Scientific CV

 

1. Academic exams and awards

  • 1974: Graduation in Biology and Chemisty, University of Freiburg
  • 1977 – 1980: Junior Scientist at the Limnological Institute Konstanz
  • 1979: Dr. rer. nat., University of Freiburg, PhD thesis "Bioaccumulation of a herbicide (Atrazine) in fish under consideration of food intake, feeding level and growth".
  • 1980: Scientific staff, Berlin University of Technology, Institute for Environmental Protection, laboratory head
  • 1984: Habilitation and Venia legendi, Berlin University of Technology, Lecturer of Limnology
  • 2013: Professor Adalbert Seifriz Award
  • 2015: Zenit Innovation Award (finalist) 

1977 - Conference Limnological Institut               2015 - IWA Conference Sao Francisco
Mondsee                              

 

2. Attendance at institutions of higher education

  • Since 2012: Lecturer of Water Biology in the El Gouna Campus, Egypt, of the Berlin University of Technology,
  • 2016: Visiting scientist at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  • 2009: Universidade Tecnica de Oruro, Bolivia, Short-term lecturer in Environmental Sciences
  • 2007: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Instituto do Ingeneria Civil, short-term lecturer for limnology.
  • 2007 – 2008: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Instituto Químico, serial short-term lecturer for limnology.
  • 1996 – 1999: Escuela Politecnica National, Quito, Ecuador, Instituto de Engenharia Civil, serial short-term lecturer (DAAD) for limnology and management of aquatic ecosystems.
  • since 1989: Head of the Section “Limnology” in the Department “Water Quality Control”.
  • 1980 – 1989: Laboratory head (Lab. for Aquatic Science) at the Technical University of Berlin, “Institute of Environmental Technology”.

 

3. Research experiences since completing studies

3.1. National Research experience

  • 2006 – 2009, 2010 – 2012: Research on the occurrence of Asellus aquaticus in drinking water distributions systems.
  • 2003 – 2008: Biological processes in river bank filtration.
  • 1992  – 1995: PCB migration in lake sediments.
  • 1990  – 1994: Lake restoration and sanitation in Berlin and Brandenburg (Falkenhagener Seenkette, Rangsdorfer See, Plötzensee)
  • 1988 – 1992: River restoration of lakes and rivers (Packereigraben, Kindelfließ, Tegeler Fließ, Rangsdorfer See)
  • 1987 – 1990: Biological monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)

 

3.2 International research activities

  • 2012 – 2016: Reservoir management in the semiarid area of Brazil (INNOVATE research program): Aquatic biodiversity, re-oligotrophication of tropical reservoirs, remote sensing for water monitoring.
  • 2009 – 2011: Universidad Santa Catalina, USC and Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Brazil, River bank filtration in Lago Peri, SC, and Rio Beberibe, PE.
  • 2009 – 20010: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Instituto Químico: Sediment management in the Reservoir Gallito Ciego, Peru.
  • 2006 – 2008: Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Brazil; PROBRAL “Water basin management in the Northeast of Brazil, Sao Francisco, Brazil”.
  • 2004 – 2005: Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Brazil; PROBRAL “The use of sub-surface dams for water storage”
  • 2002 – 2005, 2010 - 2013: Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Brazil; UNIBRAL “Environmental Sciences”
  • 2002 – 2008: University Central, Quito, Ecuador: Volcanic lakes and their risk for limnic eruptions.
  • 1997 – 2002: Escuela Politecnica National de Quito, Ecuador: Limnology of the Lake San Pablo, a high mountain tropical lake, Ecuador.
  • 1997- 2005: Cooperation with the Empresa Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Quito (EMAAP-Q), Monitoring of the high mountain reservoirs in the Andean zone.
  • 1997 – 2001: Universidade Brasilia, Brazil: Anthropogenic impact of the Curúa-Una Reservoir in Amazonian, Brazil.