Intervenants
Head of Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Professor in waste management and Director of the Department of Environmental Engineering. M.Sc. from DTU, PhD from University of Washington, Seattle, and Dr.Agro. from the former Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, now University of Copenhagne. Has been a researcher in waste management and related aspects for more than 30 years, specifically within environmental assessment of waste management systems (founder of the waste-LCA-model EASEWASTE), leaching from waste and groundwater pollution at landfills. Has also worked with waste characterization, incineration, biological treatment and utilization of waste on land and in civic construction. Has collaborated with municipalities, institutions and companies in Denmark as well as abroad. Has published several international books on waste. Has published more than 200 international scientific journal contributions and has been cited more than 6000 times. Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences.