Dr. Manfred van Afferden
Contact/ Address
Department: Center for Environmental Biotechnology (UBZ)
Head of working group: „Decentralized Wastewater Management" and
Deputy of Head of Department
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 341 235-1848
manfred.afferden@ufz.de
Professional background
Since 2008
Head of the working group "Decentralized Wastewater Management", Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department: Center for Environmental and Biotechnology (UBZ), Leipzig
2006-2008
Senior scientist and coordinator for research and development, Training and Demonstration Centre for Decentralized Sewage Treatment – BDZ e.V, Leipzig
1998-2005
Integrated CIM / GTZ expert and group leader, Mexican Water Technology Institute, Cuernavaca, Mexico
1993-1998
Shareholder and Deputy Managing Director, Umweltagentur GmbH in Bochum
1987-1993
Scientist and Laboratory Manager, DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen
1988-1991
Dr. rer. nat. in Environmental Biotechnology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
1980-1986
Study of Biology, Ruhr-University Bochum
Awards, committees, memberships
2018
German Environmental Award 2018 of the German Federal Environmental Foundation for the Development and Political Implementation of a System Solution for a Decentralized Wastewater Management in Jordan, with Roland A. Müller, Mi-Yong Becker (née Mi-Yong Lee) and Wolf-Michael Hirschfeld.
2016
UFZ Knowledge Transfer Award for “Excellent Contributions to Developing and Implementing the first intersectoral Framework for Effective Decentralized Wastewater Management in Jordan", with Roland Müller and Mi-Yong Lee
2014
Hugo Junkers Prize for “Vertical filter system for resource-efficient and natural groundwater remediation.” Hugo Junkers Prize for Research and Innovation of Saxony Anhalt, 2nd Prize Category: Most Innovative Projects in Basic Research, with Khaja Z Rahman, Peter Mosig and Roland Müller
2014
UFZ Technology Transfer Award for “Development and Scientific Monitoring of the Implementation of a Vertical Filter System for the Purification of Groundwater Contaminated with Benzene and MTBE, with Khaja Z Rahman, Peter Mosig and Roland Müller
2013
IQ Innovation Award Central Germany: "From HighTech to EcoTech: Vertical Filter System for Resource Efficient and Natural Groundwater Treatment", 2nd Prize: Cluster Energy / Environment, with Khaja Z Rahman, Peter Mosig and Roland Müller
since 2012
Member of the technical NICE working groups in Jordan: "Technology Selection" and "Standards and Monitoring" and "Certification"
since 2014
Member of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) Working Group for the revision of the worksheet "Worksheet DWA-A 262 Principles for design, construction and operation of constructed wetlands with planted soil filters for biological treatment of municipal wastewater"
since 1990
Member of the "German Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology e.V." (Dechema), Frankfurt
Research interests
- Integrated wastewater treatment and management
- Soil and groundwater remediation
- Integrated urban drainage
- Development of green technologies for water management
- Development of GIS-based decision support systems
- Research on the implementation of new technologies and management systems (implementation research)