Mareike Braeckevelt
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Environmental Biotechnology
Permoserstraße 15
D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel. +49 341 235 1696
Fax +49 341 235 1471
Areas of Research & Interest
Application of constructed wetland technologies for remediation of contaminated groundwater
Behaviour of aromatic and aliphatic chlorinated contaminants (model compounds chlorobenzene and tetrachloroethene) in constructed wetland systems, identification of dominant removal pathways
Characterization and optimization of chlorinated contaminants removal under different operational conditions in model constructed wetlands
Verification of microbial contaminant degradation using stable isotope techniques
Curriculum Vitae
10/2000-03/2006
Study of Chemistry/Environmental Chemistry at the Faculty for Chemistry and Mineralogy of the University of Leipzig, Germany Diploma Thesis at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Bioremediation (Prof. M. Kästner), in cooperation with the Institute for Technical Chemistry, Faculty for Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Leipzig (Prof. H. Papp): “Investigations on the biological transformation of chlorinated benzenes in a pilot scale constructed wetland”
01/2006-06/2006
Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Bioremediation (Dr. P. Kuschk)
01/2006-08/2009
PhD student at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Bioremediation (Prof. M. Kästner) Title of the PhD project: “Constructed wetlands in river flood plains for the protection against surface near chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater”
