Jan Knappe
Contact
Environmental and Biotechnology Centre
Building 9.2 (Kubus), office 314
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 341 235-1850
jan.knappe@ufz.de
Professional Career
since 2020
Scientist at the Environmental and Biotechnology Centre
UFZ, Leipzig (Germany)
Working on blue-green infrastructure for sustainable and resilient water management in the urban realm, decentralized wastewater and sanitation solutions
2018 - 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin (Ireland)
2013 - 2014
WASH Consultant
BORDA South Asia, Bangalore (India)
2012 - 2013
Research Volunteer
CDD Society, Bangalore (India)
2012
Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen (Germnay)
Academic Career
2014 - 2018
Ph.D. in Environmental Science
University of Limerick (Ireland)
Thesis: The influence of a growing microbial biomat on water retention and pollutant attenuation in soil treatment units receiving domestic effluent
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Laurence W. Gill (Trinity College Dublin), Prof. Dr. Andrew C. Fowler (University of Limerick)
2010 - 2012
M.Sc. in Environmental Studies
Linköpings Universitet (Sweden)
Thesis: The pelagic diatom Thalassiosira weissfl ogii is capable of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA)
Supervision: Dr. Anja Kamp (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology), Dr. Teresia Svensson (Linköpings Universitet)
2006 - 2010
B.Sc. in Physics
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany)
Thesis: Towards sub-second imaging of nucleosomal DNA using atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Supervision: Dr. Iwan A.T. Schaap (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Publications
Knappe J, Somlai C, Fowler AC, Gill L (2020)
The influence of pre-treatment level on biomat development in soil treatment units
J Contam Hydrol. 232:103654. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103654
Bolaños-Benítez V, McDermott F, Gill L, Knappe J (2020)
Engineered silver nano-particle (Ag-NP) behaviour in small scale treatment plants and in sewage sludge amended-soils
Sci Total Environ. 722:137794. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137794
Somlai C, Knappe J, Gill L (2019)
Spatial and temporal variation of CO2 and CH4 emissions from a septic tank soakaway
Sci Total Environ. 679:185-195. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.449
Somlai-Haase C, Knappe J, Gill L (2017)
Carbon dioxide emissions from a septic tank soakaway in a northern maritime climate
Sci Total Environ. 586:485-491. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.206
Sandmann A, Knappe J, Bremer S, Sinha S (2014)
Transition through Capacity Building
Sustainable Sanitation Practice 20, 10-15 (download issue)
Kamp A, Stief P, Knappe J, de Beer D (2013)
Response of the Ubiquitous Pelagic Diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii to Darkness and Anoxia
PlosONE 8:12, e82605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082605
Technical Reports
Gill L, Mac Mahon J, Knappe J, Gharbia S, Pilla F (2018)
Desludging Rates and Mechanisms for Domestic Wastewater Treatment System Sludges in Ire-land
EPA Ireland, Report No. 253 (download pdf)
Gill L, Knappe J (2016)
Review of percolation test methodology for low permea-bility soils
EPA Ireland
Ginoya N, Knappe J, Kumar AY, Shennoy R, Shivaram KNV (2014)
Linking Sanitation and Climate Change: Evaluating GHG Emissions and Vulnerability
ICCO Cooperation, CDD Society