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Dr Zita Sebesvári

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Associate Academic Officer

WISDOM Project

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Background

Zita holds a PhD Degree in Environmental Sciences from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany, a Diploma Degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Essen, Germany, and a second Diploma Degree in History from the Eötvös Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary. Zita has an expertise in the fields of environmental analytical chemistry, bioremediation, and chemical ecology. She has worked on environmental monitoring projects in Germany where she mainly carried out analysis of different type of samples from river ecosystems on metalloid compounds. In Oldenburg she worked on chemical and microbial signalling processes in the marine environment.

Working Area at UNU-EHS

At UNU-EHS, Zita is member of the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services Section. She is conducting research in various environmental-related topics, with a particular focus on water quality research in Vietnam within the remit of the WISDOM project. Additionally, she is supporting the Head of Section in the scientific supervision of PhD and Master students working on topics related to water quality. She also serves as a focal point for the PhD students in the WISDOM project, organizes workshops and seminars.

Projects

  • WISDOM (Water-related Information System for the sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam): Management and research activities within the Work Package Water Ressources, River System and Water Related Hazards.

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals:

Hoai, P.M.; Sebesvari, Z.; Minh, T.B.; Viet, P.H.; Renaud, F.G. (2011): Pesticide Pollution in Agricultural Areas of Northern Vietnam: Case Study in Hoang Liet and Minh Dai Communes. Environmental Pollution, in press.

Esser, F.; Sebesvari, Z.; Winterberg, M.; Harder, T. (2008): Direct and indirect effect of halogenated metabolites from infaunal polychaetes on larval settlement of the spionid polychaete Streblospio benedicti. In: Marine Ecology Progress Series, 355, pp. 161-172.

Sebesvari, Z.; Esser, F.; Harder, T. (2006): Sediment-associated cues for larval settlement of the inbenthic spionid polychaetes Polydora cornuta and Streblospio benedicti. In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 337, pp. 109-120.

Azaizeh, H.; Salhani, N.; Sebesvari, Z.; Shardendu, S.; Emons, H. (2006): The potential of two wetland plants to phytoremediate selenium in a constructed wetland. In: Journal of Phytoremediation. vol. 8, pp. 187-98.

Sebesvari, Z.; Ettwig, K.F.; Emons, H. (2005): Biomonitoring of tin and arsenic in different compartments of a limnic ecosystem with emphasis on Corbicula fluminea and Dikerogammarus villosus. In: Journal of Environmental monitoring, 7, pp. 203-207.

Azaizeh, H.A.; Salhani, N.; Sebesvari, Z.; Emons, H. (2003): The potential of rhizosphere microbes isolated from a constructed wetland to biomethylate selenium . In: Journal of Environmental Quality, 32, pp. 55-62.

Reviewed book chapters:

Sebesvari , Z.; Huong, L.T.T.; Toan, P.V.; Arnold, U.; Renaud, F.G. (2012): Agriculture and Water Quality in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. In: Renaud, F.; Kuenzer, C. (Eds.): The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer. Accepted.

Sebesvari , Z.; Huong, L.T.T.; Renaud, F. (2011): Climate Change Adaptation and Agrichemicals in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. In: Steward, M.; Coclanis, P. (Eds.): The Mekong Delta: Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability. Springer. 

Emons, H.; Sebesvari, Z.; Falk, K.; Krachler, M. (2004) : Occurrence and Speciation of Arsenic, Antimony and Tin in Specimens Used for Environmental Biomonitoring of Limnic Ecosystems. In: Hirner, A.V.; Emons, H. (Eds.): Organic Metal and Metalloid Species in the Environment: Analysis, Distribution, Processeses and Toxicological Evaluation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.

Conference proceedings, presentations and posters (selection):

Bläsing, M.; Rosendahl, I.; Sebesvari, Z.; Renaud, F.; Amelung, W. (2011): Pesticide residues in soils and sediments in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Tropentag 2011: Development on the margin, October 5-7, 2011, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. (poster, accepted)

Renaud, F.G.; Huong, T.T.L.; Lindener, C.; Sebesvari, Z.: Resilience and shifts in agro-ecosystems facing increasing salinity intrusion in Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta, presented at LOICZ Open Science Conference in China, 12-15 September, Yantai, China. (presentation)

Bläsing, M.; Rosendahl, I.; Sebesvari, Z.; Renaud, F.; Amelung, W. (2011): Pestizidrückstände in Böden und Sedim enten des Mekong Deltas, Vietnam. Poster, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2011, 3-9 September 2011, Berlin. (poster)

Sebesvari , Z.; Huong, L.T.T.; Renaud, F. (2010): Climate change adaptation and agrichemicals in the Mekong Delta. International workshop on Future Impacts of Agricultural Contaminants on Ecosystem Services in South Asia, 22-25 November 2010, TERI, New Delhi, India. (presentation)

Toan, P.V.; Sebesvari, Z.; Rosendahl, I.; Renaud, F. (2009): Monitoring residue concentrations of recently used pesticides in surface water at two representative study sites of the Lower Mekong Delta, Viet Nam. 18th Symposium on Environmental Chemistry, 9-11 June, 2009, Tsukuba, Japan. (presentation and proceedings)

Toan, P.V.; Sebesvari, Z.; Rosendahl, I.; Renaud, F. (2009): Residue concentrations of recently used pesticides in surface water at two representative study sites of the Lower Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air, 14-16 September 2009, York, UK. (proceedings)

Sebesvari , Z.; Huong, L.T.T.; Renaud, F. (2009): Impacts of Climate Change on Pesticide Fate in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air 14-16 September 2009, York, UK. (proceedings)

Iino, F.; Sebesvari, Z.; Kitsuwa, T.; Morita, M.; Shibata, Y.; Yeru, H.; Ramaswamy, B.R.; Syafrul, H.; Shim, W.J.; Mohd, M.A.; Tahir, M.A.; Santiago, E.; Tabucanon, M.S.; Lee, H.K.; Viet, P.H.; Renaud, F.G. (2008): POPs Analysis Capacity Development and Monitoring in 10 Asian Countries. Dioxin 2008 - 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), 17-22 August 2008, Birmingham, UK. (presentation and proceedings)

Sebesvari, Z.; Esser, F.; Harder, T. (2006): Bacterial cues for larval settlement of the spionid polychaete Polydora cornuta. VII International Larval Biology Symposium, 25.08.-01.09. 2006, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. (presentation)

Sebesvari, Z.; Esser, F.; Harder, T. (2004): Sediment related settlement cues for larvae of the polychaete Polydora cornuta. VI International Larval Biology Conference, 21.-25. 06. 2004, Hong Kong. (presentation)

Sebesvari, Z.; Ettwig, K.F.; Emons, H. (2003): Untersuchungen zum Arsen- und Zinngehalt in verschiedenen Kompartimenten eines limnischen Ökosystems. 8. Jahrestagung der SETAC GLB, 21.-23. 09. 2003, Heidelberg. (poster)

Sebesvari, Z.; Emons, H.; Mohl, C.; Hirner, A.V. (2002): Volatilisierung von Selen in einer Feuchtbiotop-Modellanlage. Jahrestagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie 06.-08. 10. 2002, Braunschweig. (presentation)