Mark van Loosdrecht
Mark CM van Loosdrecht (* 1959 ) is a Dutch environmental engineer and professor for environmental technology at the TU Delft .
Van Loosdrecht studied environmental technology at Wageningen University with a doctorate in 1988 (Microbial Adhesion). He then went to Delft University of Technology, where he was given a full professorship in 1999 and was group leader in environmental biotechnology.
He deals with the use of microbes in the technical environment of wastewater treatment and the extraction of raw materials from waste. For this purpose he examined biofilms and storage containers of microbes. In particular, he succeeded in treating wastewater with anammox bacteria, which convert ammonium and nitrites into harmless substances such as nitrogen gas and water with reduced wastewater treatment costs (marketed worldwide using the Nereda process). Biopolymers are produced as a by-product.
In 2014 he received the Spinoza Prize . In 2007 he became a member of the Dutch Academy for Technology and Innovation and in 2004 of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences . He is an honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich and holds an honorary professorship from Queensland University .
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| SURNAME | Loosdrecht, Mark van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loosdrecht, Mark CM van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch environmental engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |