Zacharias Steinmetz
Postdoctoral Researcher at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolZacharias Steinmetz is a postdoctoral environmental scientist with 11 years of research experience probing how agriculture shapes the fate and effects of anthropogenic pollutants across land and water. He blends environmental chemistry, analytics, ecotoxicology, and soil science to develop novel methods for detecting and quantifying synthetic polymers and organic contaminants in heterogeneous agroecosystems. His work explicitly links pollutant sources and sinks to ecosystem functions, using biomarkers to reveal indirect ecological impacts that are often overlooked. Based in Landau, Germany, he has advanced this agenda through roles at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, the University of Koblenz and Landau, and international research stays, bringing both field and lab expertise. An advocate for open science and data-driven research, he routinely leverages R for reproducible analysis and shares tools and insights with the community. Notably, his interdisciplinary approach marries method development with ecological inference, enabling more actionable understanding of pollution in agricultural landscapes.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Sciences, 1.1, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Sciences, 1.1 at University of Koblenz and Landau
Github Skills (72)
xapi10
spectra10
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python9
jekyll-theme9
openmediavault9
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nas9
app-icon9
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computer-vision8
debian8
debian-linux8
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citations8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
zsteinmetz/wofostats
Jul 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 7 months
zsteinmetz/uniLDthesis
Jan 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:84 pushes, 6 branches, 3 comments in 5 years 1 month
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