Dr. Katrin Mackenzie

Dr. Katrin Mackenzie

Contact/Addresse

Dr. Katrin Mackenzie
Department Head

Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department Technical Biogeochemistry
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
katrin.mackenzie@ufz.de

Phone +49 341 6025 1760 (Office)
Fax +49 341 6025 45 1760

Professional Career


Education

Diploma in Chemistry and PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) 1991 from Technical University Leuna-Merseburg with focus on Organometallic Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Board Membership

Member of the Supervisory Board of the UFZ since July 2017.


since 2024

2021-2023

Head of the Department "Technical Biogeochemistry"

Acting Head of the Department "Environmental Engineering"

since 2015

Head of the Working Group "Environmental Catalysis - Reductive Processes"

since 1994

Scientist at UFZ

1992-1994

Postdoctoral Research Associate, State University of New York, Binghamton, USA

1990-1992

Scientist, Technical University Leuna-Merseburg

1991

Research stay (4 months) at Oxford University (UK), Stifterverband Fellow

1989-1990

Research stay (5 months) at Institute of Catalysis of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk

Research Areas


chemical methods for water treatment, groundwater treatment, nanoremediation, Carbo-Iron®, Colloidal Activated Carbon, environmental catalysis, reduction methods, dehalogenation of organic pollutants, halogenated micropollutants, poly- und perfluorinated surfactants (PFAS), PMOCs, nanocatalysts for wastewater treatment, palladium- and copper catalysts, targeted subsurface particle transport, activation of persulfate for water treatment, reactive material design, carbon adsorbers.

Projects

ÖLKAT

Mobile separation device for separating oil-water mixtures for use in disaster relief (DBU, term 01/2024 - 06/2025)

CLEANER

Fostering pollutant-sink functions of Blue-Green Infrastructures: Towards local urban water cycles in climate-resilient cities (UFZ PhD College, Duration 04/2023-03/2026)

KONATES

Model application on the use of contaminated aquifers for heat management with ATES systems (BMBF, funding code 03G0916A, term 08/2022 - 07/2025)

FABEKO

Groundwater protection through areal treatment of PFAS-contaminated soils by on-site soil elution and water treatment by electrostimulated activated carbon (BMBF, funding code 02WQ1577C, duration 03/2021 - 08/2023)

Fate-PFT

Sound source identification and degradation assessment of polyfluorinated surfactants (PFAS) in the water cycle by means of component-specific isotope analysis and diagnostic ratios (BMBF- KMU-Innovativ, funding reference 02WQ1598B, term 07/2021 - 12/2023)

ContaSorb

Development of composite materials for sorption and destruction of ”conventional“ and „new“ halogenated groundwater pollutants (German BMBF-funded Project with 5 partners, grant agreement number 03XP0090A, time period 02/2017 – 06/2020)

NanoRem

Taking Nanotechnological Remediation Processes from Lab Scale to End User Applications for the Restoration of a Clean Environment (EU-Project with 27 Partners, Grant agreement no: 309517, time period 02/2013 – 01/2017) 

NanoPOP

Mikrobial synthesis and recycling of hybrid palladium nano-catalysts and their utilizationin treatment of persistent environmental pollutants (German BMBF-funded project, grant agreement number 03X3571B, time period 02/2013 – 01/2016)

Fe-Nanosit

Iron-based nanoparticles and nanocomposite structures for removal of pollutants from ground- and wastewater (German BMBF-funded project, grant agreement number 03X0082A, time period 04/2010 – 12/2013)


Publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7877-4810