Markus Ahnert

Research Fellow

Dr.-Ing. Markus Ahnert

Leiter der AG Abwasserbehandlung

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Chair of Urban Water Management

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Chemie-Gebäude, Raum 171 Bergstraße 66

01069 Dresden

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Academic career

10/1993-11/1998	Technical University of Dresden, study of urban water management with the degree of Dipl.-Ing.
	Diploma thesis: Investigations on the hydraulic capacity of the influent of the wastewater treatment plant Dresden-Kaditz
since 11/1998	Scientific assistant at the Institute for Urban and Industrial Water Management, Urban Drainage Group
since 2000	Change to the Wastewater Treatment Group
since 2017	Head of the Wastewater Treatment Group
March 2023	Dissertation: Improvements in modelling wastewater treatment plants for design, optimisation and education

Research Fields

Research projects on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment with biological processes
Modelling of biological processes in wastewater treatment
Developments to improve the application of dynamic simulation of wastewater treatment plants
Process optimisation and dynamic simulation of a large number of wastewater treatment plants in Germany and abroad
Expert reports and consulting on topics related to biological wastewater treatment

Teaching

Module BHYWI38 Wastewater Treatment (100 % of lectures and exercises, practical course, module organisation).
Module MWW03 Modelling of wastewater systems (approx. 50 % of the exercises and assessement)
Module MWW04 Management and optimisation of wastewater systems (approx. 50 % of lectures and exercises, module organisation)
Module MWW25 Planning and Operation of Wastewater Systems (approx. 50 % of lectures and exercises, lecturer organisation)
Module MHSE 22 Urban Water II (individual lectures and exercises on dynamic simulation of wastewater treatment plants)
Module BHYWI33 (individual lectures on biological industrial wastewater treatment)
Module MW-VNT-57 Applied Biotechnology (guest lectures on biological wastewater treatment at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
Supervision of Bachelor's and Master's theses as well as project studies and study projects

Activities in associations and memberships

DWA Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V.

Member of the KA 6.4 working group for the revision of regulation DWA-A 198
Course teacher in the training and further education of the DWA regional association Saxony-Thuringia (advanced course on automation and energy optimisation).
Since January 2023 teacher of the sewage treatment plant neighbourhood Elbtal (KAN11)

Society for the Promotion of Urban Water Management at the TU Dresden e.V.

Secretary and member of the board
Organisation of conferences and events

Collaboration in inter-university expert committees on dynamic simulation in urban water management (Simulation University Group)

Reviewer activity (selection)

Journal of Environmental Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Water Practice and Technology
Water Research
Journal of Hydroinformatics
Engineering in Life Sciences

33 Entries

2014

Das Forschungsprojekt "Zeiteffiziente Analyse von Kläranlagen" (ZAK)Ahnert, M., Oppermann, J., Hurzlmeier, S., Barth, M., Gerard, I., Abel, T., Bernatzky, C. & 2 others, 2014, In: KA : Korrespondenz Abwasser, Abfall. 61, 2Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2013

The adaptation of Nitrifying microorganisms to inhibiting substances at meso- and psychrophilic temperature conditionsMarx, C., Ahnert, M., Krebs, P. & Kuehn, V., 2013, In: Water Science and Technology. 68, 1, p. 83-90, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2010

Temperature as an alternative tracer for the determination of the mixing characteristics in wastewater treatment plantsAhnert, M., Kuehn, V. & Krebs, P., Mar 2010, In: Water research. 44, 6, p. 1765-1776, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Definition der Randbedingungen für die praxisnahe dynamische Simulation kommunaler KläranlagenAhnert, M. & Kühn, V., 2010, Dresdner Kolloquium zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft: Anpassung der Abwassersysteme an veränderte Randbedingungen. p. 189-214Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2009

Model-based comparison of two ways to enhance WWTP capacity under stormwater conditionsAhnert, M., Tränckner, J., Hoeft, S. & Krebs, P., 2009, In: Water Science and Technology. 60, 7, p. 1875-1883, 9 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2008

Generation of diurnal variation for influent data for dynamic simulationLangergraber, G., Alex, J., Weissenbacher, N., Woerner, D., Ahnert, M., Frehmann, T., Halft, N. & 4 others, 2008, In: Water Science and Technology. 57, 9, p. 1483-1486, 4 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Modelling of enhanced CSO treatment in secondary clarifiers with a modified Activated Sludge Model no. 3Ahnert, M., Günther, N., Kuehn, V., Krebs, P., Svardal, K. & Spatzierer, G., 2008, In: Water Science and Technology. 58, 3, p. 609-615, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2005

Identification of overall degradation in sewer systems from long-term measurements and consequences for WWTP simulationsAhnert, M., Kuehn, V. & Krebs, P., 2005, In: Water Science and Technology. 52, 3, p. 153–161Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2004

A guideline for simulation studies of wastewater treatment plantsLangergraber, G., Rieger, L., Winkler, S., Alex, J., Wiese, J., Owerdieck, C., Ahnert, M. & 2 others, 2004, In: Water Science and Technology. 50, 7, p. 131-138, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2003

Das Leistungsbild aerober Stabilisierungsanlagen in SachsenKühn, V. & Ahnert, M., 2003, Dresdner Kolloquium zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft: Abwasserseminar 2003 mit Verabschiedung von Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Klaus Lützner. p. 91-126Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution