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

Manfred van Afferden

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)

Publications