VITA
Education/degrees
- Civil and environmental engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt (Dipl.-Ing.)
- Industrial engineering, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz (Dipl.-Wirtsch-Ing.)
- PhD Technical University of Darmstadt (department of waste technology, Dr.-Ing.)
Career
1992-1998 Scientific Assistant, Technical University of Darmstadt, department of waste technology (www.iwar.tu-darmstadt.de)
- focuses: Mechanical-Biological Treatment of solid waste (MBT),
- Landfill simulation & Emissions of greenhouse gases
1998-2008 Consulting engineer, Bjoernsen Consulting Engineers, Koblenz (www.bjoernsen.de)
- head of department of waste management and process engineering
- registered manager of the company
- Several installations: MBT, Landfill, Composting, Anaerobic Digestion,
Sorting, biomass-fuels, waste air purification (from project development to realization and takeover, German HOAI 1-9)
- Management of tenders of service and construction contracts
- feasibility studies and economic analysis
2008-2013 Director Projects & Asset Management SUEZ BeNeLux&Germany (www.suez-deutschland.de, www.suez.com)
- Development and realization of various projects in the fields
of sorting, treatment, recycling and recovery,
(RDF – refuse derived fuels, plastic and packaging, paper, biomass etc.)
- Development of an asset management network in BeNeLux-Germany
2013 – to date Professor of Environmental Engineering; HTWG Konstanz (University of Applied Science, www.htwg-konstanz.de)
- 2014-2021 Vice dean of the department of civil engineering
- Course leader: environmental engineering & management of resources
- Teaching and training of students in the fields of: Waste Management & Treatment, Recycling & Recovery, Environmental chemistry,
Environmental process engineering, Project development - Investment and financing, Cost and performance accounting
- Consultant projects development (Suez + affiliated companies & others)