David Laner - Research Information System | University of Kassel

Prof. Dr. David Laner

Research Areas

Civil Engineering

Research Interest

In my research, I apply a systems perspective to address sustainability issues related to waste management, recycling, material cycles and circular economy. Based on the analysis and evaluation of waste and resource systems, my goal is to develop solutions and strategies from an environmental engineering perspective, which result in lower environmental impacts and higher resource efficiency. My research interests include the use of static and dynamic material flow models to understand and optimize resource use on urban, national and regional levels, the evaluation of waste-resource-systems with respect to environmental performance and resource efficiency, the assessment and mitigation of (long-term) risks associated with land-fills, the comparison of alternative waste treatment scenarios, sound waste characterization techniques as well as experimental studies to understand process performance of waste treatment and recycling activities. Central methods in my research are Material Flow Analysis (MFA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Scenario Analysis, and experimental studies on the lab-, pilot- and field-scale.

Work Experience

10/2018	Head of the Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Wastte Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel.
03/2016 - 01/2019	Habilitation in the field of "Waste and Resource Management" at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TU Wien
07/2011 - 09/2018	Senior researcher, Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management, TU Wien.
04/2006 - 06/2011	Project assistant, Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management, TU Wien.
10/2006 - 06/2011	PhD program in technical sciences at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TU Wien
12/2005 - 02/2006	Research fellow (Stipendium), Groundwater Research Centre Dresden
10/1997 - 11/2005	Master program in Land and Water Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (interrupted by one-year mandatory civil service)

Academic background

2005: Master of Science in Land and Water Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

2011: PhD in technical sciences at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TU Wien

2019: Habilitation in the field of "Waste and Resource Management" at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TU Wien

Memberships and non-academic activities

since 07/2020	Kuratoriums Entsorgergemeinschaft der Deutschen Entsorgungswirtschaft e.V.
since 01/2019	Wissenschaftsbeirat der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft e.V. Mitglied
since 10/2018	Verein zur Förderung der Fachgebiete Siedlungswasserwirtschaft, Res-sourcenmanagement und Abfalltechnik sowie Wasserbau und Wasserwirt-schaft e.V. Vorstand
since Fehler: XX/2016 - ungueltige Eingabe!	„Anthropogenic Resources Working Group” als Teil der “Expert Group on Resource Management” der United Nations Mitglied

Lectures

12/2024	DBU-Forschungsvorhaben HMV-Öko-Beton Produkte aus der thermischen Abfallverwertung 2024, Augsburg
06/2024	Global warming potential of municipal bio-waste management differentiating sources and collection routes 4th Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Waste – Improved data and methods for assessing the extended producer responsibility
04/2023	Simultaneous utilisation of municipal solid waste incineration ash/slag as binder and aggregate substitute , Mechelen
03/2020	Recyclingquoten 2.0 – Was uns Quoten in der Kreislaufwirtschaft sagen 32. Kasseler Abfall- und Ressourcenforum, Kassel
02/2020	Systematic assessment of critical factors for the economic performance of landfill mining MINEA Final Conference, Bologna
02/2020	Two case studies on the evaluation and classification of landfills as resources in Brandenburg using ONTOL MINEA Final Conference, Bologna
12/2019	MSWI Bottom Ash as Construction Material: Applications and Impacts on Substance Flows 5th International Conference on Final Sinks, Wien
03/2019	Critical factors for landfill mining LANDSS landfill aftercare forum, Birmingham
04/2023	Simultaneous utilisation of municipal solid waste incineration ash/slag as binder and aggregate substitute 8th International Slag Valorisation Symposium, Mechelen

Other Research Activities

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2024	Abschätzung von Mengen- und Anwendungspotenzialen von Recyclinggips und REA-Gips aus der Müllverbrennung Advising activity
2024	Analyse des Versinterungsverhaltens von biologenen Rest- und Abfallstoffen in Abhängigkeit ausgewählter Parameter Advising activity
2024	Carbon Capture an Müllverbrennungsanlagen - Auswirkungen auf den Gesamtwirkungsgrad Advising activity
2024	Kohlenstoffbilanz der Abfallwirtschaft in Deutschland Advising activity
2024	Life cycle assessment of waste management systems: Assessing the representativeness and robustness of selected inventory datasets Advising activity
2024	Ökobilanzielle Bewertung eines Freibades mit biologischem Filtersystem im Vergleich zur konventionellen Wasserreinigung mit Chlor Advising activity
2024	Vergleich unterschiedlicher Berechnungsansätze zur Ermittlung der Recyclingquote von Siedlungsabfällen in Deutschland Advising activity
2023	Treibhausgasbilanz der Kasseler Abfallwirtschaft Advising activity
2019	Analyse und Bewertung von Materialkreisläufen für PVC im Bausektor Advising activity
2019	Aufkommen und Verwertung von Materialien aus Wärmedämmverbundsystemen in Deutschland Advising activity