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Dr. Josef Koch

Senior Expert Mechanistic Effect Modelling

Phone: +49 241 – 8027106
E-Mail: koch@gaiac-eco.de

Focus of activities

  • Ecotoxicological and ecological modelling (TKTD, DEB)
  • Population modelling
  • Application of models in risk assessment

References

2023
Weighman, K., Viaene, K., Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K. (2023): Using a dynamic energy budget model to investigate the physiological mode of action of lead (Pb) to Lymnaea stagnalis. Aquatic Toxicology 261: 106617.
2023
Koch, J., Dallmann, N., Rakel, K., Strauss, T., Weltje, L., Thorbek, P. (2023): Analysis of sublethal effects of pyraclostrobin in mysid shrimp (Americamysis bahia) using a DEB-based TKTD model. Poster presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Dallmann, N., Koch, J., Strauss, T., Vaugeois, M., Galic, N. (2023): Simulating life-cycle toxicity in Chironomus riparius with realistic dynamic exposure profiles and variable temperatures using a moving-time-window approach. Poster presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Strauss, T., Dallmann, N., Koch, J., Schmidt, J., Accolla, C., Schmolke, A., Galic, N., Ashauer, R. (2023): Use of hybrid ecosystem/IBM models to mimic outdoor aquatic mesocosms for pesticide risk assessment. Poster presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Strauss, T., Gerhard, J., Gerth, D., Koch, J., Vaugeois, M., Galic, N. (2023): Food and density dependence in Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae): Laboratory experiments to inform population modelling. Poster presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Koch, J., Classen, S., Gerth, D., Strauss, T., Vaugeois, M., Galic, N. (2023): Modelling temperature-dependent life-cycle toxicity of thiamethoxam in Chironomus riparius using a DEB-based TKTD model. Oral presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Gerhard, J., Koch, J., Vaugeois, M., Galic, N., Strauss, T. (2023): DEB-IBM-based population modelling of the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae). Poster presentation, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 01-04 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K.A.C. (2023): Investigating population level toxicity of the antidepressant citalopram in harpacticoid copepods using in vivo methods and bioenergetics-based population modeling. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 42:1094-1108.
2022
Strauss, T., Ashauer, R., Galic, N., Gerhard, J., Koch, J., Schmidt, J., Schmolke, A. (2022): Validating models with experiments, or interpreting experimental data with models - The advantages of using IBM-based approaches to modelling aquatic mesocosms. SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, 15-19 May 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022
Koch, J., Dallmann, N., Strauss, T. (2022): DEBgen: a generalised model formulation to incorporate common deviations from the standard model of Dynamic Energy Budget theory. Poster Presentation. SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, 15-19 May 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2021
Focks, A., Axelman, J., Barsi, A., Becker, J., Chaideftou, E., Charles, S., Duquesne, S., Goussen, B., Hommen, U., Jakoby, O., Kattwinkel, M., Klein, J., Koch, J., Preuss, T.G., Reed, M., Reichenberger, S., Rendal, C., Strauss, T., Thorbek, P., Vermeiren, P., Wang, M. (2021): The SETAC working group "Model Acceptability, version control and scenario Development (MAD)". SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, SciCon, 03-06 May 2021.
2021
Koch, J. (2021): Bioenergetics modeling to link individual- and population-level ecotoxicity: effects of the antidepressant citalopram on the copepod Nitocra spinipes. PhD Thesis, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
2021
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K.A.C. (2021): Making sense of life-history effects of the antidepressant citalopram in the copepod Nitocra spinipes using a bioenergetics model. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40: 1928-1939.
2020
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K.A.C. (2020): Estimating inter-individual variability of Dynamic Energy Budget model parameters for the copepod Nitocra spinipes from existing life-history data. Ecological Modelling 431: 109091.
2020
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K., (2020): Antidepressants stimulate population growth in the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting. SciCon virtual meeting. Poster Presentation.
2019
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K.A.C. (2019): Two Dynamic Energy Budget models for the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Journal of Sea Research 143: 70-77.
2019
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K. (2019): Implementing realistic biological variability into an individual-based DEB model for copepods. DEB2019: Sixth International Symposium and Thematic School on DEB Theory for Metabolic Organization. Brest, France. Platform Presentation.
2019
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K. (2019): Implementing realistic biological variability in an individual-based Dynamic Energy Budget model. SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting. Helsinki, Finland. Poster Presentation.
2018
Lüderwald, S., Newton, K., Heye, K., Bitter, K., Moeris, S., Benner, L., Böhm, P., Koch, J., Feckler, A., Castro, M., Erikkson, A. (2018): SETAC GLB and SETAC Europe SAC: a liaison promoting the next generation of ecotoxicologists and environmental chemists. Environmental Sciences Europe 30: 41.
2018
Koch, J., Janssen, C.R., De Schamphelaere, K. (2018): Investigating metabolic acceleration in Dynamic Energy Budget models of copepods. SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting. Rome, Italy. Poster Presentation.
2018
Koch, J., Janssen, C.R., De Schamphelaere, K. (2018): Investigating life history toxicity in the copepod Nitocra spinipes by means of a Dynamic Energy Budget model. VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium. Platform Presentation.
2018
Koch, J., De Schamphelaere, K. (2018): Estimating realistic biological variability in Dynamic Energy Budget model parameters of a copepod. SETAC Europe 13th Special Science Symposium. Brussels, Belgium. Poster Presentation.
2017
Koch, J., Bui, T.T., Lundström Belleza, E., Brinkmann, M., Hollert, H., Breitholtz, M. (2017): Temperature and food quantity effects on the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes: combining in vivo bioassays with population modeling. PLOS ONE 12(3): e0174384
2017
Koch, J., Janssen, C.R., De Schamphelaere, K. (2017): Harpacticoid copepods in risk assessment – combining life cycle experiments with population modeling. SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting. Brussels, Belgium. Poster Presentation.
2015
Floehr, T., Scholz-Starke, B., Xiao, H., Koch, J., Wu, L., Hou, J., Wolf, A., Bergmann, A., Bluhm, K., Yuan, X., Roß-Nickoll, M., Schäffer, A., Hollert, H. (2015): Yangtze Three Gorges Reservoir, China: A holistic assessment of organic pollution, mutagenic effects of sediments and genotoxic impacts on fish. Journal of Environmental Sciences 38: 63-82.
2015
Koch, J., Lundström Belleza, E., Brinkmann, M., Gergs, A., Preuss, T.G., Hollert, H., Breitholtz, M. (2015): Examination of temperature dependent life cycle parameters of Nitocra spinipes and their implementation into an individual based copepod model. 4th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting. Petnica, Serbia. Platform Presentation.
2013
Koch, J., Floehr, T., Scholz-Starke, B., Winkens, K., Niehus, N., Wu, L., Hou, J., Yuan, X., Roß-Nickoll, M., Schäffer, A., Hecker, M., Hollert, H. (2013): Detection of Ah receptor agonists in sediments from the Three Gorges Reservoir and its feeder rivers using the H4IIE-luc cell line. SETAC Europe 23rd Annual Meeting. Glasgow, United Kingdom. Poster Presentation.
2013
Koch, J., Floehr, T., Scholz-Starke, B., Wu, L., Hou, J., Yuan, X., Roß-Nickoll, M., Schäffer, A., Hollert, H. (2013): Assessment of the mutagenic potential of sediments from the Three Gorges Reservoir and its feeder rivers. 3rd Young Environmental Scientists Meeting. Krakow, Poland. Poster Presentation.