Research areas Chairs
Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
Research areas: radar remote sensing (SAR), electromagnetic modelling, bio-/geophysical inversion methods.
Ecological Systems Design
Research areas: system analysis and design, risk and impact assessment, research in thematic areas.
Urban Water Management
Research areas Prof. Maurer: sustainable urban water management, transition management, water infrastructure management, modular water infrastructures, economic modelling of urban water systems
Research areas Prof. Morgenroth: process engineering, urban water management, biofilms, wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment
Groundwater and Hydromechanics
Research areas: fluid mechanics, microfluidics, transport in aquatic and groundwater environments, microbial ecology, biological processes in oceans and lakes.
Air Quality and Particle Technology
Research areas: air quality monitoring and control, instrumentation for nanoparticle measurement and characterization, nanomaterial emission, exposure and toxicity, emission control and abatement by filtration.
Hydrology and River System Science
Research areas: water cycle and climate change, river basins, networks, floodplains, deltas, alpine hydrology and geomorphology, ecohydrology and plant water use, combining field observations, remote sensing, and numerical modeling
For further information about the "China Groundwater Management Project", please visit the English page.
The research projects are described on the pages of the corresponding professorships.