Positions

• Since 10/2019: Professor for the ‘Geothermal Energy’ department at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences at the TU Munich Straubing Campus for Biotechnology and Sustainability
• Since 10/2010: Head of ‘Direct Push and Hydrogeological Measurement Methods’ in the Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig

Research focus

• Development of strategies for the sustainable intensive utilisation of near-surface geothermal energy
• Groundwater temperatures in urban areas and heat management
• Geothermal neighbourhood development
• Further development and application of high-resolution hydrogeological measurement methods and concepts using direct push
• Characterisation of complex unconsolidated aquifers
• Artificial groundwater recharge: exploration for optimisation during construction and operation

Publications