2006 Diploma Civil Engineering (TU Berlin)

2012 Dissertation in Process Engineering „Development of new processes to control co-digestion in waste management“ (TU Berlin)

2006-2018 Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam – Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum: doctoral student until 2009; since 2009 project manager: biogas and geothermal energy

2015-2018 Lecturer at Hochschule Merseburg for geothermal energy and geotechnical engineering

Since 2018 Researcher and project manager at Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin: circular economy

In the H2020 project Ultimate, she coordinates the technological work package with nine case studies demonstrating and fostering circular economy solutions and leads the cross-cutting technology group for energy recovery.

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After finishing his PhD on sustainable wastewater systems at TU Berlin, Christian joined KWB in 2010 as expert in Life Cycle Assessment. His work focusses on measuring environmental sustainability of all aspects of the urban water cycle, expanding the perspective beyond the water sector to linked fields such as agriculture, energy, and industry. He is leading the group on “Energy & Resources” and explores emerging topics such as circular economy, industrial symbiosis, green energy and sector coupling, and greenhouse gas emission accounting. Combining his engineering background with scientific assessment methods, Christian has been involved in multiple European and national projects on circular economy in the water sector and brings a holistic life-cycle perspective into the discussion on sustainability of this emerging concept.

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Since 2006 Prof. Barjenbruch is Head of the Department of Urban Water Management at the TU Berlin. His main research topics: Wastewater and sludge treatment, water re-use, advanced wastewater treatment, rainwater management and rainwater treatment, energy optimisation and resource oriented sanitation.

He is  the vice president of the German Association for watermanagement wastewater and waste e. V. (DWA), and the Head of DWA-Group 8: „Processes of advanced waste water treatment „. Also he is a member of the International Water Association (IWA). From 1997 bis 2005 he worked as a senior engineer at the University of Rostock. Bevor he was head of the water department in a consultant company. In 1996 he made finished his PhD on the topic „Efficiency and economic of wastewater filtration“ at the University of Hannover.

Christoph Blöcher holds a diploma in Environmental Engineering from Technical University of Berlin and obtained a PhD from Saarland University (membrane bioreactors). He had various positions in the chemical industry at Bayer Technology Services, Currenta and now Covestro, being always linked to water. He developed and implemented wet oxidation processes, consulted globally sites and plants, and was plant manager water supply for a chemical parc. He is now Head of Infrastructure Processes, Materials & Corrosion in the Process Technology organization of Covestro, supporting sites and plants in troubleshooting, projects and the transition to circularity and climate neutrality. He always believed that a substantial contribution can only be made with a strong internal and external network. He is chair of the Dechema Subject Division „IndustrialWater“, which expert group connects process industry and universities.

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Olaf studied Hydrology (’06) and added later a MBA (’10) to his CV. He worked his whole career in the wide field of the secondary raw materials. First as a researcher, then commercially for a waste company. He started in ’11 at AquaMinerals, with a main focus on developing and maintaining pathways for residuals originating from water treatment. In ’16 he became CEO of AquaMinerals.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jekel led the Water Quality Engineering Department at the Institute of Environmental Technology at the Technical University of Berlin from 1988 to 2018. He is also an honorary chairman of the German Water Chemistry Society, where he served as Chairman of the Board between 2004 and 2012. Since 01.06.2023 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Jekel is the new Interim Managing Director of KWB Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH.

Anna Delgado is an engineer with more than 10 years of experience working in the water sector and international development. She is currently working as a consultant for the World Bank, providing strategic and technical support to the “Water in Circular Economy and Resilience” initiative and supporting World Bank’s water projects implement circular economy principles. She has published several reports, book chapters and papers on sustainable wastewater management and on the water-energy nexus. Anna holds a master’s degree in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).