Geographer [she/her] w/ loads of 💚 for Microplastics Research, Soils & Coffee ☕️ Geographin [sie/ihr] mit viel 💚 für Mikroplastik-Forschung, Böden & Kaffee ☕️https://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3mm4xre2yg22hScience is a waiting business. (…at least sometimes…)18 May 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4xre2yg22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3mkx7qcpjmk2wMeet me at the European Geosciences Union @egu.eu Conference 👋 ➡️ Session: Advances in Plastic Pollution Monitoring across the Geosphere 🟢 Talk: From Monitoring to Action: A New Sampling Strategy & Retention Modules for Plastics in Floodplains - Tested at the Vjosa River (05/05, 8:40 am, Room-2.31)03 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx7qcpjmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3mjvupzaog22n„Liebe Studis, wer kommt morgen zum Kolloquium?“ - oft kamen wir nur sehr vereinzelt und ich kann’s verstehen… Morgen wechsel ich sozusagen die Seiten und darf selbst einen Vortrag an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg zu meinem Promotionsthema ✨ Mikroplastik in Böden ✨ halten…20 Apr 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvupzaog22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3mjpbez6mmc2nDas Beste daran Geographin zu sein? Definitiv nicht nur am Schreibtisch und im Labor, sondern auch im Gelände arbeiten zu dürfen 🌿 (...und zwar an einem der derzeit beliebtesten Urlaubsspots)17 Apr 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpbez6mmc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3meqal7qswc2mWer hinterlässt die mächtigsten Spuren im Erdreich? 🪱 [english below] Der Regenwurm ist es schonmal nicht, verrät Checker Tobi direkt zu Beginn seines neuen Kinofilms „Die heimliche Herrscherin der Erde“. Mit Bäumen, Gletschern, oder uns Menschen lagen wir auch schonmal falsch. [1/5]13 Feb 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqal7qswc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3m7ahpuw5yk2tHappy World Soil Day! 🎉 …btw, still lacking a soil emoji :( Fröhlichen Welt-Boden-Tag an euch alle! 🎉 …leider gibt es immernoch keinen Boden-Emoji. :(05 Dec 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ahpuw5yk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3m75tv2fjes2zSehr cooler Comic zum Thema Mikroplastik und was wir aus der Forschung bereits darüber wissen 👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75tv2fjes2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lzzqmylag227Greetings from our Summer School at the Vjosa River, Albania 👋🏼 …and this is what it looks like to sample floodplain sediments at one of the last wild rivers in Europe to test them for microplastics 👩🏼‍🔬 Felt like being a child again, playing around in the mud - but doing it for research this time :D30 Sep 2025 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzzqmylag227https://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lwvcuvufy22hFirst publication - check! 😍 Still can’t believe it happened! My road to the 1st paper: 2022: Lab work done 🥼 2023: First draft 📑 2024: Final draft & first journal submission ✔️ 2025: Two other journals later: Publication! 💥 Huge thanks to my co-others! Science is team-work 💪🏼 ➡️ rdcu.be/eAFhd https://rdcu.be/eAFhd21 Aug 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvcuvufy22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lukevwtklc2eA scientist‘s joy when a new measurement device arrived :D Now, we can also measure plastic particles & their polymertype directly in the field 😎 Die Freude einer Wissenschaftlerin wenn ein neues Messgerät eintrifft :D Jetzt können wir Plastikpartikel & deren Polymertyp direkt im Gelände messen 😎22 Jul 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukevwtklc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3ltvr4waynk2dRespekt und größten Dank für diese klaren Worte! 👏🏼 …vor allem und gerade auch als Lehrperson, wo zumindest ich häufig Debatten geführt habe ob solche Aussagen schon „zu politisch“ seien, zeigt dieses Video dass der Klimawandel doch auf rein physikalischen Grundlagen fußt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltvr4waynk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lqjuufkkyk2pMikroplastik bei der heute-show?! Sehr cool dass es dieses nischige Thema ins TV schafft! Gleichzeitig ernüchternd wie negativ Mikroplastik Umwelt & unsere Gesundheit beeinflusst. Btw, wir an der HTW Dresden forschen zu diesem Thema & suchen v.a. ✨Lösungen✨ ⤵️ https://www.zdf.de/shows/heute-show-104 [13:49 min]01 Jun 2025 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqjuufkkyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lp5alwr2rk2yRight now: inside the Plastics Interest Group @setac.bsky.social 🧭 ~ 50 researchers listening to others’ findings & their results speak the same language, plastics seem to be harmful for humans and nature. And we know it’s literally everywhere. So let’s find solutions to tackle #plasticpollution 💪🏼14 May 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5alwr2rk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lp4k5kul622mMeet me at the #SETAC conference🙋‍♀️ ➡️ this Thursday, Poster Th333 Find out about our results & experimental designs 🌱 Looking forward to your thoughts & hope for some interesting conversations on how to tackle plastic pollution in soils. Maybe you have an idea? #LetsFightMicroplasticPollutionTogether14 May 2025 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4k5kul622mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3longm5kqk22x…still fascinated by both, out robot 🤖 simply moving samples from the heating unit (TGA) to the analysing unit (GC/MS), and how cool the sunlight and shadow look from the moving trees 🌳 outside the building08 May 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3longm5kqk22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3llu6s2aiv222„Hello! Would you like to fight environmental plastic pollution with me?” Today’s edition: Berlin, Stifterverband, brainstorming on methods on how to remove microplastics from soils. You also have an idea? Then hit me! 🙏🏼02 Apr 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3llu6s2aiv222https://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3ll76u7gl7c2gThis is what it looks like to weigh 7 samples for our new devise. Step 1: Measuring known polymer types (here: polyamide) with known masses. And yes, measuring 0.04 mg microplastics without the 1st coffee in the morning is a tough one, at least for me :D *Deutsch in Kommentaren*25 Mar 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll76u7gl7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lkss4hosws2y„What do you actually do as a researcher?“, I often hear. Well, today I was 2 hours in a meeting and 4 hours dealing with the software of our infrared microscope, including 2.5 hours IT support hotline 🫠 and nope, the problem isn’t fixed yet. #sendhelp :D20 Mar 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkss4hosws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lj7x4b4zpc2xSee this tiny little green thingy in the middle of the filter? Well, that’s microplastics we’ve found in compost. And I bet there’s even many more particles we can’t see due to color, size, etc. *Deutsch in Kommentaren*28 Feb 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj7x4b4zpc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lj3g7cmw4c2v…paper rejected for the 2nd time 🥲 SciEnce iS fUn, they said… 🫠26 Feb 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3g7cmw4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lj2vjcurr22u…can relate to 100% :D [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2vjcurr22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lgzwvfjyac2yIch hab wohl keine Frage öfter gehört als: „Was macht man eigentl so als Geograph:in?“ Der Podcast NA6/99 widmet sich genau dessen & ich durfte Gästin sein! 😍 Hört rein und erfahrt mehr darüber was ich mache, warum Geo so toll ist und was ich nebenbei noch treibe: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Lp4MfmDPxsPw1Ho3R1VWg?si=yzTbAeESS2WhQflhOwyXJA31 Jan 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzwvfjyac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lglcpss2rc2sAfter my paper got rejected by one journal lately (yes, failures also belong to science 🥲), I just saw that the other journal passed it now to the reviewers! 😍 Fingers crossed! As it’s my first paper as first author, I’m doing this whole process for the first time and it’s quite exciting imho.25 Jan 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglcpss2rc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3lglcdxir7k2sMal wieder die Basics zum Thema Klimawandel auffrischen? Lust drauf zu erfahren wie Biodiversität, Klimaschutz und Erholungsorte zusammenhängen? Und dabei auch Input dazu bekommen was schon richtig gut läuft? Dann hört in Julianes Podcast rein, bei dem ich zu Gast sein durfte 👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglcdxir7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/paulineseidel.bsky.social/post/3ldbmtn7ezs2gJoined a workshop on equality in STEM yesterday & got confronted with a male PhD stating that women* don’t have the „right characteristics“ to become a prof & that women* get mansplained bc we’re explaining stuff way too emotionally (to name just 2 examples from 6 hrs). Tbh, fuck him! Let’s unite! 💪🏼14 Dec 2024 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:vtzoz7vdh65othkdr3mopspt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbmtn7ezs2g