IWWG - International Waste Working Group is a non-profit association that aims to provide a forum to encourage economic and ecological waste management world-wide and to promote scientific advancement in the field
MSc level courses: Environmental Geotechnics; Principles of Environmental Engineering; Suspensions, sludges and Soils; Reactive Resources and Wastes
Research focuses on biogeochemical processes in landfills and river sediments as well as on beneficial use options for dredged material
2011 - 2017
Hamburg Port Authority (DE)
Head of Environmental Services Unit
Environmental monitoring of dredged material treatment and disposal sites;
Monitoring of sediment quality;
Beneficial use of dredged material
2004 - 2011
University of Hamburg (DE)
Junior research group leader
Engineering field solutions for the microbial oxidation of landfill methane;
Use of dredged sediment as dike construction material
Main research interest
Landfill in situ stabilization;Biological landfill gas treatment; Role of organic matter for sediment flow and settlement behaviour; Greenhouse gas production from decay of sediment organic matter
Most relevant projects
• S2S – Sediment to Soil
• CURE – Coupled Multiprocess Research for Reducing Landfill Emissions
• CIRCLEMUD – Understanding the effects of conditioning on sediment properties for optimizing port maintenance strategies
• BIOMUD – Turnover of Organic Matter in Ports and Waterways
• MiMethox – Microbial Methane Oxidation in Landfill Covers
