Dr. Marc Breulmann
Contact/ Address
UFZ/Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
PO Box 2412, Amman 11181
Ministry of Water and Irrigation
NICE-Office – 6th Floor
Office No. 605 B
Implementation-Office Amman
Telephone: +962 - 7 9662 4225
UFZ/Germany
Environmental and Biotechnology Centre
Dept. Umwelt- und Biotechnologisches Zentrum (UBZ)
Helmholtz-Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 341 235-1015
Fax: +49 (0) 341 235-1830
marc.breulmann@ufz.de
Further Information: ResearchGate

Curriculum Vitae
2017 - present
NICE Office Manager: "Implementation Office" Amman, Jordan.
2013 - 2017
Post-Doc in the joint research project CARBOWERT: Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) for the Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Organic Materials from the Sanitation Sector and its Application in the Biochar / Sewchar-Concept.
2012 - 2013
Post-Doc: IWAS II (International Water Research Alliance Saxony).
2007 - 2011
PhD thesis: "Functional soil organic matter pools and soil organic carbon stocks in grasslands - An ecosystem perspective"; Department of Soil Ecology; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale) and Institute of Soil Science, Leibniz University of Hannover.
2007
Internship and Consultant at the UNESCO Office in Doha, Qatar.
2005 - 2007
MSc. course and thesis at the University of Osnabrück; Experimental Ecology Group: "The effects of temperature variability on an aboveground herbivore, its host plant and on subsequent feed forward effects on different soil parameters and processes".
2002 - 2005
BSc. course and thesis at the University of Osnabrück; Experimental Ecology Group: "Combined effects of aboveground herbivores and belowground decomposers (earthworms) on soil enzymes".
Publications
Index:
- 2023 (1)
- 2022 (2)
- 2021 (2)
- 2020 (2)
- 2019 (1)
- 2018 (3)
- 2017 (1)
- 2016 (3)
- 2015 (1)
- 2014 (1)
- 2012 (2)
- 2011 (2)
- 2010 (2)
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2023 (1)
- Breulmann, M., Kallies, R., Bernhard, K., Gasch, A., Müller, R.A., Harms, H., Chatzinotas, A., van Afferden, M. (2023):
A long-term passive sampling approach for wastewater-based monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Leipzig, Germany
Sci. Total Environ. 887 , art. 164143
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2022 (2)
- Breulmann, M., Khurelbaatar, G., Sanne, M., van Afferden, M., Subah, A., Müller, R.A. (2022):
Integrated wastewater management for the protection of vulnerable water resources in the north of Jordan
Sustainability 14 (6), art. 3574
full text (doi) - Joshi, A., Breulmann, M., Schulz, E., Ruser, R. (2022):
Effects of sewage sludge hydrochar on emissions of the climate-relevant trace gases N2O and CO2 from loamy sand soil
Heliyon 8 (10), e10855
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2021 (2)
- Breulmann, M., Müller, R.A., Al-Subeh, A., van Afferden, M. (2021):
Influx of Syrian refugees in Jordan – effects on the water sector
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ; Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Leipzig, Germany; Amman, Jordan, 38 pp. - Breulmann, M., van Afferden, M., Al-Subeh, A., Al-Mahamid, J.S., Dorgeloh, E., Müller, R.A. (2021):
National Framework: The certification of wastewater treatment systems with capacities up to 5.000 PE in Jordan
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ; Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Leipzig, Germany; Amman, Jordan, 252 pp.
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2020 (2)
- Breulmann, M., Brückner, F., Toll, M., van Afferden, M., Becker, M.-Y., Subah, A., Müller, R.A. (2020):
Vulnerable water resources in Jordan: hot spots
Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Amman, Jordan; Leipzig, Germany; Hannover, Germany, 39 pp. - Breulmann, M., Müller, R.A., Al-Subeh, A., Subah, A., van Afferden, M. (2020):
Reuse of treated wastewater and biosolids in Jordan – nationwide evaluation
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ; Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Leipzig, Germany; Amman, Jordan, lX, 90 pp.
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2019 (1)
- Meisel, K., Clemens, A., Fühner, C., Breulmann, M., Majer, S., Thrän, D. (2019):
Comparative life cycle assessment of HTC concepts valorizing sewage sludge for energetic and agricultural use
Energies 12 (5), art. 786
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2018 (3)
- Breulmann, M., Kuka, K., van Afferden, M., Buscot, F., Fühner, C., Müller, R., Schulz, E. (2018):
Labile water soluble components govern the short-term microbial decay of hydrochar from sewage sludge
Arch. Agron. Soil Sci. 64 (6), 873 - 880
full text (doi) - Breulmann, M., Schulz, E., van Afferden, M., Müller, R.A., Fühner, C. (2018):
Hydrochars derived from sewage sludge: effects of pre-treatment with water on char properties, phytotoxicity and chemical structure
Arch. Agron. Soil Sci. 64 (6), 860 - 872
full text (doi) - Weiner, B., Breulmann, M., Wedwitschka, H., Fühner, C., Kopinke, F.-D. (2018):
Wet oxidation of process waters from the hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge
Chem. Ing. Tech. 90 (6), 872 - 880
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2017 (1)
- Breulmann, M., van Afferden, M., Müller, R.A., Schulz, E., Fühner, C. (2017):
Process conditions of pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization affect the potential of sewage sludge for soil carbon sequestration and amelioration
J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 124 , 256 - 265
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2016 (3)
- Breulmann, M., Boettger, T., Buscot, F., Gruendling, R., Schulz, E. (2016):
Carbon storage potential in size–density fractions from semi-natural grassland ecosystems with different productivities over varying soil depths
Sci. Total Environ. 545-546 , 30 - 39
full text (doi) - Chung, J.W., Breulmann, M., Clemens, A., Fühner, C., Foppen, J.W., Lens, P.N.L. (2016):
Simultaneous removal of rotavirus and adenovirus from artificial ground water using hydrochar derived from swine feces
J. Water Health 14 (5), 754 - 767
full text (doi) - Graham, E.B., Knelman, J.E., Schindlbacher, A., Siciliano, S., Breulmann, M., Yannarell, A., Beman, J.M., Abell, G., Philippot, L., Prosser, J., Foulquier, A., Yuste, J.C., Glanville, H.C., Jones, D., Angel, R., Salminen, J., Newton, R.J., Bürgmann, H., Ingram, L.J., Hamer, U., Siljanen, H.M., Peltoniemi, K., Potthast, K., Bañeras, L., Hartmann, M., Banerjee, S., Yu, R.-Q., Nogaro, G., Richter, A., Koranda, M., Castle, S., Goberna, M., Song, B., Chatterjee, A., Nunes, O.C., Lopes, A.R., Cao, Y., Kaisermann, A., Hallin, S., Strickland, M.S., Garcia-Pausas, J., Barba, J., Kang, H., Isobe, K., Papaspyrou, S., Pastorelli, R., Lagomarsino, A., Lindström, E., Basiliko, N., Nemergut, D.R. (2016):
Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?
Front. Microbiol. 7 , art. 214
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2015 (1)
- Breulmann, M., van Afferden, M., Fühner, C. (2015):
Biochar: bring on the sewage
Nature 518 (7540), 483
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2014 (1)
- Breulmann, M., Masyutenko, N.P., Kogut, B.M., Schroll, R., Dörfler, U., Buscot, F., Schulz, E. (2014):
Short-term bioavailability of carbon in soil organic matter fractions of different particle sizes and densities in grassland ecosystems
Sci. Total Environ. 497-498 , 29 - 37
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2012 (2)
- Breulmann, M., Schulz, E., Weißhuhn, K., Buscot, F. (2012):
Impact of the plant community composition on labile soil organic carbon, soil microbial activity and community structure in semi-natural grassland ecosystems of different productivity
Plant Soil 352 (1-2), 253 - 265
full text (doi) - Demyan, M.S., Rasche, F., Schulz, E., Breulmann, M., Müller, T., Cadisch, G. (2012):
Use of specific peaks obtained by diffuse reflectance Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy to study the composition of organic matter in a Haplic Chernozem
Eur. J. Soil Sci. 63 (2), 189 - 199
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2011 (2)
- Breulmann, M. (2011):
Functional soil organic matter pools and soil organic carbon stocks in grasslands - an ecosystem perspective
Dissertation, Universität Hannover
PhD Dissertation 15/2011
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 116 pp. - Schulz, E., Breulmann, M., Boettger, T., Wang, K.-R., Neue, H.-U. (2011):
Effect of organic matter input on functional pools of soil organic carbon in a long-term double rice crop experiment in China
Eur. J. Soil Sci. 62 (1), 134 - 143
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2010 (2)
- Breulmann, M., Böer, B. (2010):
Camel farms: a new idea to help desert ecosystems recover
Rural21 - The International Journal for Rural Development 44 (2), 39 - 40 - Meyer, K.M., Schiffers, K., Münkemüller, T., Schädler, M., Calabrese, J.M., Basset, A., Breulmann, M., Duquesne, S., Hidding, B., Huth, A., Schöb, C., van de Voorde, T.F.J. (2010):
Predicting population and community dynamics: the type of aggregation matters
Basic Appl. Ecol. 11 (7), 563 - 571
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Breulmann M., Müller R.A., Lee M.-Y. (2018) Integrated Wastewater Management in Jordan; 1st Water Research Forum: Integrated, decentralized wastewater management for resource recovery in rural and peri-urban areas; Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) Geneva Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
Breulmann M., Lee M.-Y. (2018) Sludge Management and Reuse; Technical Training Course on Decentralized Wastewater Management; organized by BDZ and Al Balqa University, Sadeen Hotel Amman, Jordan (Talk).
Breulmann M., Lee M.-Y. (2018) National Water Strategy and Decentralized Wastewater Management Policy; Technical Training Course on Decentralized Wastewater Management; organized by BDZ and Al Balqa University, Sadeen Hotel Amman, Jordan (Talk).
Breulmann M., Lee M.-Y., van Afferden M., Müller R. (2017) Brief overview of the scope of the NICE Office. 4th SMART-Move Consortium Meeting, Dead Sea, Jordan (Talk).
Breulmann M. and Fühner C. (2017) HTC of sewage sludge for soil amelioration: Key-results from the joint research project CARBOWERT; 1st International Symposium on HTC: Possibilities and Limits for Feedstocks United Kingdom, London (Talk).
Stutzenstein P., Breulmann M., Weiner B., Pfeifer C., Schulz E., Kopinke F-D (2017) Engineered organo-mineral particles for long-term carbon sequestration in soil; 1st International Symposium on HTC: Possibilities and Limits for Feedstocks United Kingdom, London (Poster).
Breulmann M., Schulz E., Fühner C. (2016) Hydrothermal carbonization of materials from the sanitation sector: Sustainable reuse of their conversion products. Symposium “Biochar for Sustainable Agriculture: Opportunity and Challenge”, Shenyang, China (Talk).
Breulmann M., Schulz E., van Afferden M., Müller R., Fühner C. (2015) Physicochemical properties of pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonized materials produced from sewage sludge; Final Meeting EU-COST Action “Biochar” & 76. Symposium des ANS e.V, Geisenheim, Germany (Poster).
Breulmann M., Bottlinger M., Buttmann M., Clemens A., Decker A., Klemm M., Kopinke F.D.; Meisel K., Müller R:A., Muskolus A., Schulz E., van Afferden M., Versteegen J., Weiner B., Yalcin E., Fühner C. (2015) The CARBOWERT Project, Final Meeting EU-COST Action “Biochar” & 76. Symposium des ANS e.V, Geisenheim, Germany (Poster).
Breulmann M., Müller R.A., van Afferden M., Fühner C. (2015) The Sewchar Concept: An innovative tool for a sustainable treatment of sanitation fractions, Final Meeting EU-COST Action “Biochar” & 76. Symposium des ANS e.V, Geisenheim, Germany (Poster).
Weiner B., Poerschmann J., Fühner C., Breulmann M., Kopinke F.-D. (2015) Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge in the framework of the project CARBOWERT, June, EUBCE 2015 – 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition – Vienna, Austria (Talk).
Schulz E., Fühner C., Breulmann M. (2015) A long-term incubation study of the microbial decay of hydrothermal carbonized materials from sewage sludge in soil: linking chemical and biological effects. Proceedings of the International Biochar Symposium: Biochar Contribution to Sustainable Agriculture, Germany, Potsdam, Bornimer Agrartechnische Berichte Heft 89; ISSN 0947-7314 (Talk).
Breulmann M., van Afferden M., Müller R.A., Fühner C. (2015) The Sewchar Concept: An Innovative Tool for a Sustainable Water – Waste – Soil Nexus of Sanitation Systems; Dresden Nexus Conference, Germany (Poster).
Fühner C., Bottlinger M., Breulmann M., Buttmann M.; Clemens A., Hanauer S., Klemm M., Muskolus M., Schuster A., Schulz E., Weiner B. (2014) Einsatz der hydrothermalen Carbonisierung (HTC) für die nachhaltige Behandlung und Verwertung von Fraktionen des Sanitärsektors im Sinne eines Biochar/Sewchar-Konzepts – Das BMEL-Verbundprojekt CARBOWERT. HTP-Fachforum - Biobasierte hydrothermale Prozesse – Technologien zur stofflichen und energetischen Nutzung, Germany (Talk).
Breulmann M., Fühner C. (2014) Das CARBOWERT Projekt: Einsatz der Hydrothermalen Carbonisierung (HTC) für die nachhaltige Behandlung und Verwertung von Fraktionen des Sanitärsektors im Sinne eines Biochar/ Sewchar-Konzepts. Biochar Workshop in Bingen am Rhein, Germany (Talk).
Schulz E., Breulmann M., Kuka K., Fühner C. (2014) Stability of pyrolysis and HTC chars from sewage sludge: A respiration study on effects of pre-washings on microbial char decomposition and quantity of newly synthesized SOC. 20th World Congress of Soil Science – Soils Embrace Life and Universe; South Korea (Poster).
