Prof. Dr. Adrien Mestrot

Unit Leader Soil Science

Soil Science

Phone
+41 31 684 59 10
E-Mail
adrien.mestrot@unibe.ch
Office
203b
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Geography
Soil Science
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern

Research

Research interests

The Soil Science Group studies the biogeochemistry of soils under global change to improve environmental health and food production. We use advanced analytical approaches to understand soil pollution and soil organic matter dynamics in response to land management and climate change. We investigate matter fluxes between soils and atmosphere, biota, ground and surface water from nano to field scale.

Approved Research Funding

  • 2025 Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Literature review for antimony in foodstuff, 12’000 CHF
  • 2023 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, OESG expert to prepare the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention, 46’368 CHF
  • 2021 Swiss National Science Foundation, R’équip Grant for a HPLC-ICP-QQQ-MS: 203’820 CHF
  • 2021 Media Lab of the GIUB (mLAB), art-research residency: 6000 CHF
  • 2020 Swiss National Science Foundation, Project Funding, Release, biomethylation and biovolatilisation of antimony in soils: 711’354 CHF
  • 2020 Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, Black goes green: Einfluss von Pflanzenkohle auf den Bodenwasserhaushalt und die chemische Bodenqualität (Co-PI): 350‘000 CHF
  • 2020 SELFRAG AG, Antimony characterization in incinerator bottom ash - Part 2: 25’069 CHF
  • 2020 Leading House Latin American Region — Seed Money Grant (SERI), Assessing geogenic arsenic and other potentially toxic trace elements in groundwater resources of the Bolivian Amazon: 22’403 CHF
  • 2019 SELFRAG AG, Antimony characterization in incinerator bottom ash – Part 1: 29’844 CHF
  • 2019 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Funding for a new mercury analyzer: 40’417 CHF
  • 2019 Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF Professorship (extension), Biomethylation and biovolatilisation of arsenic, antimony and mercury: 115’092 CHF.
  • 2018 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Enrichment of mercury in food chains: 240’000 CHF.
  • 2018 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Mobility of antimony in shooting ranges backstops: 24’858 CHF.
  • 2017 UNIBE Interfaculty Research Cooperation Grant (IRC), One Health: Cascading and microbiome-dependent effects on multitrophic health (Co-PI): 5’999’023 CHF (sub project: arsenic speciation, microbiome interactions and health impact: 411’357 CHF with Dr. Bigalke).
  • 2017 Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Microbial transformation of arsenic from rice in the gut (Co-PI): 35’520 CHF (shared with Prof. Bernier –Latmani, EPFL and Prof. Hapfelmeier, UniBern).
  • 2016 Environmental Protection Agency of the Canton Valais (CH), Tracing nickel sources using heavy stable isotopes and measuring methylmercury in the Grossgrund Canal: 27’520 CHF.
  • 2016 Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF Professorship, Biomethylation and biovolatilisation of arsenic, antimony and mercury: 1’579’894 CHF.
  • 2015 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Biomethylation of mercury in a contaminated floodplain: 20’000 CHF.
  • 2014 Swiss Federal Office for the Environment/armasuisse, Biomethylation and biovolatilisation of antimony in shooting range soils: 15’000 CHF.
  • 2014 UniBern Initiator Grant, Biomethylation of mercury and antimony in Swiss soils: 20’000 CHF.
  • 2013 UniBern Forschungsstiftung, Project LICHAS, arsenic biovolatilisation by lichens: 4‘000 CHF.

 

Prizes, Awards and Fellowships

  • 2013 EU Marie Curie IEF Fellowship, University of Bern CH, FP7-PEOPLE-2012-326736: “BIOMETA”: 220’000CHF.
  • 2009 Early Career Researcher Award of the International Association of Geoanalysts (IAG), Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, 21-26 June 2009.

Research in the news

Employment History

Employment
Role
01/2022 - present Leader Soil Science Unit, Associate Professor (AOP) for Soil Science, University of Bern, CH.
01/2019 - 01/2022 Leader Soil Science Unit, Assistant Professor Tenure-Track for Soil Science, University of Bern, CH.
06/2016 - 05/2020 SNSF Professor, University of Bern, CH.
06/2013 - 01/2016 Marie Curie Fellow, Soil Science Group, University of Bern, CH.
03/2012 - 05/2013 Research Assistant, Soil Science Group, University of Bern, CH.
11/2010 - 10/2011 Research Assistant, Chemistry Dept. and Plant and Soil Dept. University of Aberdeen, UK.
03/2011 - 06/2011 Research Assistant, Institute for Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Science (IUE-CAS). Xiamen, China.
CV Adrien Mestrot (PDF, 266KB)

