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How can we sustainably utilize the subsurface as storage medium for water and energy in climate change adaptation strategies for urban areas while maintaining the ecosystem function of the subsurface? How can we combine biological with physicochemical management options and profit from the synergies? The scientists of the Department of Technical Biogeochemistry (TECH for short) are looking for answers to these questions and have a clear vision: to protect our environment, especially the quality of water and soil, which are threatened by anthropogenic activities, i.e. effects of climate change and contamination by harmful chemicals. We focus on developing and assessing nature-based technologies and sustainable technical materials/processes that are sustainable from laboratory testing to practical application, and aim to understand the environmental impact of these technologies on ecosystem functioning. Particular emphasis is placed on exploiting the natural potential for transformation and mineralization of chemicals in (ground)water, evaluate and, if necessary, support it as well as to developing solutions for preventive environmental protection. We want to use our interdisciplinary expertise to develop integrated technological approaches and thus utilise synergies between biological and physico-chemical processes. We have set ourselves the goal of ensuring that the technologies we develop contribute to CO2 reduction. This means that we will develop new and improved purification technologies with a lower carbon footprint, monitor the environmental impact and support the improvement of new, climate-neutral (geo)technical solutions for energy storage and contribute to climate change adaptation strategies for urban areas. Our research portfolio ranges from microbial and molecular biological investigations (work group Geomicrobiology ) to the development of technologies based on chemical (work groups Environmental Catalysis and Advanced Adsorption and Oxidation ) and physical (work group Applied Environmental Physics ) processes to pilot and field scale applications (work group In-situ Treatment Technologies ). We work closely with plant operators and industry to transfer our research into practice. We use stable isotope approaches ( LSI ) as a central tool for understanding (in situ) reactions and processes and (degradation) pathways, the elucidation of which is supported by modern analytics and imaging ( ProVIS-CORE ). Detailed information about our activities and research work can be found on the pages of our working groups and infrastructures. Contact Head: Dr. Katrin Mackenzie Department Technical Biogeochemistry Katrin Mackenzie Office: Ms. Julia Dallos Phone: +49 341 6025 4743 Julia Dallos Permoserstraße 15 | 04318 Leipzig | Germany Dr. Katrin Mackenzie The chemist is head of the Department Technical Biogeochemistry at the UFZ site in Leipzig. Her research focuses on the development of new processes and materials for the removal of pollutants from water, with an emphasis on in situ groundwater purification. She is particularly interested in the combination of sorptive enrichment and chemical pollutant degradation. Halogenated pollutants ranging from chlorinated solvents to poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are the focus of interest, as is the implementation of environmental technology processes for their removal from water. Katrin Mackenzie is since 2017 elected member of the scientific-technical staff in the supervisory board of the UFZ. She is a technical reviewer for a wide variety of funding agencies and journals and teaches "Technical Environmental Chemistry" at the University of Leipzig. Hits: 52351 modified: 16.02.2024 Resp.: Dr. rer. nat. 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