Sébastien Rauch

Sebastien Rauch
Vatten miljö teknik
sebastien dot rauch at chalmers dot se
+46 31 772 21 23
Sébastien’s main research objective is to provide a further understanding of the interactions between man and the environment, in terms of contamination and use of resources, and develop solutions based on this understanding. Because cities concentrate human activities, this research has largely focused on urban environments and systems, but also looks into global implications. Sebastien’s research expertise lies within the areas of trace element biogeochemistry, urban pollution, sustainable urban development and sustainability in general, as well as the development of analytical tools and methodologies.
 
Sébastien holds a PhD in Environmental Science from Chalmers (On the Environmental Relevance of Platinum Group Elements, 2001) and received his Associate Professor proficiency (Docent) in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2005. Sébastien was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002-2004, where he worked with Prof. Hemond and Prof. Molina (Nobel 1995), as well as Dr. Peucker-Ehrenbrink at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He has also spent research periods in France (LCABIE, Pau), Spain (UCM, Madrid) and South Africa (CPUT, Cape Town).
Sébastien has over 35 peer reviewed journal publications accounting for over 1000 citations and an h-index of 18 (SCI, June 2011). He is the editor of 3 books and has written over 10 book chapters. His work has been presented at numerous conferences and workshops, including a keynote lecture at 15 ICHMET (Gdansk, 2010). Sebastien was a panelist at the Urban Densification Workshop at the UN pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo (2010).
 
Sébastien teaches the following courses:
  • Water Resources and Environment (BOM150)
  • Environmental Analysis of Water (VTM051)
Publications 2013

Knutsson, Jesper; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Gregory M.: Performance of a passive sampler for the determination of time averaged concentrations of nitrate and phosphate in water. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts,

Rauch, Sebastien; Fatoki, O. S.: Anthropogenic Platinum Enrichment in the Vicinity of Mines in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 224 (1)

2012

Modin, Oskar; Wang, Xiaofei; Wu, Xue; Rauch, Sebastien; Karlfeldt Fedje, Karin: Bioelectrochemical recovery of Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn from dilute solutions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 235-236 pp. 291-297.

Silva, Nelson; Tang, Luping; Rauch, Sebastien: Application of LA-ICP-MS for meso-scale chloride profiling in concrete. Materials and Structures,

2011

Rauch, Sebastien; Carugati, Gabriele; Cao, Ying: Direct determination of metals in PM10 filters by laser ablation-ICP-MS. Urban Airborne Particulate Matter, pp. 235-243. ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-642-12277-4

Silva, Nelson; Tang, Luping; Rauch, Sebastien: Chloride analysis in concrete by LA-ICP-MS. Advances in Construction Materials through Science and Engineering, RILEM PRO 79 pp. 137.

2010

Carugati, Gabriele; Rauch, Sebastien; Kylander, M. E.: Experimental assessment of a large sample cell for laser ablation-ICP-MS, and its application to sediment core micro-analysis. Microchimica Acta, 170 (1-2) pp. 39-45.

Kalmykova, Yuliya; Rauch, Sebastien; Strömvall, Ann-Margret; Morrison, Greg; Stolpe, Björn; Hassellöv, Martin: Colloid-Facilitated Metal Transport in Peat Filters. Water Environment Research, 82 (6) pp. 506-511.

Karlfeldt Fedje, Karin; Rauch, Sebastien; Cho, Paul; Steenari, Britt-Marie: Element associations in ash from waste combustion in fluidized bed. Waste Management, 30 (7) pp. 1273-1279.

