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.
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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
Institutsleiter; Forschungsgruppenleiter
Wasserinfrastruktur und Digitalisierung (DiWa)
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Stellv. Institutsleiter; Forschungsgruppenleiter
Ressourceneffiziente Lebensmittelproduktion in integrierter Aquakultur (ReLe)
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Forschungsgruppenleiterin
Nachhaltigkeit und Projektmanagement in der Wasserwirtschaft (NaPro)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Photonik und Wasser (PhoWa)
Dr. Julia Frank
Instituts- und Forschungskoordination
Martina Monien-Zeh
Assistenz
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Professors / Research Group Leaders
Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Forschungsgruppenleiterin
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Coordination & Administration
Dr. Julia Frank
Instituts- und Forschungskoordination
Martina Monien-Zeh
Assistenzin
Water Infrastructure and Digitalization (DiWa)
Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Andreas Aicher
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Dr. Viktoriya Tarasyuk
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Michael Schmidt
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Pavel Timofeev
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Paola Acosta Carrascal
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Harikrishnan Thanipparambu Narayanan Kutty
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Imam Burhani
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Minu Joseph
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Robert-Peter Kuhn
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Natalia Zhukova
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Gopika Venugopal
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Anagha Pradeep Samanthan Kanakathidathil
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Sustainability and Project Management in Water Management (NaPro)
Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer
Forschungsgruppenleiterin
Resource-Efficient Food Production in Integrated Aquaculture (ReLe)
Dr. Harvey Harbach
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Thi Hanh Vu
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Laura Lang
Technische Mitarbeiterin
Pranav Keshavan
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Vineeth Kalathiparambil Girish Kumar
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Photonics and Water (PhoWa)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Schnabel
Forschungsgruppenleiter
Axel Wolfram
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Dr. Simon Mehling
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
