 |
Peter LechnerHead of the Institute for Waste Management, |
1970 Master of Science (MSc) in Civil Engineering and Water Management at BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
1974 to 1993 Institute for Water Quality and Waste Management, Vienna University of Technology
1988 Doctoral Thesis (PhD): Optimizing of Composting, Vienna University of Technology.
Since 1993 Institute of Waste Management, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
The research conducted by Prof. Lechner deals with subjects related to the study of:
- Organic matter, biological treatment methods including old landfill sites and landfills for mechanically and biologically pretreated waste (Goals: Development of methods based on natural and biological processes and methods of analysis which produce new additional information, promote understanding of biological mechanisms and enable product and process control).
- Inorganic Wastes and Incineration Residues Including Industrial Waste Disposal Sites (Goals: Development of methods and techniques for the pretreatment and assessment of incineration residues and inorganic wastes; Development of an understanding of the short- and long-term occurrence of mechanisms affecting the stabilisation and destabilisation of landfilled waste by using modern analytical methods and modelling of such processes).
- Waste Logistics (Goals: Development and assessment of methods and techniques for the control of product and material streams and their composition, as well as of information flows in keeping with best practices in the co-ordination of logistics. When looking for optimum solutions, it is necessary to investigate the processes of waste generation, collection and recovery and their background with due consideration of social aspects, and to estimate and quantify the impact and changes of such parameters).
External professional activities:
1970 to 1972 Siemens AG, Austria
1972 to 1974 Civil Engineering Office Lengyel in Vienna
Other: He is Founder member and Chairman of the Austrian Compost Quality Society (Kompostgüteverband Österreich), Member of several standards committees, Consultant for the City of Vienna and waste management companies, Member of the editorial strategy group of the journal Waste Management, Member of the editorial board of the journal Müll und Abfall.
Some recent papers:
Lechner P., Smidt E.: Humic acids, a parameter for compost quality – a new approach for a sustainable soil management. In: Proceedings SARDINIA 2003 Ninth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (6-10 October 2003, S.Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) / CD. Hrsg.: T.H. CHRISTENSEN, R. COSSU, R. STEGMANN. CISA, 2003.
MOSTBAUER P., RIEGLER H., LECHNER P.: Artificial Weathering of Inorganic Waste – Evaluation of Laboratory Weathering and Leaching Methods. In: Proceedings SARDINIA 2003 Ninth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (6-10 October 2003, S.Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) / CD. Hrsg.: T.H. CHRISTENSEN, R. COSSU, R. STEGMANN. CISA, 2003.
H.-HUMER M., LECHNER P.: Effect of Methane Oxidation on the Water Balance of the Landfill Cover and the Vegetation Layer. In: Proceedings SARDINIA 2003 Ninth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (6-10 October 2003, S.Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) / CD. Hrsg.: T.H. CHRISTENSEN, R. COSSU, R. STEGMANN. CISA, 2003.
SABBAS T., POLETTINI A., POMI R., ASTRUP T., HJELMAR O., MOSTBAUER P., CAPPAI G, MAGEL G., SALHOFER S., SPEISER C., HEUSS-ASSBICHLER S., KLEIN R., LECHNER P. (members of the pHOENIX working group on Management of MSWI Residues): Management of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Residues. In: Waste Management 23 (2003), pp. 61-88, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2003.
SMIDT E., LECHNER P., SCHWANNINGER M., HABERHAUER G., GERZABEK M.H.: Characterization of Waste Organic Matter by FT-IR Spectroscopy: Application in Waste Science. In: Applied Spectroscopy Vol. 56, No. 9, p. 1170 f. Hrsg.: Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 2002.
LECHNER P., HEISS-ZIEGLER C., H.-HUMER M.: How Composting Can Optimize Landfilling. In: BioCycle - Journal of Composting & Organics Recycling Vol. 43 No. 9 (September 2002), The JG Press Inc., ISSN 0276-5055, 2002.
MOSTBAUER P., LECHNER P., SABBAS T.: Long-Term Impact of Waste Storage on the Environment. In: Conference Proceedings and Monographs, Vol. 2, Ecology and Eco-Technologies, Proceedings of the Review Conference on the scientific cooperation between Austria and Poland (24.-28. Februar 2002, Wien), pp. 223-231. Hrsg.: Marian A. Herman, Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna, 2002.
SABBAS T., LECHNER P.: Developing an Assessment Method for the Middle- to Long-Term Pollutant Flux of Inorganic Residues. In: Proceedings from the Solid Waste Association of North America’s 6th Annual Landfill Symposium, pp. 153-163, SWANA, Silver Spring, 2001.
HUMER M., LECHNER P.: Microorganisms Against The Greenhouse Effect – Suitable Cover Layers For The Elimination of Methane Emissions From Landfills. In: Proceedings from the Solid Waste Association of North America’s 6th Annual Landfill Symposium, pp. 153-163, SWANA, Silver Spring, 2001.
Contact information
BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
Tel. +43-1-318 99 00
Fax: +43-1-318 99 00-350
E-mail: iks-info (AT) mail.boku.ac.at
Homepage: http://www.wau.boku.ac.at/2297.html