Professional Activities and Services

Supervision/mentoring of junior researchers
Junior Researchers
07/2025 - present Dr. Yasmine Farhat, postdoc fellow, SNF Postdoc Fellowship
042025 - present Evangelia Sigala, PhD, Mercury nanoparticles project with METAS
11/2024 (ongoing) Dr Shazia Jabeen, Women University of Multan, Pakistan, Visiting Researcher for one month with grant “Knowledge to Action Mobility Grant”.
09/2023 - present Dr. Ikram Bakour, Postdoc SNSF Antimony Project (80%), Unit’s Scientific Coordinator (20%)
03/2022 - 05/2023 Dr. Teresa González de Chávez-Capilla, Head of the lab & Interim lecturer
09/2021 - present Samuel Schlichenmeier, PhD Black Goes Green project, co-supervised with Dr. Steffens, FiBL
09/2021 - 11/2022 Dr. Caroline de Meyer, postdoc, Seed Money Grant, Arsenic pollution in Bolivian Amazon
09/2021 - 12/2023 Dr. Eric Pinto, postdoc fellow, SNSF Bridge Proof of Concept, Bio-based methods for soil quality
04/2021 - present Ursina Morgenthaler, PhD, SNSF Antimony project
04/2021 - 02/2023 Dr. Karen Viacava, postdoc, SNSF Antimony project
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Memberships in panels, boards and individual scientific reviewing activities
10/2022 - present Commission member - Bernese Award for Environmental Research. Representative for the Faculty of Sciences.
06/2022 - present Member (nominated by the FOEN) of the Open-Ended Scientific Group (OESG) of the UN Minamata Convention. Leader of the “Small Group Other Matrices” (Soils, Sediments, Water).
06/2022 - present

Member of the International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP). An international network of researchers aiming to provide leadership in identifying priority topics of concern and bridging the gap between science, policy and the public.
04/2022 - present Member of the UN FAO International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP). Its mission is to support and facilitate joint efforts towards reducing the risks of soil pollution and effectively remediate already polluted areas.
09/2020 - present Member of the COST Action 19116 PLANTMETALS. Host lab for STSMs.
12/2019 - present RaToGeo Working group "Earth Surface"
07/2018 - present Associate Editor, Biogeochemical Dynamics, Frontiers in Environmental Sciences
10/2017 - present Work Package Leader (arsenic cluster) IRC One Health
01/2014 - 12/2019 Outreach & Training Committee Member, European Association of Geochemistry
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Outreach activities
2022 Elusive Exposures, Science-Art residency and exhibition at GIUB, Bern, Switzerland
09/2014 & 09/2017 Participation to the "Researchers Night" organised by the University of Bern
12/2014 - present Member of the Matura Project organised by SCNAT, 1-2 Maturaarbeit per year
11/2004 - 11/2007 Creation of a non-profit Association on Environmental Issues Awarenes, Pau, FR

Memberships in Scientific Societies

  • Swiss Soil Science Society
  • German Soil Science Society
  • American Chemical Society
  • Geochemical Society
  • International Association of Geochemistry
  • International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
  • International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry

Reviewer for

  • Nature Geoscience
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Science of the Total Environment
  • Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geoderma, Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Food Chemistry
  • National Science Foundation (USA)
  • Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program.

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Publications

Publication Year Type

Publications prior to 2013

  1. Petursdottir A., Gunnlaugsdottir H., Jorundsdottir H., Mestrot A., Krupp E. & Feldmann J. (2012) HPLC-HG-ICP-MS a sensitive and selective method for inorganic arsenic in seafood. Analytical & Bionalytical Chemistry, 404(8) pp.2185-2191.
  2. Hossain M.S., Williams P.N., Mestrot A., Norton G.J., Deacon C.M. & Meharg A.A. (2012) Spatial heterogeneity and kinetic regulation of arsenic dynamics in mangrove sediments: the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, pp. 8645-8652.
  3. Mestrot A., Merle J.K., Broglia A., Feldmann J. & Krupp E.M. (2011) Atmospheric stability of Arsine and Methylarsines. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(9), pp. 4010-4015.
  4. Mestrot A., Feldmann J., Krupp E.M., Hossain M., Roman-Ross G. & Meharg A.A. (2011) Field Fluxes and Speciation of Arsines Emanating from Soils. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(5), pp. 1798-1804.
  5. Tabouret H., Bareille G., Mestrot A., Caill-Milly N., Budzinski H., Peluhet L., Prouzet P. & Donard O.F.X. (2011) Heavy metals and organochlorinated compounds in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Adour estuary and associated wetlands (France). Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13(5), pp. 1446-1456.
  6. Krupp E.M., Mestrot A., Wielgus J., Meharg A.A. & Feldmann J. (2009) The molecular form of mercury in biota: Identification of novel mercury peptide complexes in plants. Chemical Communications, 28, pp. 4257-4259.
  7. Mestrot A., Plantevin T., Uroic M.K., Islam R., Krupp E.M., Feldmann J. & Meharg A.A. (2009) Quantitative and Qualitative Trapping of Arsines Deployed to Assess Loss of Volatile Arsenic from Paddy Soil. Environmental Science and Technology, 43(21) pp. 8270-8275.
  8. Krupp E.M., Milne B.F., Mestrot A., Meharg A.A. & Feldmann J. (2008) Investigation into mercury bound to biothiols: Structural identification using ESI-ion-trap MS and introduction of a method for their HPLC separation with simultaneous detection by ICP-MS and ESI-MS. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 390(7), pp. 1753-1764.

Publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals

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OrcID: 0000-0002-4387-3886

  1. Mahat, S., Almasi, B., Kjelsen, I. S., Marmet, D. S., Heckel, G., Roulin, A., Buser, A. & Mestrot, A. (2025). Mercury Accumulation and Biomagnification in the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Food Chain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 492, 138269.
  2. Sanchez, T., Stalder, S., Lamperti, L., Brosse, S., Frossard, A., Leugger, F., Rozanski, R., Zong, S., Manel, S., Medici, L., Kuhn, F., Han, X., Mestrot A., Albouy, C., Volpi, M. & Pellissier, L. (2025). ORDNA: Deep-learning-based ordination for raw environmental DNA samples. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
  3. Li, C., Enrico, M., Bishop, K., Roberts, S. J., Hodgson, D. A., Lamentowicz, M., Mauquoy, D., Mestrot, A. & Grosjean, M. (2025). Perspectives on using peat records to reconstruct past atmospheric Hg levels. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 482, 136581
  4. Basdediós, N., Hardegger, S., Mestrot, A., Wang, J,. Zhou, J., Bing, H., Wu, Y. & Wilcke, W. (2025) Shift of the ecosystem nitrogen cycle from open to closed within a century along a glacial retreat chronosequence at Mount Gongga, southwest China. Plant Soil.
  5. Guédron, S., Tolu, J., Amouroux, D., Tessier, E., Molina, C., Bueno, M., Mestrot, A., Tisserand, D. & Acha. D. (2024). Arsenic, selenium, and mercury speciation in hypersaline lakes of the Andean Altiplano: Link between extreme levels and biodiversity repartition. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 267.
  6. Mukherjee, M., Brandenburg, L., Dong, Y., Pfister, S., Sidler, A., Ramette, A., Mestrot, A, Chávez-Capilla T. & Hapfelmeier, S. (2024). Microbiota-dependent in vivo biotransformation, accumulation, and excretion of arsenic from arsenobetaine-rich diet. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, 136463.
  7. Guan, H., Caggìa, V. L. L., Gomez Chamorro, A., Coll Crespi Miquel, Chávez-Capilla T., Schaeppi, K., Ramette, A. N., Mestrot, A. &  Bigalke, M. (2024). Soil Indigenous Microbes Interact with Maize Plants in High-Arsenic Soils to Limit the Translocation of Inorganic Arsenic Species to Maize Upper Tissues. Exposure and Health, 17, 201–219
  8. Breuninger, E. S., Tolu, J., Aemisegger, F., Thurnherr, I., Bouchet, S., Mestrot, A., … Winkel, L. H. E. (2024). Marine and terrestrial contributions to atmospheric deposition fluxes of methylated arsenic species. Nature Communications, 15(1), 9623.
  9. Caplette, J. N., Wilson, S. C., & Mestrot, A. (2024). Antimony release and volatilization from organic-rich and iron-rich submerged soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 470(134230).
  10. Oberholzer S., Herrmann C., Bodenhausen N., Krause H-M., Mestrot A., Ifejika Speranza C., Jarosch K.A. (2024). No effect on biological or chemical soil properties when amended with effective microorganisms for improved cover crop decomposition. Applied soil ecology, 197, 10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105358
  11. Caggìa V., Wälchli J., Deslandes-Hérold G., Mateo P., Robert CAM., Guan H, Bigalke M., Spielvogel S., Mestrot A., Schlaeppi K., & Erb M. (2024). Root-exuded specialized metabolites reduce arsenic toxicity in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 121(13) 10.1073/pnas.2314261121
  12. Gfeller V., Waelchli J., Pfister S., Deslandes-Hérold G., Mascher F., Glauser G., Aeby A., Mestrot A., Robert CAM., Schlaeppi K. & Erb M. (2023). Plant secondary metabolite-dependent plant-soil feedbacks can improve crop yield in the field. eLife, 12, 10.7554/eLife.84988
  13. Sabin L., Komposh N. & Mestrot A. (2023) Exhibiting toxicity: sprayed strawberries and geographies of hope. Cultural geographies, 31(1), pp. 113-120 10.1177/14744740231183202
  14. Liu X., Huang Y., Guan H., Wiggenhauser M., Caggìa V., Schlaeppi K., Mestrot A. & Bigalke M. (2023) Soil (microbial) disturbance affect the zinc isotope biogeochemistry but has little effect on plant zinc uptake. Science of the Total Environment, 875, p. 162490, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162490
  15. Gfeller L., Caplette J.N., Frossard A. & Mestrot A. (2022). Organo-mercury species in a polluted agricultural flood plain: Combining speciation methods and polymerase chain reaction to investigate pathways of contamination. Environmental Pollution, 311, p. 119854, 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119854
  16. Mestrot A., Gfeller L., Steiner T., Feldmann J., Villa I.M. & Rast-Eicher A. (2022). Les textiles de la tombe La Tène ancienne d’Altrier. Contribution 4: Isotopes and rare earth elements as tools to unravel a 2500-year-old mystery. Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Luxembourgeoise, 41, pp. 143-154.
  17. Caplette J.N., Gfeller L., Lei D., Liao J., Xia J., Zhang H., Feng X. & Mestrot A. (2022). Antimony release and volatilization from rice paddy soils: Field and microcosm study. Science of the total environment, 842, p. 156631, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156631
  18. Müller V., Chávez-Capilla T., Feldmann J. & Mestrot A. (2022). Increasing temperature and flooding enhance arsenic release and biotransformations in Swiss soils. Science of the Total Environment, 838, p. 156049, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156049
  19. Hu L., Wu Z., Robert C.A.M., Ouyang X., Züst T., Mestrot A., Xu J. & Erb M. (2021). Soil chemistry determines whether defensive plant secondary metabolites promote or suppress herbivore growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 118(43), 10.1073/pnas.2109602118
  20. Caplette J.N., Grob M. & Mestrot A. (2021). Validation and deployment of a quantitative trapping method to measure volatile antimony emissions. Environmental Pollution, 289, 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117831
  21. Langa X., Neuhaus P., Lains D., Stewart T., Borel N., Certal A.C., Monteiro J.F., Aleström P., Diaz E., Piragyte I., Bräutigam L., Vázquez R., Hlushchuk R., Gfeller L., Mestrot A., Bigalke M., Varga Z.M. & Mercader N. (2021). A Systematic Analysis of Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Eight Zebrafish Recirculating Water Systems. Zebrafish, 18(4), pp. 252-264. 10.1089/zeb.2020.1970
  22. Gfeller L., Weber A., Worms I., Slaveykova V.I. & Mestrot A. (2021). Mercury mobility, colloid formation and methylation in a polluted Fluvisol as affected by manure application and flooding–draining cycle. Biogeosciences, 18(11), pp. 3445-3465. 10.5194/bg-18-3445-2021
  23. Schneider T., Musa Bandowe B.A., Bigalke M., Mestrot A., Hampel H., Mosquera P.V., Fränkl L., Wienhues G., Vogel H., Tylmann W. & Grosjean M. (2020) 250-year records of mercury and trace element deposition in two lakes from Cajas National Park, SW Ecuadorian Andes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(13), pp. 16227-16243.
  24. Hossain M., Mestrot A., Norton G.J., Deacon C., Islam M.R. & Meharg A.A. (2021) Arsenic dynamics in paddy soil under traditional manuring practices in Bangladesh, Environmental Pollution, 268, 115821
  25. Viacava K., Lederballe Meibom K., Ortega D., Dyer S., Gelb A., Falquet L., Minton N.P., Mestrot A. & Bernier-Latmani R. (2020) Variability in arsenic methylation efficiency across aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, Environmental Science & Technology, 54(22), pp. 14343-1435.
  26. Brantschen J., Gygax S., Mestrot A. & Frossard A. (2020) Soil Hg contamination impact on earthworms’ gut microbiome. Applied Sciences, 10(7), pp. 2565.
  27. Gygax S., Gfeller L., Wilcke W.W. & Mestrot A. (2019) Emerging investigator series: mercury mobility and methylmercury formation in a contaminated agricultural flood plain: influence of flooding and manure addition. Environmental science: processes & impacts, 21, pp. 2008-2019.
  28. Shetaya W. H., Huang J-H., Osterwalder S., Mestrot, A. Bigalke M. & Alewell C. (2019) Sorption kinetics of isotopically labelled divalent mercury (196Hg2+) in soil. Chemosphere, 221, pp. 193-202.
  29. Lombardo U., Ruiz-Pérez, J., Rodrigues L., Mestrot A., Mayle F., Madella M., Szidat S. & Veit H. (2019) Holocene land cover change in south-western Amazonia inferred from paleoflood archives. Global and Planetary Change, 174, pp. 105-114.
  30. Grob M.; Wilcke W. & Mestrot A. (2018) Release and biomethylation of antimony in shooting range soils upon flooding. Soil Systems, 2(2), 34.
  31. Frossard A., Donhauser J., Mestrot A., Gygax S., Bååth E. & Frey B. (2018) Long- and short-term effects of mercury pollution on the soil microbiome. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 120, pp. 191-199.
  32. Ji Y., Mestrot A., Schulin R. & Tandy S. (2018) Uptake and transformations of methylated and inorganic antimony in plants. Frontiers in Plant Sciences – Plant Traffic and Transport, 9, 140.
  33. Henne P.D., Bigalke M., Büntgen U., Colombaroli D., Conedera M., Feller U., Frank D., Fuhrer J., Grosjean M., Heiri O., Luterbacher J., Mestrot A., Rigling A., Rössler O., Rohr C., Rutishauser T., Schwikowski M., Stampfli A., Szidat S., Theurillat J., Weingartner R., Wilcke W. & Tinner W. (2018) An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland, Regional Environmental Change, 18(1), pp. 205-221.
  34. Shetaya W. H., Osterwalder S., Bigalke M., Mestrot A., Huang J.H., Alewell C. (2017). An Isotopic Dilution Approach for Quantifying Mercury Lability in Soils. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 4(12), pp. 556-561.
  35. Bont Z., Arce C., Huber M., Huang W., Mestrot A., Sturrock C.J. & Erb M. (2017) A herbivore tag-and-trace system reveals contact- and density-dependent repellence of a root toxin, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43(3), pp. 295-306.
  36. Mestrot A., Ji Y., Tandy S. & Wilcke W. (2016) A novel method to determine trimethylantimony concentrations in plant tissue, Environmental Chemistry, 13(6), pp. 919-926.
  37. Norton G.J., Deacon C.M., Mestrot A., Feldmann J., Jenkins P., Baskaran C. & Meharg A.A. (2015) Cadmium and lead in vegetable and fruit produce selected from specific regional areas of the UK, Science of The Total Environment, 533, pp 520-527.
  38. Lemos Batista B., Nigar M., Mestrot A., Alves Rocha B., Barbosa Júnior F., Price A.H., Raab A. & Feldmann J. (2014) Identification and quantification of phytochelatins in roots of rice to  long-term exposure: evidence of individual role on arsenic accumulation and translocation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(6), pp. 1467-1479.
  39. Mestrot A., Planer-Friedrich B. & Feldmann J. (2013) Biovolatilisation: a poorly studied pathway of As biogeochemical cycle. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 15, pp. 1639-1651.
  40. Norton G.J., Deacon C.M., Mestrot A., Feldmann J., Jenkins P., Baskaran C. & Meharg A.A. (2013) Arsenic speciation and localization in horticultural produce grown in a historically impacted mining region. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(12), pp. 6164–6172.
  41. Mestrot A., Xie W.Y., Xue X. & Zhu Y.G. (2013) Arsenic volatilization in model anaerobic digesters. Applied Geochemistry, 33, pp. 294-297. 
  42. Moreno-Jimenez E., Clemente R., Mestrot A. & Meharg A.A. (2013) Arsenic and selenium mobilization from organic matter treated mine spoil with and without inorganic fertilization. Environmental Pollution, 173, pp. 238-244.

 

Other publications

  1. Sigmund G., Diamond M.L, Vlahos P., Ågerstrand M., Alo B., Backhaus T., Castillo Castillo A., Ford A.T., Groh K.J., Grimalt J.O., Guida Y., Kumar N., Lohmann R., Mestrot A., Molander S., Soehl A., Suzuki N., Schaeffer A., Torres J.P.M., Venier M., Wagner M., Wang M. & Scheringer M. (2022) IPCP White Paper on the scope and functions of the future science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals, waste, and to prevent pollution. Link.
  2. Viacava K., Weber A., Stanisic L., Pfister S., Bergamaschi P., Mestrot A. (2021) Arsenic contamination in soils and maize plants in Liesberg (BL). Final report for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft.
  3. Eugster, W; Baumgartner, LP; Bachmann, O; Baltensperger, U; Dèzes, P; Dubois, N; Foubert, A; Heitzler, M; Henggeler, K; Hetényi, G; Hurni, L; Müntener, O; Nenes, A; Reymond, C; Röösli, C; Rothacher, M; Schaub, M; Steinbacher, M; Vogel, H and RoTaGeo, team (2021). Geosciences Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2025–2028 by the Swiss Geosciences Community (Swiss academies reports 16 (4)). Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) 10.5281/zenodo.4588881
  4. Caplette, Jaime N.; Mestrot, Adrien (2021). Chapter 11 Biomethylation and biovolatilization of antimony. In: Filella, Montserrat (ed.) Antimony (pp. 251-274). De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110668711-011
  5. Stanisic L., Pfister S., Caplette J. & Mestrot A. (2020) Antimony Mobility in Bullet Traps and Conclusions for Investigation and Remediation Measures in Shooting Facilities. Final Report to the Federal Office for Environment.
  6. Bernier-Latmani R., Mestrot A., Deonarine A., Coll-Crespi M., Hapfelmeier S. (2019) Microbial transformation of arsenic from rice in the gut. Final Report to the Federal Office of Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs.
  7. Deonarine A., Bigalke M., Gfeller L., Neuhaus P., Cloquet C., Zelano I., Mestrot A. (2018) MerVal: Tracing heavy metal and methylmercury sources in the Upper Valais, Switzerland. Final Report to the Environmental Protection Agency of the Canton Valais.
  8. Bigalke M., Schwab L., Gygax S., Mestrot A. (2016) Soil contamination with trace metals: quantification, speciation, and source identification, CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, 70(12), pp.899-899.
  9. Mestrot A., Grob M. & Wilcke W. (2016) Antimony release and biomethylation/biovolatilisation in soils. Federal Office for the Environment and armasuisse, Final Report.
  10. Mestrot A., Gygax S. & Wilcke W. (2016) Mercury release and biomethylation in soils of Visp-Turtig, Upper Valais, Switzerland. Federal Office for the Environment,  Final Report.
  11. Wilcke W., Bigalke M. & Mestrot A. (2013) Werden im Boden gespeicherte Metalle durch Umweltveränderungen freigesetzt? WSL Berichte, Heft 6. Forum für Wissen. Bodenschutz im Wald: Ziele – Konflikte – Umsetzung, pp. 55-60
  12. Mestrot A., Uroic M.K., Krupp E.M., Meharg A.A. & Feldmann J. (2012) Speciation of gaseous arsines using chemotrapping followed by HPLC-ICP-MS. Handbook of Hyphenated ICP-MS Applications, Agilent Technologies Inc., 2nd Edition, pp. 11-12.
  13. Krupp E.M., Mestrot A. & Feldmann J. (2012) Mercury speciation in rice – More than methylmercury using HPLC-ICP-MS/ Electrospray Ionization (ESI) MS. Handbook of Hyphenated ICP-MS Applications, Agilent Technologies Inc., 2nd Edition, pp. 93-94.
  14. Norton G., Mestrot A. & Meharg A.A. (2012) Arsenic speciation in fruit and vegetables grown in the UK. UK FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY FINAL REPORT, FS241003.
  15. Norton G., Mestrot A. & Meharg A.A. (2012) Total cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in fruit and vegetables grown in the UK. UK FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY FINAL REPORT, FS241003.
  16. Xie W., Mestrot A., Li G., Sun G. & Zhu Y.G. (2012) Arsenic sample contamination through the use of glass autosampler vials. Environmental Chemistry (Chinese journal), 31(6), pp. 902-908.
  17. Mestrot A. (2011) Development, validation and deployment of a novel chemo-trapping method to assess arsenic biovolatilisation. PhD thesis. University of Aberdeen.