Ass.-Prof. Dr. Karin Hain
Karin Hain
T: +43-1-4277-51711
M: +43-664-8176816

Consultation hours: Thursday, 3 pm - 4 pm, please announce your visit via e-mail.

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Hain, K., Adler, S., Faestermann, T., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Gülce, F., Koll, D., Korschinek, G., Martschini, M., Quinto, F., Pavetich, S., Pitters, J., Rugel, G., Tims, S., Welch, J., Wiederin, A., & Yamada, M. (2026). Technetium-99 determination in low-volume samples from the global environment with accelerator mass spectrometry. Environmental Science: Advances. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6va00067c



Roth, T., Quinto, F., Plaschke, M., Hain, K., Steier, P., Palina, N., Moisei-Rabung, S., & Geckeis, H. (2026). First application of Actinide Resin in the preparation of water samples for multi-actinide analysis with accelerator mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 41(4), Article 1397-1410. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ja00487j

Webb, R. P., Costa, C., Palitsin, V., Colaux, J. L., Stuart, F. M., Hain, K., Merchel, S., & Steier, P. (2026). On the analysis of lead objects in an attempt to determine their age. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 570, Article 165947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165947

Arnold, D., Andreasen, R., Cankur, O., Chambon, L., Christl, M., Corcho Alvarado, J. A., Röllin, S., Engin, B. A., Gudelis, A., Hain, K., Hansen, V., Happel, S., Ioan, M.-R., Irrgeher, J., Jerome, S., Lalere, B., Lourenço, V., Malinovskiy, D., Mazánová, M., ... Zuliani, T. (2025). Progress achieved in EURAMET project 21GRD09 MetroPOEM: Metrology for the harmonisation of measurements of environmental pollutants in Europe. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 226, Article 112182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.112182

Vivo-Vilches, C., Hrnjic, E., Martschini, M., Altindag, K., Packer, L. W., Golser, R., & Hain, K. (2025). Towards AMS measurements of 91Nb, 94Nb and 93Mo produced in fusion environment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 568, Article 165847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165847

Russell, B., Mohamud, H., Flierl, L., Eberhardt, J., Hain, K., Qiao, J., Jerome, S., Winkler, S., Malinovskiy, D., Andreasen, R., Hansen, V., Irrgeher, J., & Lancaster, S. (2025, Oct 17). D2: Guide on the use of mass spectrometry for low level radionuclide detection. https://doi.org/10.7795/120.20251017D

Mccarthy, F. M. G., Patterson, T. R., Walsh, C., Lafond, K. M., Cumming, B. F., Cundy, A. B., Hain, K., Gaca, P., Steier, P., Boom, A., Hamilton, P. B., Pisaric, M. F. J., Head, M. J., Boyce, J. I., Rose, N. L., & Turner, S. D. (2025). High-resolution analysis of the varved succession at Crawford lake across the base of the proposed Crawfordian stage and Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review, 12(2), 243-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196251315454

Glückman, D., Quinto, F., Joseph, C., Metz, V., Hain, K., Steier, P., & Geckeis, H. (2025). Diffusion of U(VI) in Opalinus Clay Studied down to Ultratrace Levels. Environmental Science and Technology, 59(17), 8694–8702. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12739





Russel, B., Mohamud, H., Thompkins, H., Strok, M., Virtanen, S., Jerome, S., Winkler, S., Perez-Tribouillier, H., Christl, M., Malinovskiy, D., Corcho Alvarado, J. A., Eberhardt, J., Flierl, L., Hansen, V., Krneta Nikolic, J., Ioan, M.-R., Qiao, J., Nishii, N., Salminen-Paatero, S., & Hain, K. (2025). D1: Inter-laboratory comparison report for low-level radionuclide detection by mass spectrometry. https://doi.org/10.7795/120.20251017C


Wagreich, M., Meszar, M., Lappé, K., Wolf, J., Mosser, M., Hornek, K., Koukal, V., Litschauer, C., Piperakis, N., & Hain, K. (2023). The urban sediments of Karlsplatz, Vienna (Austria) as a reference section for the Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review, 10(1), 316-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196221136427


Hain, K., Adler, S., Gülce, F., Martschini, M., Pitters, J., & Golser, R. (2022). Isobar suppression studies for 99Tc detection using Ion-Laser InterAction Mass Spectrometry (ILIAMS). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 531, 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.09.016

Ultra-Spurenanalyse von Radionukliden "ohne" Strahlung mittels Massenspektrometrie

Hain, K. (Speaker)

17 Jun 2026

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for Detection of Anthropogenic Radionuclides in the Environment at Highest Sensitivities

Hain, K. (Speaker)

12 Mar 2026

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Environmental Technetium-99 Detection at the Limits of (A)MS Sensitivity

Hain, K. (Speaker)

27 Nov 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Production and Characterisation of an isotopic spike for the analysis of environmental 237Np by (A)MS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

