark A. Lever	33
15	Decreases in Iron Oxide Reducibility during Microbial Reductive Dissolution and Transformation of Ferrihydrite 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Meret Aeppli, (unknown), Rälf Kaegi, Ruben Kretzschmar, Ashley R. Brown, Andreas Voegelin, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Michael Sander	85
16	Mediated Electrochemical Reduction of Iron (Oxyhydr-)Oxides under Defined Thermodynamic Boundary Conditions 2017 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Meret Aeppli, Andreas Voegelin, Christopher A. Gorski, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Michael Sander	45
17	Thermodynamic Characterization of Iron Oxide–Aqueous Fe²⁺ Redox Couples 2016 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Christopher A. Gorski, (unknown), Michael Sander, Thomas B. Hofstetter, (unknown)	120
18	Viruses at Solid–Water Interfaces: A Systematic Assessment of Interactions Driving Adsorption 2015 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Antonius Armanious, Meret Aeppli, (unknown), Dominik Refardt, Thérèse Sigstam, Tamar Kohn, Michael Sander	208
19	Electrochemical characterization of humic substance redox properties 2009 ·GeCAS ·Michael Aeschbacher, René P. Schwarzenbach, Michael Sander	1
20	Synthesis of a Substituted Bi[cyclohepta-3,5(3′,5′)-dienyl]: A Possible Building Block for Domino Diels−Alder Reactions 2001 ·European Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Michael Sander, Eckehard V. Dehmlow	9

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