Head of Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology / Professor of Water Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
Room: 217, Bldg. 352
Phone: +49 721 608 26906
andrea iris schaefer ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

I HAVE A DREAM: SAFE WATER FOR ALL CHILDREN

Since 03/2014	PROFESSOR, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Founding Director of Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT), (KIT Campus North) since 01/2020 Professor of Water Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
03/13-02/14	PROFESSOR, School of Materials, Energy, Water & Environmental Sciences (MEWES), Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
10/12-03/13	SABBATICAL – VISITING ACADEMIC, Department of Water Resources Engineering, CoET, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
03/06-02/13	CHAIR PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2007	INVITED VISITING PROFESSOR
(2 months)	Departement des Procédés Propres et Environnement, University Aix-Marseilles, France
2006	SABBATICAL- VISITING ACADEMIC
(5 months)	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH-EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland
10/02-02/06	SENIOR LECTURER, Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia
02/01-10/02	LECTURER, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
02/00-01/01	SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE & PROJECT MANAGER, Centre for Water and Waste Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
1995	RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (FhG/IGB), Stuttgart, Germany

1996-1999	PhD CHEMICAL ENGINEERING “REMOVAL OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER USING MEMBRANES”
(awarded 04/2000)	University of NSW, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia & Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment (CRC WQ&T)
2002-2006	GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN UNIVERSITY LEARNING AND TEACHING (ULT) Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
1994-1995	PROCESS ENGINEERING (D.E.A., equivalent PhD prep.) Savoie University, ESIGEC, Chambéry, France
1993-1995	ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (equivalent Masters, Ingénieur ESIGEC) Savoie University, ESIGEC, Chambéry, France
1989-1993	PHYSICS ENGINEERING (MAJOR PROCESS ENGINEERING) (equivalent Honours, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)); Fachhochschule Heilbronn, Germany

2022	The Undine Award – Category Water Source of Life
2011	ERUDITE Scholar Visiting Professor, Govt. of Kerala, Kerala State Higher Education Council & Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
2007	Mondialogo – DaimlerCrysler & UNESCO Award
2005	Mondialogo – DaimlerCrysler & UNESCO Award (selected from 217 projects)
2003	Energy Globe Award – 2nd Prize Category Water (selected from 1000 projects from 95 countries)
1998-1999	CRC Water Quality & Treatment, Full PhD Scholarship
1997-1999	Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship (OPRS)
1996-1998	DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Council), Germany
1994-1995	ERASMUS Scholarship
1996	Australian-European Awards Program Scholarship 1996 (not accepted)
1996-2001	Poster Prizes (IMSTEC ’96, EERE ’99, EERE’01) & Student Contest Winner (ICOM ’99)