Dr. Kay Hamer
Scientific Councillor
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University of Bremen
Faculty of Geosciences
GEO1 - Room 3050
Klagenfurter Str. 4
28359 Bremen
Germany
Scientific carrier and positions
2012
seit 2002
1999 - 2001
1994 - 1998
1993
1990 - 1993
1989
1983 - 1989
Guest lecturer (ERASMUS) at the University of Bologna (2 month)
Permanent senior lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Oberrat), University of Bremen
Assistant lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), University of Bremen
Postdoc; projects about: Re-use of contaminated sediments, University of Bremen
Postdoc within the program „Fluxes in marine geosystems“, University of Bremen
PhD at the University of Bremen; subject: Modelling the transport of heavy metals in groundwater
Thesis. Geochemical methods on the stratigraphy of tills and Mapping of quaternary deposits in Northern Germany
Studies: Geology and palaeontology, Christian-Albrecht-University, Kiel, Germany
Selected work experience
1999-2015 Scientific consulting on behalf of: Eni S.p.A., Milan, Italy; EniTechnology S.p.A., Rome, Italy; Bremenports GmbH & Co KG, Bremerhaven; Senate of Economy and Harbours Bremen; Hamburg Port Authority; Senate of Environment, Construction and Traffic, Bremen; Geological Survey of Thuringia
Topic: Mobility of pollutants and nutrients in water, sediment and constructional material
2008-10 Head of Permanent Panel on Ground- and Drinking-water Resources of the Federal States of Germany (LAWA-AG der Bund-Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser, LAWA) (80% of workload assigned to the Senate of Environment, Construction and Traffic, Bremen)
2013-2019 Consultant and team leader (provisional) of the team Groundwater and Water-supply at the Senate of Environment, Construction and Traffic, Bremen (75% of workload assigned to senate)
since 2007 member of the panel on „Soil Protection“ according to § 18 Federal Soil Protection Act (BBodSchG) at the Chamber on Industry and Trade, Hamburg (IHK)
since 2017 appointed to the Panel on Environmental Protection at the National Institute on Construction (DIBt, Berlin) on behalf of the Federal Ministries on Environment (Departments Water, LAWA)
Publications
- Ebert, M., Hamer, K., Isenbeck-Schröter, M. (1993): Laboruntersuchungen zur Mobilität von Cr(III) und Cr(VI) unter verschiedenen geochemischen Bedingungen., Heidelberger Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Band 67: Geowissenschaftliche Umweltforschung, 5.11. - 6.11.1993 in Heidelberg
- Isenbeck-Schröter, M., Hamer, K., Reitz, F. Schubert, J. & Schulz, Horst D. (1994): Simulation of arsenic transport in column experiments: Estimation of sorption kinetics of As(III) and As(V) species in simple aquifer systems, Transport and Reactive Processes in Aquifers, Dracos & Stauffer (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 905410368 X, 45-51
- Hamer, K., Lührte, von R. & Isenbeck-Schröter, M. (1994): Transport of Cd and Cu in a zone of calcite dissolution: Column experiments and modeling, Transport and Reactive Processes in Aquifers, Dracos & Stauffer (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 905410368 X, 105-110
- Lührte, von R., Hamer, K. & Isenbeck-Schröter, M. (1994): Das Transportverhalten von Cadmium und Kupfer in Grundwasserleitersanden unter Berücksichtigung von Karbonatgleichgewichten in Matschullat, J. & Müller, G. (Hrsg.): Geowissenschaften und Umwelt, Springer-Verlag, 129-133
- Isenbeck-Schröter, M. & Hamer, K. (1994): Methoden zur Parameterermittlung für die Simulation geochemischer Prozesse beim Schadstofftransport im Grundwasser in Matschullat, J. & Müller, G. (Hrsg.): Geowissenschaften und Umwelt, Springer-Verlag, 121-127
- Hamer, K. & Sieger, R. (1994): Anwendung des Modells CoTAM zur Simulation von Stofftransport und geochemischen Reaktionen.- Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 186 S..
- Isenbeck-Schröter, M., Hamer, K., Hencke, J. & Lührte, von R. (1995): Einfluß der Calcitlösung auf den Schwermetalltransport - Ergebnisse von Modelluntersuchungen in Säulen am Beispiel der Schwermetalle Chrom, Kupfer und Cadmium, Z. dt. geol. Ges., Hannover, 146, 131-137
- Hamer; K., Gerrard, J., Keffel, S., Lührte , R.v., Strotmann, B. & Schulz, H.D. (1995): Regional distribution patterns of heavy metals in sediments dredged from a harbour basin. - in: Van den Brink, W.J., Bosman, R. & Arendt, F. (Eds.) (1995): Contaminated soil ´95, Volume I, S. 153 - 161, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.
- Lührte v. R, Hamer K, Schröter J, Schulz HD (1996): Verwendung von Reststoffen als Deponieabdichtungsmaterial - Geochemische Langzeitstabilität am Beispiel der Verwertung von Bremer Baggergut. in: Merkel B, Dietrich PG, Struckmeier W, Lohner EP (Hrsg.): Grundwasser und Rohstoffgewinnung. S. 308-313, Sven von Loga
- Hamer, K. R. v. Lührte, G. Becker, T. Felis, S. Keffel, B. Strotmann, C. Waschkowitz, M. Kölling, M. Isenbeck-Schröter und H. D. Schulz (1997): Baggergut der Hafengruppe Bremen-Stadt. Endbericht zum Forschungsvorhaben 060 des Landes Bremen: Modelluntersuchungen zur Schwermetallmobilität und Möglichkeiten der Verwertung von Hafenschlick aus Bremischen Häfen. in Berichte aus dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Nr. 107. 98 S. Bremen.
- Hamer, K. und C. Waschkowitz (1997): Bautechnische Verwertung von Massenabfällen - Umwelt-aspekte am Beispiel der Verziegelung schwermetallhaltiger Sedimente.- in Unterlagen zum 9. Umweltfachgespräch Nordrheinwestfalen, Düsseldorf.
- Hamer, K., C. Waschkowitz, M. Isenbeck-Schröter und H.D. Schulz (1999): Verwertung von Baggergut zur Ziegelherstellung.- pp.: 223-240 in: Ressourcen-Umwelt-Managment, Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Umwelt Geowissenschaften (GUG). Verlag; Köln
- Lührte v. R, Hamer K, Schulz H.D. (1999): Verwertung von Baggergut als Deponieoberflächenmaterial - zur Problematik des geochemischen Langzeitverhaltens und der Schwermetallmobilität.- pp. 199-222: in: Ressourcen-Umwelt-Managment, Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Umwelt Geowissenschaften (GUG)
- Hamer, K., Schulz, H. D. & Schröter, J. (1998): Baggergut-Verziegelung der Häfen in Bremen-Stadt, Impulse aus der Forschung, 24, Universität Bremen, 15-20
- Schüring, J. und Hamer, K. (1998): Die Bedeutung diffusiver Stoffflüsse durch mineralische Dichtungssysteme und Möglichkeiten ihrer Abschätzung, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Weinheim, Vom Wasser, 90, 107-120
- Karius, V., Hamer, K., Bäätjer, M., Ulbricht, J.P., Schröter, J. & Schulz, H.D. (1999): Thermal treatment of contaminated sediments – environmental studies and technical experience of producing bricks at an industrial scale. in de Schutter, G. (Hrsg.): Characterisation and treatment of sediments. Proceedings of CATS 4 on the 12 th International Harbour Congress.S. 489-496.
- Monna, F.; Hamer, K., Lévêque, J. & Sauer, M. (2000): Pb isotopes as a reliable marker of early mining and smelting in the Northern Harz province (Lower Saxony, Germany). Journal of Geochemical Exploration 68: 201-210. Elsevier.
- Karius, V., Bruhns, P., Hamer, K. & R. Fischer (2001): Incorporation and leaching of heavy metals in clay annealed with Pb, Cd amd V.- Environmental Geology, 41, pp. 297-304
- Karius, V. & Hamer, K. (2001): pH and grain-size variation in leaching tests with bricks made of harbour sediments compared to commercial bricks. The Science of the Total Environment 278 (1-3): 73-85.
- Hamer, K. & V. Karius (2002): Producing bricks from dredged harbour sediments – An industrial scale experiment. – Waste Management (5), 521-530.
- Karius, V., Hamer, K. & Lager, T. (2002): Reaction fronts in brick-sand layers – Column experiments and modeling. S 2875-2883. Environmental Science and Technology.
- Netzband, A., Hakstege, P. und Hamer, K. (2002): Treatment and Confined Disposal of Dredged Material.- Reviewpaper for the Dutch-German Exchange on Dredged Material –DGE (Hrsg.) 36 Seiten. Bonn, Den Haag
- Hamer, K., Hadeler, A., Muschalla, T.; Schröter, J. und Timmer, G (2003):
Light Weight Aggregates Made from dredged harbour sediments - leaching Behaviour of inorganic pollutants and constructional Characteristics. Journal of Soils and Sediments. pp. 284-291 Vol. 4 - Lager, T.; K. Hamer, J. Schröter and H.D. Schulz (2003): Predicting the source strength of different recycling materials – Methods and preliminary results.- pp. 450-461 in Schulz, HD. & Hadeler, A. (Hrsg.): Geochemical Processes in Soil and Groundwater. Wiley VCH
- Bortone, G.; Arrevalo, E.; Deibel, I.; Detzner, HD.; de Propris, L.; Elskens, F.; Giordano, A.; Hakstege, P. Hamer, K.; Harmsen, J.; Hauge, A.; Palumbo, L. and van Veen, J. (2004): Sediment and Dredged material Treatment. Pp. 234-242 in Journal of Soils and Sediments. Ecomed Verlag.
- Karius and K. Hamer (2005): The international ban of Tributyltin in antifoulings – Consequences and perspectives. Pp 395-406. In Lens, P.; Groitenhuis, T.; Malina, G. and Tabak, H. (eds.): Soil and Sediment remediation. IWA Publishing London Seattle.
- Hamer, K. (2005). Treatment of contaminated harbour sediments and assessment of treatment concepts. I. Ulusal Aritma Camurlari Sempozyumu-ACS 2005,pp. 99-114 Izmir, Eylül Üniversitesi, Izmir.
- Hamer, K. and Karius, V. (2005.): Tributhyltin release from harbour sediments - Modeling the influence of sedimentation, bio-irrigation and diffusion using data from Bremerhaven. Marine Pollution Bulletin (50), pp. 980-992.
- Hamer, K., Hakstege, P. and E. Arevalo (2005): Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated Dredged Sediments. Pp. 345-369 In Lens, P.; Groitenhuis, T.; Malina, G. and Tabak, H. (eds.): Soil and Sediment remediation. IWA Publishing London Seattle.
- Lager, T., Hamer K. & HD. Schulz (2005): Mobility of heavy metals in harbour sediments - an environmental aspect for the reuse of contaminated dredged sediments. Environmental Geology (48,1), pp.92-100.
- Lager, T. D., M., Karius, V., Hamer, K., Frimmel, F. und Schulz, HD. (2006). "Determination and quantification of the release of inorganic contaminants from municipal waste incineration ash." Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol. 34: 73-85.
- Hamer, K. (2006): Environmental assessment of treatment products and capping of sediments, pp. 103-124 in Fabio Fava and Pietro Canepa (Ed.): Innovative approaches to the management and physical & chemical remediation of contaminated sediments International Summer School. ISBN 88-88214-32-1; INCA (Interuniversty Consortium “Chemistry for the Environment”) Publisher , Venice, Italy
- Detzner, HD., Hakstege, P., Hamer, K. and Pallemans, I (2006): Overview on treatment and disposal options; pp. 59-67. In Bortone, G. and L. Palumbo (Ed.): Sustainable Management of Sediment resources. Volume 2: Treatment of Dredged Material and Sustainability as Integrative Parts of Sediment Management. 210 pp. Elsevier Publishers, Amsterdam NL
- Hamer, K.; Arevalo, E.; Deibel, I. und Hakstege, P. (2006): Assessment of treatment and disposal options, pp. 133-159. In Bortone, G. and L. Palumbo (Ed.): Sustainable Management of Sediment resources. Volume 2: Treatment of Dredged Material and Sustainability as Integrative Parts of Sediment Management. 210 pp. Elsevier Publishers, Amsterdam NL.
- Hamer, K. (2007): Sediment management in Europe: from pollution control towards reuse. Water21, pp 58-60, February 2007, IWA-Publisher, Colchester UK.
- Becker, V.;· HD. Schulz and Hamer, K (2007): Reactive solute transport for seepage water prognosis – Seeper: a model for practical application. Grundwasser – Zeitschrift der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie (2007) 12:282–291 Springer-Verlag
- Gröger, J., Hamer, K. und H.D. Schulz (2008): Das Angriffspotential sulfatsaurer Böden in Norddeutschland - Der kombinierte Säure- und Sulfatangriff auf Beton [The potential for chemical attack by acid sulfate soils in Northern Germany - Combined acid and sulfate attack on concrete] Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 103 (8): 563-569
- Gröger, J. Franke, K. Hamer, and H.D. Schulz (2009): Quantitative Recovery of Elemental Sulfur and Improved Selectivity in a Chromium-Reducible Sulfur Distillation. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 33 (1): 17-27