Rauch, Sebastien; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Kylander, Malin E.; Weiss, Dominik J.; Martinez-Cortizas, Antonio; Heslop, David; Olid, Carolina; Mighall, Tim M.; Hemond, Harold F.: Anthropogenic forcings on the surficial osmium cycle. Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (3) pp. 881-887.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Monzon, Andres: Highway and Urban Environment. Heidelberg : Springer. ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-481-3042-9

Rauch, Sebastien; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Hemond, Harold F.: Platinum Group Elements - Identifying Sources from Early Metal Mining to the Automobile Catalyst. The Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, pp. 53-56. ISBN/ISSN: 978-83-928986-5-8

Rauch, Sebastien; Fatoki, Olekan: Platinum and lead in South African road dust. Highway and Urban Environment; Rauch S, Morrison GM and Monzon A (Eds), pp. 161-166. ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-481-3042-9

Rauch, Sebastien; Kylander, Malin E.; Khosravi, Maryam; Jamtrot, Arne: Trace metals in Stockholm sediments. Highway and Urban Environment; Rauch S, Morrison GM and Monzon A (Eds), pp. 267-273. ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-481-3042-9

2009

Kalmykova, Yuliya; Rauch, Sebastien; Strömvall, Ann-Margret; Morrison, Greg; Stolpe, Björn; Hassellöv, Martin: Colloid facilitated transport of metals in peat filter.

Kalmykova, Yuliya; Strömvall, Ann-Margret; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Peat filter performance under changing environmental conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials , 166 (1) pp. 389-393.

2008

Kylander, malin; Martinez Cortizas, Antonio; Rauch, Sebastien; Weiss, Dominik J.: Lead Penetration and Leaching in a Complex Temperate Soil Profile. Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (9) pp. 3177–3184.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Environmental Relevance of the Platinum Group Elements. Elements, 4 (4) pp. 259-263.

2007

De Boni, Antonella; Cairns, W.; Capodaglio, G.; Cescon, P.; Cozzi, P.; Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Boutron, C.; Barbante, C.: On-line matrix separation for the determination mof PGEs in sediments by ICP-MS. Highway and Urban Environment, Morrison G.M. and Rauch S. (Eds), pp. 259-269.

Highway and Urban Environment. Greg Morrison, Sebastien Rauch [editor(s)]. The Netherlands : Springer. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4020-6009-0

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Perrusquia, Gustavo: Pathways to our common future. Göteborg : AGS Focus Centre at Chalmers. ISBN/ISSN: 978-91-976534-2-8

Rauch, Sebastien; Knutsson, Jesper: The relative impact of automobile catalysts and Russian smelters on PGE deposition in Greenland. Highway and Urban Environment, Morrison G.M. and Rauch S. (Eds), pp. 215-222.

Rauch, Sebastien: Trace elements in Stockholm sediments. Stockholm : Stockholms Miljöförvaltningen .

2006

Andersson, Patrik; Boman, Ulf; Funehag, Johan; Gluch, Pernilla; Johansson, Marie; Kullingsjö, Anders; Larsson, Pontus; Lindvall, Anders; Lundgren, Karin; Rauch, Sebastien; Wahlgren, Paula; Wilén, Britt-Marie: Framtidsbilder för samhällsbyggnad. Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology.

Ek, Kristine H.; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Lindberg, Peter: Distribution of palladium, platinum and rhodium in birds of prey. Palladium emissions in the environment, pp. 537-547. ISBN/ISSN: 3-540-29219-5

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Brabander, Daniel J.: High spatial resolution analysis of sediment cores by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Limnology and Oceanography:Methods, 4 pp. 268-274.

Rauch, Sebastien; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Molina, Luisa T.; Molina, Mario J.; Ramos, Rafael; Hemond, Harold F.: Platinum group elements in airborne particles in Mexico City. Environmental Science & Technology, 40 (24) pp. 7554 -7560.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Barbante, Carlo; Owari, Masanori; Wass, Urban; Morrison, Greg: Regional and global transport of platinum group elements from automobile catalysts. Palladium Emissions in the Environment, pp. 295-305. ISBN/ISSN: 3-540-29219-5

Rauch, Sebastien; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Hemond, Harold F.: Source characterization of platinum group elements using the isotopic composition of osmium. Palladium Emissions in the Environment, pp. 407-418. ISBN/ISSN: 3-540-29219-5

2005

Hann, Stephan; Helmers, Eckard; Hoppstock, Klaus; Koellensperger, Gunda; Parry, Susan; Rauch, Sebastien; Rossbach, Matthias: Nuclear Analytical Methods for Platinum Group Elements. ISBN/ISSN: 92-0-102405-3

