Prof. Dr. Andrea Iris Schäfer
- Head of Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology / Professor of Water Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Room: 217, Bldg. 352
- Phone: +49 721 608 26906
- andrea iris schaefer ∂ kit edu
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Germany
I HAVE A DREAM: SAFE WATER FOR ALL CHILDREN
Employment
Since 03/2014 |
PROFESSOR, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Head of Membrane Technology Department, Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG) Professor of Water Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering |
03/13-02/14 | PROFESSOR, School of Materials, Energy, Water & Environmental Sciences (MEWES), Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania |
10/12-03/13 | SABBATICAL – VISITING ACADEMIC, Department of Water Resources Engineering, CoET, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
03/06-02/13 |
CHAIR PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
2007 |
INVITED VISITING PROFESSOR |
(2 months) |
Departement des Procédés Propres et Environnement, University Aix-Marseilles, France |
2006 | SABBATICAL- VISITING ACADEMIC |
(5 months) | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH-EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland |
10/02-02/06 | SENIOR LECTURER, Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia |
02/01-10/02 | LECTURER, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
02/00-01/01 |
SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & PROJECT MANAGER, Centre for Water and Waste Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia |
1995 | RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (FhG/IGB), Stuttgart, Germany |
Education
1996-1999 | PhD CHEMICAL ENGINEERING “REMOVAL OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER USING MEMBRANES” |
(awarded 04/2000) | University of NSW, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia & Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment (CRC WQ&T) |
2002-2006 | GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN UNIVERSITY LEARNING AND TEACHING (ULT) Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia |
1994-1995 | PROCESS ENGINEERING (D.E.A., equivalent PhD prep.) Savoie University, ESIGEC, Chambéry, France |
1993-1995 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (equivalent Masters, Ingénieur ESIGEC) Savoie University, ESIGEC, Chambéry, France |
1989-1993 | PHYSICS ENGINEERING (MAJOR PROCESS ENGINEERING) (equivalent Honours, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)); Fachhochschule Heilbronn, Germany |
Awards & Prizes
2022 | The Undine Award – Category Water Source of Life |
2011 | ERUDITE Scholar Visiting Professor, Govt. of Kerala, Kerala State Higher Education Council & Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India |
2007 | Mondialogo – DaimlerCrysler & UNESCO Award |
2005 | Mondialogo – DaimlerCrysler & UNESCO Award (selected from 217 projects) |
2003 |
Energy Globe Award – 2nd Prize Category Water (selected from 1000 projects from 95 countries) |
1998-1999 |
CRC Water Quality & Treatment, Full PhD Scholarship |
1997-1999 | Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship (OPRS) |
1996-1998 |
DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Council), Germany |
1994-1995 |
ERASMUS Scholarship |
1996 | Australian-European Awards Program Scholarship 1996 (not accepted) |
1996-2001 |
Poster Prizes (IMSTEC ’96, EERE ’99, EERE’01) & Student Contest Winner (ICOM ’99) |