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Dr.-Ing. Martin Zimmermann

Head of the Research Unit Coupled Infrastructures
Coupled Infrastructures ,  Water
+49 69 7076919-44 martin.zimmermann@isoe.de

Martin Zimmermann has been a research scientist at ISOE since 2014. He has been head of the research unit Coupled Infrastructures since April 2023. Before, he was head of the research unit Water Infrastructure and Risk Analyses.

Martin Zimmermann studied civil engineering and economics at Technische Universität Darmstadt with a focus on environmental, spatial, and infrastructural planning. He obtained his PhD in the DFG postgraduate school Topology of Technology and the Institute IWAR at TU Darmstadt with a thesis on sustainable transformations of central northern Namibia’s water supply system. After that, he worked as a postdoc at the chair of Human-Environment Relations, Department of Geography, University of Munich.

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Focus of research

  • Transformation of social-ecological systems
  • Multi-criteria sustainability assessment
  • Applied systems analysis
  • Domestic water management
  • Vulnerability of critical infrastructures

Publications

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Current Publications

Projects

  • WaReNam – Water reuse strategy for Namibia
    Water

    WaReNam – Water reuse strategy for Namibia

    Um Rahmenbedingungen für die Umsetzung von Wasserwiederverwendung zu schaffen, integriert das Projekt WaReNam innovative Technologien, Wissenstransfers, adaptive Governance und Kapazitätsentwicklung auf verschiedenen Ebenen.

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  • LiveSewer – AI-based wastewater monitoring
    Water

    LiveSewer – AI-based wastewater monitoring

    In the research project LiveSewer, real-time wastewater data are processed and analyzed using AI-supported pattern recognition (machine learning). 

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  • TRAPA India – Transition pathways for solving urban wastewater problems in Indian cities
    Chemical Risks Water

    TRAPA India – Transition pathways for solving urban wastewater problems in Indian cities

    The aim of the BMBF project is to develop and evaluate resource-efficient wastewater concepts. ISOE is responsible for a fundamental institutional and stakeholder analysis, the sustainability assessment from a socio-ecological perspective and a final transfer potential analysis.

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  • Cognitive integration and innovation
    Knowledge and Participation

    Cognitive integration and innovation

    The aim of the project is to dynamically integrate current advances in socio-ecological research in relevant scientific fields.

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  • EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia
    Water

    EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia

    The aim of the project is to improve the performance of wastewater pond facilities. To this end, ISOE is investigating aspects of governance and developing management structures and financial controlling procedures.

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  • Environmental Risks and Pharmaceuticals: The Key Role of Pharmacies
    Chemical Risks

    Environmental Risks and Pharmaceuticals: The Key Role of Pharmacies

    In order to raise environmental awareness, the project team is working together with pharmacy practice partners to develop materials that will be used and evaluated on a pilot basis in training and further education.

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  • Semizentral – Infrastructure systems for cities of the future experiencing rapid growth
    Water

    Semizentral – Infrastructure systems for cities of the future experiencing rapid growth

    Within the CLIENT joint project “Semizentral: Resource-efficient and flexible supply and waste disposal infrastructure systems for rapidly growing cities of the future – Phase 2” ISOE is supporting the implementation of a project that is testing the semicentral freshwater supply and wastewater treatment in a new district of Qingdao/China.
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  • netWORKS 3 – Sustainable concepts for the municipal water sector
    Water Climate Adaptation

    netWORKS 3 – Sustainable concepts for the municipal water sector

    The goal of the research collaboration netWORKS is to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for the municipal water and wastewater sector. The netWORKS 3 project is designed to help municipalities adapt to the changing determining conditions in the water and wastewater sector.
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  • NaCoSi – Sustainability controlling of the domestic water management
    Water Chemical Risks

    NaCoSi – Sustainability controlling of the domestic water management

    The goal of the joint project is to develop a sustainability controlling for the domestic water management, thus minimising the risks that compromise sustainable development and improving the viability of the water sector.
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  • CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia
    Water

    CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia

    The aim of CuveWaters is to support and improve Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the northern Namibian Cuvelai-Etosha Basin. ISOE is supervising and co-ordinating this international joint project.
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