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Barbante, Carlo; Owari, Masanori; Morrison, Greg; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Wass, Urban: Importance of Automobile Exhaust Catalyst Emissions for the Deposition of Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium in the Northern Hemisphere . Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (21) pp. 8156-8162.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Importance of platinum group element and gold speciation for the environment and medicine. handbook of elemental speciation II,

Rauch, Sebastien; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Hemond, Harold F.; Ek, Kristine H.; Morrison, Greg: Platinum group element concentrations and osmium isotopic composition in urban airborne particles from Boston, Massachusetts. Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (24) pp. 8464-8470.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard; Barbante, Carlo; Cescon, Paolo; Owari, Masanori; Morrison, Greg; Wass, Urban: Platinum group elements from automobile emissions to global distribution. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Rio de Janeiro, June 5-9 2005,

2004

Ek, Kristine H.; Morrison, Greg; Lindberg, Peter; Rauch, Sebastien: Comparative tissue distribution of metals in birds in Sweden using ICP-MS and laser ablation ICP-MS. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 47 (2) pp. 259-269.

Ek, Kristine H.; Morrison, Greg; Rauch, Sebastien: Environmental routes for platinum group elements to biological materials - a review. Science of the Total Environment, 334-335 pp. 21-38.

Ek, Kristine H.; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Lindberg, Peter: Platinum group elements in raptor eggs, faeces, blood, liver and kidney. Science of the Total Environment, 334-335 pp. 149-159.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Micrometer-resolved binding of lead to iron in urban river sediments. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 57 pp. 921-924.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard: Recent changes in platinum group element concentrations and osmium isotopic composition in sediments from an unrban lake. Environmental Science & Technology, 38 pp. 396-402.

Rauch, Sebastien; Paulsson, Maria; Wilewska, Magda; Blanck, Hans; Morrison, Greg: Short-term toxicity and binding of platinum to freshwater periphyton communities. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 47 (3) pp. 290-296.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard: Source characterisation of atmospheric platinum group element deposition into an ombrotrophic peat bog. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6 pp. 335-343.

2003

Kylander, malin; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Andam, Kwesi: Impact of automobile emissions on the levels of platinum and lead in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 5 pp. 91-95.

Moldovan, Mariella; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Gomez, Milagros; Palacios, M. Antonia: Impact of ageing on the distribution of platinum group elements and catalyst poisoning elements in automobile catalysts. Surface and Interface Analysis, 35 pp. 354-359.

Moraes, Rosana; Gerhard, P.; Andersson, L.; Sturwe, J.; Rauch, Sebastien; Molander, Sverker: Establishing causality between exposure to metals and effects on fish. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment , 9 (1) pp. 149-169.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.; Ravizza, Greg; Morrison, Greg: Chronology of platinum accumulation in an urban lake. Journal de Physique IV, 107 pp. 1123-1126.

Rauch, Sebastien; Hemond, Harold F.: Sediment-based evidence of platinum concentration change in an urban lake near Boston, Massachusetts. Environmental Science & technology, 37 pp. 3283-3288.

2002

Björklund-Persson, Lena; Morrison, Greg; Kingston, Jenny; Mills, Graham; Greenwood, Richard; Pettersson, Thomas J. R.; Rauch, Sebastien: Performance of an in situ passive sampling device for metals in stormwater. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 4 pp. 258-262.

Gomez, B.; Palacios, M.A.; Gomez, M.; Sanchez, J.L.; Morrison, Greg; Rauch, Sebastien; McLeod, C.; Ma, R.; Caroli, S.; Alimonti, A.; Petrucci, F.; Bocca, B.; Schramel, P.; Zischka, M.; Petterson, C.; Wass, U.: Levels and risk assessment for humans and ecosystems of platinum group elements in the airborne particles of some European cities. The Science of the Total Environment, 299 pp. 1-19.

Jensen, Kristine H.; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Lindberg, Peter: Platinum group elements in the feathers of raptors and their prey. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 42 pp. 338-347.

Moldovan, M.; Palacios, M.A.; Gomez, M.M.; Morrison, Greg; Rauch, Sebastien; McLeod, C.; Ma, R.; Caroli, S.; Alimonti, A.; Petrucci, F.; Bocca, B.; Schramel, P.; Zischka, M.; Pettersson, C.; Wass, U.; Luna, M.; Saenz, J.C.; Santamaria, J.: Environmental risk of particulate and soluble platinum group elements released from gasoline and diesel engine catalytic converters. The Science of the Total Environment, 296 pp. 199-208.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Moldovan, Mariella: Scanning Laser Ablation-ICP-MS Tracking of Platinum Group Elements in Urban Particles. The Science of the Total Environment, 286 pp. 243-251.

2001

Moldovan, Mariella; Rauch, Sebastien; Gomez, Milagros; Palacios, Aaria Antonia; Morrison, Greg: Bioaccumulation of palladium, platinum and rhodium from urban particulates and sediments by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus. Water Research, 35 (17) pp. 4175-4183.

Moraes, Rosana; Gerhard, Pedro; Andersson, Linda; Rauch, Sebastien; Sturve, Joachim; Molander, Sverker: A weight-of-evidence approach for assessing effects of metals exposure to fish fauna in a Brazilian rain forest reserve. Oral presentation, Proceedings from 11th Annual Meeting for the European Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. May 6-11, Madrid, Spain. P. 32-33 , pp. 32-33.

Moraes, Rosana; Gerhard, Pedro; Andersson, Linda; Rauch, Sebastien; Sturve, Joachim; Molander, Sverker: Establishing causality between exposure to metals and effects on fish in a rain forest reserve. Oral presentation 22nd Annual Meeting for Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. November 11-15 Baltimore, USA.,

Motelica-Heino, Mikael; Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Donard, Olivier F.X.: Determination of palladium, platinum and rhodium concentrations in urban road sediments by laser ablation-ICP-MS. Analytica Chimica Acta, 436 pp. 233-244.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: An Environmental Case History of the Platinum Group Metals.. Trace Element Speciation for Environment, Food and Health. L. Ebdon, L. Pitts, R. Cornelis, H. Crews, O. Donard and P. Quevauviller (Eds). The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK., pp. 176-185.

Rauch, Sebastien; Lu, Ming; Morrison, Greg: Heterogeneity of platinum group metals in airborne particles. Environmental Science & Technology, 35 pp. 595-599.

Rauch, Sebastien: On the Environmental Relevance of Platinum Group Elements. Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology. Diss.

2000

Palacios, M.A.; Gomez, M.M.; Moldovan, M.; Morrison, Greg; Rauch, Sebastien; McLeod, C.; Ma, R.; Laserna, J.; Lucena, P.; Caroli, S.; Alimonti, A.; Petrucci, F.; Bocca, B.; Schramel, P.; Lustig, S.; Zischka, M.; Wass, U.; Stenbom, B.; Saenz, J.C.; Santamaria, J.; Torrens, J.M.: Platinum-group elements: quantification in collected exhaust fumes and studies of catalyst surfaces. The Science of the Total Environment, 257 pp. 1-15.

Rauch, Sebastien; Motelica-Heino, Mikael; Morrison, Greg; Donard, Olivier F.X.: Critical assessment of platinum group element determination in road and urban river sediments using ultrasonic nebulisation and high resolution ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 15 pp. 329-334.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Motelica-Heino, Mikael; Donard, Olivier F.X.; Muris, Myriam: Elemental association and fingerprinting of traffic-related metals in road sediments. Environmental Science & Technology, 34 pp. 3119-3123.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Routes for Bioaccumulation and Transformation of Platinum in the Urban Environment. Anthropogenic Platinum Group Metals Emission and their Effect on Man and Environment. F. Zereini and F. Alt (Eds). Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany., pp. 85-93.

1999

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg; Motelica-Heino, Mikael; Donard, Olivier F.X.: Evaluation of speciation, transport and ecological risk of palladium, platinum and rhodium in urban stormwater systems. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage. The Institution of Engineers, Australia. , 1 pp. 202-209.

Rauch, Sebastien; Morrison, Greg: Platinum uptake by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus in urban rivers. The Science of the Total Environment, 235 pp. 261-268.

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