Thilo Hofmann
Thilo Hofmann (born November 10, 1967 in Celle ) is university professor for environmental geosciences at the University of Vienna . He teaches and researches in the fields of hydrogeology , pollutant behavior , biochar , environmental behavior of natural and technical nanoparticles and microplastics .
Life
After studying geosciences at the University of Giessen , at the Free University and Technical University of Berlin , he graduated with honors in 1995. He did his doctorate summa cum laude at the University of Bremen under Horst D. Schulz in aquatic chemistry on the topic of colloid-bound pollutant transport. After his assistantship at the University of Mainz , a visiting professorship in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and at Stanford University (USA), he completed his habilitation in geology in 2002. In 2005 he was appointed professor at the University of Vienna, where he heads the working group of the same name and the Department of Environmental Geosciences. From 2012 to 2016 he was Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences, Geography and Astronomy at this university and has headed the Environment Research Association of the University of Vienna since January 2015 . Since January 2017 he has also been Adjunct Professor at Duke University (USA).
Awards
- German National Academic Foundation (1992)
- Erwin-Stephan Prize of the Technical University of Berlin (1996)
- Doctoral Prize from Dortmund Energy and Water Supply (1998)
- PhD Summa Cum Laude, University of Bremen
- Doctoral Prize of the Water Chemical Society, GDCh (1999)
- Specialist group award of the Water Chemical Society, GDCh (2005)
Others
- Deputy Chairman of the Water Chemical Society, GDCh
- Vice President of the Austrian Association for Contaminated Sites Management
- Scientific advisory board of the Weiss Science Foundation
- Adjunct Professor Duke University, North Carolina, USA
- Member of the supervisory board of JR-AquaConSol
Web links
- Website of the Environmental Geosciences Working Group at the University of Vienna
- List of publications
- Environmental research network at the University of Vienna
- Agriculture and Nano-Pesticides: Opportunity or Risk? , June 20, 2012
- Nanotechnology for water filters , July 21, 2011
- New research on the behavior of nanoparticles in water , December 12, 2011
- 6 questions to Dean Thilo Hofmann , online newspaper of the University of Vienna, April 2, 2014 (with details of the curriculum vitae)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members - Austrian Association for Contaminated Sites Management. Accessed December 17, 2017 (German).
- ^ Organs - Weiss Science Foundation. Accessed December 17, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Hofmann | Duke Civil and Environmental Engineering. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Thilo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university lecturer, university professor for environmental geology, University of Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |