Our Team

Peter Hense
Head of Department
Prof. Dr. Peter Hense
Dipl.-Biol. Stephan Exner, M. techn.

Research Assistant

Simon Möbs, B.Sc. 
Master Environmental Engineering

E-Mail: simon.moebs[at]stud.hs-bochum.de
Raum: A2-27

Research Assistant

Nils Woydt, B.Sc. 
Master Environmental Engineering

E-Mail: nils.woydt[at]stud.hs-bochum.de
Raum: A2-27


Prof. Dr. Peter Hense

Environmental technology, in particular recycling management and resource management

  • Head of the Environmental Engineering degree programmes (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
  • Lecturer representative for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sustainability officer for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Personal
  • Member of the Institute for Water, Environment and Energy
  • Head of the Environmental Engineering degree programmes (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
  • Lecturer representative for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sustainability officer for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Vita

Professional career

2021 - present
Professor of Environmental Technology, specialising in recycling management and resource management, at Bochum University of Applied Sciences

2019 - present
Managing partner of RSL Recycling Solutions Lippetal GmbH, Lippetal

2020 - 2021
Research assistant, Institute for Infrastructure, Water, Resources and Environment at Münster University of Applied Sciences

2019 - 2020
Research assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Technology at the East Bavarian Technical University of Amberg-Weiden

2013 - 2019
Research assistant (group leader from 2017), Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, Sulzbach-Rosenberg branch

Studies

2017
PhD from Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

2011 - 2013
Studies at the Technical University of Munich, M.Sc. “Renewable Raw Materials” (german: Nachwachsende Rohstofffe)

2008 - 2011
Studies at the Technical University of Munich, B.Sc. “Forestry and Resource Management” (german: Forstwissenschaften und Ressourcenmanagement)


Awards and scholarships
  • 07.2018:  MIT Technology Review's ‘Innovator under 35 Germany 2018’ award
  • 03.2016:   Scholarship from the German Waste Management Association (DGAW e.V.) for the development of a halogen filter
  • 03.2016:   Award from the German Waste Management Association (DGAW e.V.) for an excellent presentation (‘Decentralised recovery of high-tech metals’) at the 6th DGAW Science Congress ‘Waste and Resource Management’, Berlin
  • 04.2014:  Award for master's thesis with the VDI-GEU Study Prize for environmentally relevant diploma and master's theses from the Association of German Engineers VDI e.V.

Patents and Publications

See section “Publications” This Way

 


Contact & Consultation hours

Consultation hours can be arranged individually by email upon request.

How to find us

The Urban Mining Institute laboratory is located in room A2 - 17 in building A.

Address:
Hochschule Bochum
Am Hochschulcampus 1
44801 Bochum