• Machine operator at the cable factory Berlin-Oberspree and pump station Lindenberg
• Graduate water engineer from TU Dresden
• Supplement Diploma in Groundwater, TU Dresden
• PhD in Water Engineering at TU Dresden
• Research associate at the Institute for Groundwater Management and the Institute for Water Chemistry at TU Dresden
• Instructor at Saxon State Authority for Environment and Geology, Groundwater Division
• Since 2003 Professor for Water Sciences at HTW Dresden
• 2015 - 2021 Dean of Study Affairs for Diploma Programme Civil Engineering
• Guest lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz and a master craftsman training on hydraulic construction

• International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Commission Managed Aquifer Recharge
• International Water Association (IWA)
• German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
• German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW)
• Section Hydrogeoly of the German Geological Society (FH-DGG)
• Society for Water Chemistry at the German Society for Chemistry
• Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum (DGFZ)

• Riverbank filtration and managed aquifer recharge in Germany, India, Russia, Egypt, Thailand, Brazil, Vietnam,
• Groundwater flow and transport modelling studies for bank filtration sites and well-head protection zones,
• Design and optimization of groundwater monitoring programmes, data interpretation and evaluation, pumping test analysis,
• Lab and field experiments to determine hydraulic parameters, infiltration rates and behaviour of pollutants in aquifers,
• Design of water treatment facilities for groundwater, especially focussed on iron, manganese, arsenic, sulphate, organic compounds
• Capacity building on bank filtration and managed aquifer recharge in India, Egypt, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, training courses and individual training for engineers and researchers

Over 100 research papers in ISI rated, international, peer-reviewed journals (>1,950 citations, h-index 18, i10-index 34 on Google Scholar)

Current publications 2015-2021

Reviewer for Journals Hydrogeology Journal, Journal of Hydrology, Sustainable Water Resources Management, Water, Grundwasser, Gas-Wasser-Fach