Working groups
Applied Environmental Physics

- Use of electromagnetic waves (radio waves) and plasma for various applications in environmental technology, energy technology Radio wave technology platform for environmental and energy technology and construcion RWTec
- Adsorptive-catalytic combination processes for pollutant degradation in various media Adsorptive-catalytic waste gas purification, biogas drying
- Generation, drying and selective detection of hydrogen HyPro
- Catalytically assisted oxidation of volatile organic compounds in non-thermal plasma non-thermal plasma (NTP)
- Surface runoff from roads and buildings CityTech
Keywords:
Radio waves, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen, RWInnoTec, thermal processes, Burning water, HyPro
Working group leader: | Dr. Ulf Roland |
Scientists: |
Dr. Frank Holzer Dr. Ulf Trommler |
Technician: | Birgit Forkert-Keller |
Guest Scientists: |
Maria Balda Dr. Markus Kraus |
Students: |
Environmental catalysis - oxidation

Leader: Dr. Anett Georgi
Phone: 0341-2351760
- Development of catalysts and technological concepts for the oxidative degradation of organic pollutants in water Adsorption und Oxidation an Fe-Zeolithen
- Combination of pollutant adsorption and oxidative degradation for the development of on-site regenerable adsorbents (control of adsorption by electrical potentials, zeolites as oxidation-stable adsorbents) Environmental catalysis, (electro)sorption + oxidation, TrapOx®
- Removal of PFAS (poly- and perfluorinated alkyl compounds) from environmental media
Keywords:
Zeolites, activated carbons, adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, PFAS, CityTech , Isotope Fractionation , Hydrothermal Carbonization HTC
Working Group Leader: | Dr. Anett Georgi |
Scientists: |
Dr. Navid Saeidi |
PhD students: |
Maria Balda Pegah Fatehbasharzad Ramazan Keyikoglu |
Technician: | Silke Woszidlo |
Visiting Scientists: | |
Students: |
Han Shi Jean-Pierre Matriciani |
Environmental catalysis - reduction

- Development of new processes and new materials for water treatment (especially groundwater treatment) Carbo-Iron®, nanoremediation, in-situ groundwater purification
- Studies on mechanisms, selectivities, catalyst lifetimes, separation of materials from the water matrix, regeneration and recycling Environmental catalysis, Dehalogenation (Pd and Cu) Coupling of sorption and reaction
- Optimization of urban blue-green infrastructure with respect to pollutant removal and prevention of pollutant discharge from surface runoff to groundwater CityTech
Keywords:
Carbo-Iron, Pd and Cu catalysts, activated carbon, PFAS, In-situ-groundwater treatment, CityTech
Head of research group: | Dr. Katrin Mackenzie |
Scientists: |
Dr. Sarah Sühnholz Dr. Ariette Schierz Dr. Ahmed Abdelsamad |
Technicians: |
Dr. Robert Köhler Kerstin Lehmann |
Visiting Scientists: | Dr. Tariq Mehmood |
PhD students: |
Xiaoyan Chen Pengpeng Guo |
Students: |