TU Dresden
Dresden University of Technology is the lead partner of the project. Three institutes from two departments of the university are involved. The Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, the Institute of Hydrobiology and the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology at the Carl-Gustav Carus University Hospital are participating.
TU Dresden is responsible for the project’s overall management. As part of the project, student courses are being developed jointly with the two participating Czech universities. These courses will comprise a series of modules examining and characterising various issues and aspects of human impact on water bodies.
Furthermore, the project will play a key role in promoting the harmonisation of university education in water management, as well as raising awareness of the current status of wastewater treatment and water monitoring in both countries.
Co Project leader IDEAL
Head of Wastewater Treatment working group
Markus Ahnert studied urban water management at the Technical University of Dresden and has been working at the Institute for Urban and Industrial Water Management since 1999.
He is head of the wastewater treatment working group and responsible for teaching and research in the field of municipal wastewater treatment. He specialises in the dynamic simulation of wastewater treatment plants. Special attention is paid to the application and integration in practice.
The following topics are the current focus of his work and research:
- Energy optimisation of wastewater treatment plants
- Advanced wastewater treatment with regard to the elimination of micropollutants
- Phosphorus elimination and recovery
- Sustainable development of urban and rural infrastructure
- Further development of training in urban water management
Dipl.-Biol. Sara Schubert
- Initiation and conceptualisation of the IDEAL project proposal
- project communication and management in IDEAL as lead partner Scientific contact person:
I) for the ecotoxicological monitoring of surface waters and wastewater treatment plants using effect-based methods (in vitro biotests),
II) for the development and organisation of laboratory courses, excursions and workshops,
III) for the supervision of students in their final thesis within IDEAL - Scientific contact person:
I) for the analytical monitoring of pharmaceuticals in rivers and wastewater treatment plants in the project area with (SPE-)LC-MS/MS considering EU-UWWTD,
II) for the development and organisation of laboratory laboratory courses and workshops,
III) for the supervision of students in their final thesis within IDEAL
M.Sc. Annika Schubert
Employee in the IDEAL project at the Institute for Urban Water Management and at the Institute for Hydrobiology
Annika Schubert studied hydrology at bachelor’s level and hydrobiology at master’s level at Dresden University of Technology. Since 2014, she has held various positions as a tutor/student assistant and, most recently, as a research assistant at both institutes.
Her work mainly covers aquatic ecotoxicology with a focus on biomonitoring. Effect-based methods can be used to analyze and evaluate environmental samples. The focus is particularly on cell-based methods. These approaches can be used to investigate specific effects, such as hormone activity, mutagenicity, and genotoxicity, as well as non-specific effects, such as oxidative stress.
These methods are also well suited for application-oriented bachelor’s and master’s theses or internships.
She has repeatedly supervised such work in recent years and continues to do so within the project.
M.Sc. Jakob Benisch
Jakob Benisch studied environmental engineering at OTH Amberg-Weiden and Hydro Science and Engineering at Dresden University of Technology. Since 2015, he has been working as a research assistant at the Institute for Urban Water Management.
Since then, he has been involved in setting up and operating the Urban Observatory at Lockwitz- and Geberbach (https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/hydro/isi/sww/forschung/einrichtungen/urbobs). There, high-resolution measurement technology is used to record and investigate the influence of settlements on watercourses. The focus is particularly on the influence of discharges from the sewer network.
His research focuses on the significance of precipitation events for the assessment of water quality, taking into account classic physicochemical parameters and trace substances. As part of the project, he will deal with the availability and presentation of data from the monitoring campaigns within the project and the data sets of the authorities.
