Prof. Dr. Paul H. Brunner is heading the Institute for Water Quality, Resource and Waste Management, and holds the chair for Waste Management at the Vienna University of Technology. He specializes in research on waste and resource management and focuses on the “regional metabolism”, in particular on methods to analyze, evaluate and control material flows and stocks in urban regions. The results are applied for decision making in the fields of waste management, resource management, and environmental protection. Prof. Brunner was a research adviser to the EU (7^th Framework Program) and acts as a science expert for the Governments of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. He has published several books on topics such as Metabolism of the Anthroposphere and Material Flow Analysis, and is author of more than 450 papers.

 

 

1972   MSc, Natural Sciences (organic chemistry), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

1976   PhD, Natural Sciences (waste management), ETH/EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland

1979   Postdoctoral Research, Dept. of Civil and Env. Engineering, Stanford  University, USA

 

 

1991-present    Professor of Waste Management, Vienna University of Technology (VUT)

1992-1996, 2004-2007 and 2012-2015 Head, Institute for Water Quality, Resources and Wastes Management, VUT, Austria

2009-2015  Visiting Professor, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

2009-2011  Mentor Professor, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

1998-2001  Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Civil Engineering, VUT, Austria

1991-1993  Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. USA

1989-1990  Visiting scientist, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. USA

1988-1991  Deputy Head, Department of Waste Management and Materials Accounting, Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland

1981-1990  Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering and epartment of Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

1980-1988  Senior Research Associate, Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG) Dubendorf,  Switzerland

1977-1978  Research Associate, International Reference Centre for Waste Disposal, World Health Organization, Dubendorf, Switzerland

1972-1976  Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland