Oliver Jacob
PhD Student
Education:
since 08/2020
PhD Thesis in Analytical Chemistry with PD Dr. Natalia P. Ivleva and Prof. Dr. Martin Elsner, Institute of Water Chemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Technical University of Munich
12/2019 – 06/2020
Master of Science in Chemistry at Technical University of Munich
Master Thesis: "Characterization of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plant Samples using Raman Microspectroscopy and TUM-ParticleTyper", with Prof. Dr. Martin Elsner and PD Dr. Natalia Ivleva, Institute of Water Chemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Technical University of Munich
10/2014 – 08/2018
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Technical University of Munich
Bachelor Thesis: „IR Spectroscopy on Different Soot Species“, at Institute of Hydrochemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Technical University of Munich
Project:
Horizontal and Vertical Oceanic Distribution, Transport, and Impact of Microplastics / HOTMIC
Publications
G. Pantó, O. Jacob, A. Vanreusel, N. P. Ivleva, C. Van Colen, Exploring Microplastics’ Presence in Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Natural Ecosystems Using µ-Raman Spectroscopy, Microplastics 2025, doi.org/10.3390/microplastics4020020
O. Jacob, E. A. Stefaniak, J. Seghers, R. La Spina, G. F. Schirinzi, K. Chatzipanagis, A. Held, H. Emteborg, R. Koeber, M. Elsner, N. P. Ivleva, Towards a Reference Material for Microplastics’ Number Concentration — Case Study of PET in Water using Raman Microspectroscopy, Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry 2024, 416, 3059–3071, doi.org/10.1007/s00216-024-05251-7, Issue Cover
O. Jacob, N. P. Ivleva, Automatisierte Partikel-Quantifizierung - 2024 - Wiley Analytical Science
TUM News Release: Automated analysis of microplastics, PDF
O. Jacob, A. Ramírez-Piñero, M. Elsner, N. P. Ivleva, TUM-ParticleTyper 2: automated quantitative analysis of (microplastic) particles and fibers down to 1 μm by Raman microspectroscopy, Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry 2023, doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-04712-9
M. S. M. Al-Azzawi, M. Funck, M. Kunaschk, E. Von der Esch, O. Jacob, K. P. Freier, T. C. Schmidt, M. Elsner, N. P. Ivleva, J. Tuerk, O. Knoop, J. E. Drewes, Microplastic Sampling from Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents: Best-practices and Synergies Between Thermoanalytical and Spectroscopic Analysis, Water Research 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118549