The Institute
About Us
The Institute for Sustainable Water Systems focuses on applied research and development in the key areas of sponge city, sustainability, photonics, and food production.
Founded
The Institute for Sustainable Water Systems at Hof University (inwa) was established in March 2023 as part of the subject-specific restructuring of its predecessor, the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe). Given the strong development of both research areas — water and energy — and the growing challenges posed by climate change, the energy crisis, and increasing extreme weather events, it was beneficial to give these two areas their own independent structures.
Our Philosophy
The inwa focuses on initiating and implementing application-oriented research and innovation development for partners in industry and the public sector. In addition to the core areas of sponge city, photonics, food production, and project management, sustainability and digitalization are increasingly becoming standalone research topics — and at the same time serve as cross-disciplinary elements in many research activities. Knowledge transfer is also growing in importance: research findings are prepared in a way that makes them usable for practitioners, and special methods are developed to make this transfer more practical, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises and municipalities.
2023
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Organisation
The inwa is led by an institute board consisting of all research group leaders. On a rotating basis, one board member acts as spokesperson for external representation and deputy institute management.
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Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan
Head of Research Group
Water Infrastructure and Digitalization (DiWa)
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Research Group Leader
Resource-Efficient Food Production in Integrated Aquaculture (ReLe)
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Head of Research Group
Sustainability and Project Management in Water Management (NaPro)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Head of Research Group
Photonics and Water (PhoWa)
Dr. Julia Frank
Institute and Research Coordination
Martina Monien-Zeh
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Professors / Research Group Leaders
Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan
Head of Research Group
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Research Group Leader
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Head of Research Group
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Head of Research Group
Coordination & Administration
Dr. Julia Frank
Institute and Research Coordination
Martina Monien-Zeh
Assistance
Water Infrastructure and Digitalization (DiWa)
Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan
Head of Research Group
Andreas Aicher
Research Associate
Dr. Viktoriya Tarasyuk
Research Associate
Michael Schmidt
Research Associate
Pavel Timofeev
Research Associate
Paola Acosta Carrascal
Research Associate
Harikrishnan Thanipparambu Narayanan Kutty
Research Associate
Mahdi Burhani
Research Associate
Minu Joseph
Research Associate
Robert-Peter Kuhn
Research Associate
Natalia Zhukova
Research Associate
Gopika Venugopal
Research Associate
Anagha Pradeep Samanthan Kanakathidathil
Research Associate
Christopher Funk
Research Associate
Zuheir Dit Turk
Research Assistant
Sustainability and Project Management in Water Management (NaPro)
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Head of Research Group
Resource-Efficient Food Production in Integrated Aquaculture (ReLe)
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Research Group Leader
Thi Hanh Vu
Research Associate
Laura Lang
Technical Assistant
Pranav Keshavan
Research Assistant
Vineeth Kalathiparambil Girish Kumar
Research Associate
Photonics and Water (PhoWa)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Head of Research Group
Axel Wolfram
Research Associate
