Tamar Kohn

EPFL ENAC IIE LEV
GR A0 402 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIE LEV
GR A0 402 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIE LEV
GR A0 402 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIE LEV
GR A0 402 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Désinfection Agents pathogènes d'origine hydrique virologie environnementale sanitaire et hygiène micro-polluants environnementaux

Prix et distinctions

Best oral presentation to Aline Schaub

2022

Mobility Grant to Shotaro Torii for his work at LEV

2022

Fellowship to Shannon David for her work at LEV

2022

Academia Europaea

2023

American Chemical Society

2021

Royal Society of Chemistry

2019

American Chemical Society

2016

International Water Association

2015

American Chemical Society

2011

Swiss National Science Foundation

2004

2025

Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 at acidic pH is driven by partial unfolding of spike

I. GlasL. ZimmermannB. LuoM. O. PohlA. G. Wrobel  et al.

Communications Biology. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s42003-025-08514-w.

Seasonality of cyanobacteria and eukaryotes in Lake Geneva and the impacts of cyanotoxins on growth of the model ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis

N. IsmailP. SeguinL. PricamE. JanssenT. Kohn  et al.

Aquatic Toxicology. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107262.

2024

The early communication stages between serine proteases and enterovirus capsids in the race for viral disintegration

M.-H. CorreB. ReyS. C. DavidS. ToriiD. Chiappe  et al.

Communications Biology. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s42003-024-06627-2.

2023

Inactivation mechanisms of influenza A virus under pH conditions encountered in aerosol particles as revealed by whole-virus HDX-MS

S. C. DavidO. VadasI. GlasA. SchaubB. Luo  et al.

mSphere. 2023. DOI : 10.1128/msphere.00226-23.

Uptake without inactivation of human adenovirus type 2 by Tetrahymena pyriformis ciliates

M. N. L. OliveJ. DaraspeC. GenoudT. Kohn

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/D3EM00116D.

The neuraminidase activity of influenza A virus determines the strain-specific sensitivity to neutralization by respiratory mucus

A. N. IseliM. O. PohlI. GlasE. GaggioliP. Martínez-Barragán  et al.

Journal of Virology. 2023. DOI : 10.1128/jvi.01271-23.

2022

Genotype-Dependent Kinetics of Enterovirus Inactivation by Free Chlorine and Ultraviolet (UV) Irradiation

S. ToriiM.-H. CorreF. MiuraM. ItamochiK. Haga  et al.

Water Research. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118712.

Wastewater Reveals the Spatiotemporal Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Canton of Ticino (Switzerland) during the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

F. CaritiA. Tuñas CorzonX. Fernandez-CassiP. GanesanandamoorthyC. Ort  et al.

ACS ES&T Water. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00082.

2020

The Metal Catalyst Influences the Kinetics and Mechanisms of MS2 Inactivation in Fenton-like Systems

J. I. Nieto JuarezT. Kohn

CHIMIA. 2020. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2020.149.

2018

Variability in Disinfection Resistance between Currently Circulating Enterovirus B Serotypes and Strains

S. MeisterM. E. VerbylaM. KlingerT. Kohn

Environmental Science & Technology. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.8b00851.

2017

Experimental adaptation of human echovirus 11 to ultraviolet radiation leads to tolerance to disinfection and resistance to ribavirin

A. Carratala RipollesH. ShimQ. ZhongV. BachmannJ. D. Jensen  et al.

Virus Evolution. 2017. DOI : 10.1093/ve/vex035.

Resistance of echovirus 11 to ClO2 is associated with enhanced host receptor use, altered entry routes and high fitness

Q. ZhongA. CarratalaH. ShimV. BachmannJ. D. Jensen  et al.

Environmental Science & Technology. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.7b03288.

2016

A modeling approach to estimate the solar disinfection of viral indicator organisms in waste stabilization ponds and surface waters

T. KohnM. J. MattleM. MinellaD. V. Vione

Water Research. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.022.

2015

Inactivation kinetics and mechanisms of viral and bacterial pathogen surrogates during urine nitrification

H. N. BischelA. SchertenleibA. FumasoliK. M. UdertT. Kohn

Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology. 2015. DOI : 10.1039/c4ew00065j.

Technologies for the treatment of source-separated urine in the eThekwini Municipality

K. M. UdertC. A. BuckleyM. WaechterC. S. McArdellT. Kohn  et al.

Water SA. 2015. DOI : 10.4314/wsa.v41i2.06.

2014

Spatial extent and ecotoxicological risk assessment of a micropollutant-contaminated wastewater plume in Lake Geneva

C. C. HoergerY. AkhtmanL. MartellettiR. RutlerF. Bonvin  et al.

Aquatic Sciences. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s00027-013-0315-6.

UVC inactivation of dsDNA and ssRNA viruses in water: UV fluences and a qPCR-based approach to evaluate decay on viral infectivity

B. CalguaA. Carratala RipollesL. Guerrero-LatorreA. de Abreu CorrêaT. Kohn  et al.

Food and Environmental Virology. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s12560-014-9157-1.

On the cause of the tailing phenomenon during virus disinfection by chlorine dioxide

A. T. SigstamA. RohatschekQ. ZhongM. BrenneckeT. Kohn

Water Research. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.023.

2012

Virus disinfection mechanisms: the role of virus composition, structure, and function

K. WiggintonT. Kohn

Current Opinion in Virology. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.coviro.2011.11.003.

Emerging Investigators themed issue 2012

D. CwiertnyT. Kohn

Journal Of Environmental Monitoring. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c2em90030k.

Toward biocontrol of waterborne pathogens: contributions of protists to virus removal and associated mechanisms

M. N. L. Olive / T. Kohn (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9255.

Spatio-Temporal Presence of Micropollutants and their Metabolites in Lake Geneva and Susceptibility to Direct and Indirect Photodegradation Processes

F. Bonvin / T. Kohn (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5677.

Virus Inactivation by Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Fenton-like Processes

J. I. Nieto Juarez / T. Kohn (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5295.

Enseignement et PhD

Doctorant·es actuel·les

Taylor Oran Medina, Josephine Lederballe Meibom, Vidhi Ketan Dholakia, Alissa Agerova, Hui Dong, Madeline Emma Deck, Lisa Theis

A dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Jessica Ivana Nieto Juarez, Michael Jon Mattle, Florence Bonvin, Nadine Czekalski, Anne Thérèse Sigstam, Loïc Decrey, Qingxia Zhong, Ana Karina Pitol Garcia, Camille Wolf, Simon Meister, Odile Hervás de Nalda-Larivé, Margot Ninon Lauren Olive, Chaojie Li, Aline Laetitia Schaub

A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Annie Sandrine Guillaume

Cours

Environmental chemistry

ENV-200

Ce cours fournit aux étudiants une vue d'ensemble sur les bases de la chimie de l'environnement: chimie des systèmes naturels et le devenir des produits chimiques anthropiques dans les systèmes naturels. Il permet aux étudiants d'appliquer les concepts chimiques généraux aux systèmes naturels.

Introduction to environmental engineering

ENV-167

Des thèmes clés des sciences et ingénierie de l'environnement seront présentés, appuyés d'exemples - de l'équateur aux pôles - comprenant les processus atmosphériques et le changement climatique, la qualité de l'eau, les ressources énergétiques et le dével. urbain, avec technologies étonnantes.