10 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Production and characterization of an isotopic Np spike for mass spectrometry

Hain, K. (Speaker)

19 Aug 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (VERA) for applications in Earth and Environmental sciences

Hain, K. (Speaker)

19 Aug 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Pushing the limits of AMS at the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator

Hain, K. (Speaker)

16 May 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Additional stratigraphic marker for an Anthropocene at the Karlsplatz reference site (Vienna, Austria)

Meszar, M. (Speaker), Wagreich, M. (Contributor), Mosser, M. (Contributor), Rose, N. L. (Contributor), Nagl, P. (Contributor) & Hain, K. (Contributor)

29 Apr 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Extending the Set of Environmental Anthropogenic Radionuclide Tracers

Hain, K. (Speaker)

22 Apr 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Science at the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator

Martschini, M. (Speaker) & Hain, K. (Speaker)

10 Dec 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The 233U/236U signature for emission source identification in environmental tracer studies

Hain, K. (Speaker)

24 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Extending the set of environmental anthropogenic radionuclide tracers

Hain, K. (Speaker)

3 Jul 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


What do isotope signatures of long-lived radionuclides tell us about their emission sources?

Hain, K. (Speaker)

14 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Providing Element Selectivity in AMS measurements

Hain, K. (Speaker)

28 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Environmental 99Tc concentrations determined by AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

15 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Extending the set of environmental tracers by novel anthropogenic radionuclide signatures accessible with AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

13 Dec 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Radionuclide distributions in (time-resolved) natural archives determined by AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

26 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Extending the set of environmental tracers by the novel anthropogenic signatures 233U/236U and 237Np

Hain, K. (Speaker)

20 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Pushing the boundaries of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)

Hain, K. (Speaker)

17 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


What does the environmental abundance of long-lived radionuclides tell us about their emission sources and transport behaviour?

Hain, K. (Speaker)

12 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Study of the global distribution of the long-lived radionuclide Tc-99 with AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker) & Martschini, M. (Speaker)

4 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Developing Ion-Laser InterAction Mass Spectrometry (ILIAMS) for the analysis of environmental 99Tc

Hain, K. (Speaker)

19 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Production and Characterisation of an isotopic spike for the analysis of environmental 237Np by (A)MS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

5 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Ultra-trace analysis of anthropogenic long-lived radionuclides in the environment with AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

26 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


What can we learn from the environmental abundance of radionuclides about their emission sources and transport behaviour?

Hain, K. (Speaker)

25 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Was können uns instabile Atomkerne über unsere Umwelt verraten?

Hain, K. (Speaker)

20 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Why and how producing an isotopic spike for the analysis of environmental 237Np

Hain, K. (Speaker)

16 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


From the U-233/U-236 fingerprint towards an environmental tracer: Tracking down the sources of anthropogenic U-233

Hain, K. (Speaker)

18 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Pushing the Limits: Detection of Long-Lived Actinides at VERA

Hain, K. (Speaker)

21 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


233U/236U signature allows to distinguish thermal reactor emissions from weapons fallout in the environment

Hain, K. (Speaker)

2 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Detection of an unknown emission source in the Baltic Sea using the new oceanographic tracer U-233/U-236

Hain, K. (Speaker)

27 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analysis of the global distribution of actinides and 99Tc in the environment using AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

4 Dec 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Application of AMS to Ultra-Low Levels of Actinides and 99Tc in the Environment

Hain, K. (Speaker)

19 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Study of the global distribution of the long-lived radionuclide Tc-99 with AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

13 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Tracing Nuclear Weapons Fallout Actinides and 99Tc by AMS

Hain, K. (Speaker)

11 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Recent applications and developments of actinide detection at VERA

Hain, K. (Speaker)

8 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


First study of anthropogenic U-233/U-236 rations in environmental reservoirs

Hain, K. (Speaker)

16 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


233U/236U - A new tracer for environmental processes?

Hain, K. (Speaker)

29 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analysis of 333U/236U in enviromental samples

Hain, K. (Speaker)

6 Mar 201710 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Detection of Pu in Pacific Ocean water by AMS with respect to the Fukushima accident

Hain, K. (Speaker)

27 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


PANIONS: Physics and Applications of Negative IONS

Golser, R. (Project Lead) & Hain, K. (Co-Lead)

1/01/2631/12/29

Project: Research funding



Embodied Soils

Hornek, K. (Project Coordinator), Wagreich, M. (Project Lead) & Hain, K. (Co-Lead)

15/12/2315/05/25

Project: Research funding


Establishing a spike material for the analysis of 237Np

Hain, K. (Project Lead)

1/08/2031/01/25

Project: Research funding


Study of the global distribution of the radionuclide 99Tc

Hain, K. (Project Lead)

15/10/1814/04/23

Project: Research funding


Isotope Physics

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T: +43-1-4277-51711
M: +43-664-8176816

karin.hain@univie.ac.at