Fühner C., Breulmann M., van Afferden M. (2014) The sewchar concept: An innovative tool for sustainable reuse of human waste and sewage sludge in soils. 20th World Congress of Soil Science – Soils Embrace Life and Universe; South Korea (Poster).
Breulmann M., Schulz E., van Afferden M. Fühner C. (2014) Effects of pyrolysis and HTC chars produced from sewage sludge in the plant-soil system: Results from a 3 year field experiment. 20th World Congress of Soil Science – Soils Embrace Life and Universe; South Korea (Poster).
Fühner C., Breulmann M., van Afferden M. Müller R. (2013) The Sewchar Concept - A tool for sustainable sanitation. Sino-German-Scientific Symposium: Biochar in Agriculture. Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld, Germany (Talk).
Breulmann M., Fühner C. (2013) Soil carbon dynamics: A biochar perspective. Sino-German-Scientific Symposium: Biochar in Agriculture. Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld, Germany (Talk).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2010) Response of soil carbon pools to plant community composition in semi-natural grasslands of different productivity. Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science; Soil Solutions for a Changing World; ISBN 978-0-646-53783-2; Published on DVD; http://www.iuss.org; 2010 Aug 1-6. Brisbane, Australia, IUSS 2010 Aug., 83-86 pp.
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2010) Response of soil carbon pools to plant community composition in semi-natural grasslands of different productivity. 19th World Congress of Soil Science - Soil solutions for a changing World; Brisbane, Australia (Poster).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2010) Plant diversity effects on soil carbon storage in semi-natural grasslands 6th UFZ DocConference, Leipzig (Talk).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2009) Quality and quantity of litter as key components for labile SOC pool formation and microbial community composition. "Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in agriculture", Witzenhausen, Germany (Poster).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2009) Plant diversity effects on soil carbon storage in semi-natural grasslands. GFÖ 2009 - Dimensions of Ecology - From global change to molecular ecology - Bayreuth Centre for Ecology and Environmental Research (Talk).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2009) Einfluss montaner Graslandschaften mit unterschiedlicher Pflanzenbiodiversität auf Bodenkohlenstoff - Pools. Internationale Arbeitsgruppe Organische Stickstoffdauerdüngungsversuche (IOSDV) – Sommertagung, Halle, Germany (Talk).
Breulmann M., Schulz E. & Buscot F. (2009) Effects of plant biodiversity in semi-natural grasslands on soil carbon pools: A Biodiversity and ecosystem perspective. Summer School " Soil organic matter - composition and turnover", Freising, Germany, Freising (Poster).
Breulmann M., Eggers T., Möhlmeyer A. & Gromes R. (2008) Effects of temperature variability on an above-ground herbivore, its host plant and on subsequent feed forward effects on different soil parameters and processes. EURECO GFÖ Meeting 2008 and BES Annual Meeting 2008, Congress Center Leipzig and Imperial College London (Poster).
Breulmann M., Eggers T., Fieberg K., Meyring T., Müller, S., Schütt W., Möhlmeyer A. & Gromes R. (2006) Combined Effects of above-ground herbivores and below-ground decomposers (earthworms) on soil enzymes. Workshop: "Multitrophic Interactions", University of Göttingen (Poster).
Research Projects
Implementation-Office (NICE II)
Laufzeit: 06/2017 – 11/2019
BMBF: 02WM1458
Implementierungs-Büro Amman (NICE II): Entwicklung und Umsetzung von administrativ-regulatorischen Werkzeugen am Beispiel des Nationalen Implementierungskomitees für Effektives Dezentrales Abwassermanagement in Jordaniens
Kooperationen: Ministry of Water and Irrigation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Water Authority of Jordan of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Bremen Overseas Research & Development Association e.V. (BORDA)
CARBOWERT: Thermochemical Sludge Treatment and the Sewchar Concept
Laufzeit: 10/2013 – 04/2017
BMEL/BLE: 316-06.01-28-1-56.001-11
Verbundprojekt: CARBOWERT - Einsatz der Hydrothermalen Carbonisierung (HTC) für die nachhaltige Behandlung und Verwertung von Fraktionen des Sanitärsektors im Sinne eines Biochar/Sewchar-Konzepts
Kooperationen: Institut für angewandtes Stoffstrommangement (IfaS), Terra Nova Energy GmbH (TNE), Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
International Water Research Alliance Saxony
Laufzeit: 01/2011 – 10/2013BMBF: 02WM1165
Verbundprojekt: IWAS II - Internationale Wasserforschungs-Allianz Sachsen
Kooperationen: Technische Universität Dresden, Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH
Laufzeit: 04/2000 – 12/2010
BMBF: 01LC0613B
Verbundprojekt: BIOLOG Verbundprojekt DIVA-Jena III: Funktionelle Bedeutung und Mechanismen der Erhaltung von Biodiversität im Modellsystem Grünland
Kooperationen: Universität Jena, Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Universität Leipzig