Laura Woltersdorf works as a research scientist at ISOE in the research unit Water Infrastructure and Risk Analyses. She obtained her degree in International Business Administration at the FH Wiesbaden and her master's in Environmental Science at the University of Frankfurt with a focus on hydrology, environmental chemistry and social-ecology. In her master's thesis she assessed the sustainability of rainwater harvesting systems considering climate change in the Cuvelai Etosha basin in Namibia. In her PhD she assesses the reuse of wastewater in urban agriculture in the Cuvelai Etoha Basin in Namibia regarding aspects of sustainability.

Focus of research

• Ecosystem Services
• Integrated Water and Land Resources Management