Ongoing

Aya'a Al-Areqi, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Circular City Singapore: potentials in the food sector. MSc Environmental Engineering

Alona Teleguz, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Magashen Naidoo, ICLEI; Susanne Kadner, Circular Republic, UnternehmerTUM: Circular City Munich: development of a baseline assessment of circularity for Munich taking a doughnut economy and Nexus approach. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Adedayo Ebenezer Ajala, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: WEF Nexus Index and its application to energy generation. Nigeria as a case study. MSc Environmental Engineering

Hazal Evliyaoglu, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Pascal Finkbeiner, M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: Building the Business Cases for WEF Nexus based Resource Recovery in Cape Town, South Africa. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

André Hilpert, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: M.Sc. Rawnaa Yassin: WEF Nexus potential analysis of Lilongwe, Malawi using WEF Nexus software tools. MSc Environmental Engineering

Peng Siang Ng, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Pascal Finkbeiner, M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: Assessment of Biogas Potential from Wastewater and Organic Waste Anaerobic Co-Digestion in Cape Town, South Africa. MSc Environmental Engineering

Buse Yildiz, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah, M.Sc. Rawnaa Yassin: Investigating the feasibility of carbon footprint reduction in reclaimed water irrigation for reforestation initiatives: Tunisia as a case study. MSc Environmental Engineering

Shaun Peter MacDonald, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah, M.Sc. Rawnaa Yassin: Design of a rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge scheme for Dar es Salam village, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering

Shubham Jain: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Pascal Finkbeiner, M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: Estimation of GHG emissions reduction potentials through methane capture in resource recovery in Cape Town, South Africa. MSc Environmental Engineering

Completed

Joshua Walimbwa Obara (11/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Christoph Lüthi & Dr. Abishek Narayan, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Duebendorf/Zurich: Integration of Water, Sanitation, and Solid Waste in Uganda and Its Small Towns. A case study of Wobulenzi, Luwero District. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Sophia Spatschek (11/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisor: Natalie Paez-Curtidor: A governance approach to implement a comprehensive rainwater harvesting strategy as part of a Nexus approach in Dar es Salam village, Niger. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Emmanuel Nnaemeka Obasi (10/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Nexus approach to solid waste management in Owerri, Nigeria. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Sreejith Rajagopalan (10/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Development of a Water Safety Plan for Dal Lake houseboats community in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Verena Kleinert (10/23), supervisor: Prof. Walter de Vries; co-supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Sustainable water management in new cities: the case of Kalamantan, Indonesia. MSc Environmental Engineering

Burak Meti (09/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisors Dr. Pamela Duran-Diaz and Sonam Wangchuck, inventor of the Ice Stupa technology, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), Leh, Ladakh, India: Solving the technical issues of the Ice Stupa. MSc Environmental Engineering

Eniola Lawal (08/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisor: M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: An assessment of the impact of health shocks on water, energy and food security in Nigeria. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Gaurav Pandey (06/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisors: Dr. Maria Vrahioli and Mohsin Atiq, Lahore Municipality: Propose tariff structure for water supply and sewerage in Lahore metropolis, Pakistan. MSc Environmental Engineering 

Pio Rebello (06/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Mr Mohsin Atiq, Ravi Urban Development Authority, Lahore: Nexus City Ravi New City, Lahore, Pakistan. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Areeba Qureshi (06/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Anik Bhaduri, Griffith University: Design of decentralised water reclamation with resource recovery in Leh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

David Waibel (06/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Anik Bhaduri, Griffith University: MCDA framework design and expert interview implementation for indicator weighting to assess decentralised water reclamation with resource recovery in Leh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Nasrat Noormal (05/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Abishek Narayan, Eawag, Switzerland: Estimating factors that determine the potential to implement biogas technology in developing countries as a model for Afghanistan. MSc Environmental Engineering

Kowiyu Adeniyi Adegbenle (04/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Natalie Paez-Curtidor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Design of a rainwater harvesting prototype for Dar es Salaam Village, Sahel Region, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering

Mohannad Melhem (03/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: A Sustainable Management approach to optimize Water Resources for Existing Water Supply Infrastructure in Jordan. MSc Environmental Engineering 

Timilehin Joseph Ikusemoro (03/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Strategic planning for the development of smart cities: Nexus approach in Lagos, Nigeria, as a case study. MSc Environmental Engineering 

Massihullah Asefi (02/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisor: Natalie Paez-Curtidor: Modelling rainwater harvesting potential and designing a managed groundwater aquifer recharge strategy using geographic information systems (GIS) in Dar es Salaam Village, Sahel Region, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering 

Islam Gadalla (12/22),  supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Integration of BIM-LCA tools and WEF-Nexus during the design phase of a residential building to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). MSc Environmental Engineering

Perfect Ukpedor (09/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Susanne Kadner, Acatech: A Cross-sectoral Analysis of Circular City Indicators Integrating Circular Economy and Nexus Framework. MSc Environmental Engineering

Ahana Pramanik (09/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Evaluation of the potential of Water-Energy Nexus implications: Case study Bhairoba Sewage Treatment Plant, Pune, India. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Chris Cochrane (09/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: A Nexus approach to an Urban Carbon Footprint Account. MSc Sustainable Resource Management. MSc Environmental Engineering

Kuat Abeshev (07/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Magnus Fröhling, Chair of Circular Economy: Exploring trade-offs and synergies to improve environmental performance of organic and conventional food production systems by combining Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach with Life Cycle Assessment. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Veronica Becker (07/2022), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: A Theory of Change approach to bottom-up urban farming initiative to strengthen food sovereignty: the case of Barrio de Jesús Tlatempa, Mexico. MSc Environmental Engineering

Alejandro Castillo Nolte (06/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran, Centre of Land, Water and Environmental Risk Management: Conceptualizing the Andenes for a Water-Energy-Food Nexus assessment as a countermeasure against climate change and as a driver for sustainable development in the local communities of the Andean regions of Peru. MSc Environmental Engineering

Arianne Blais (05/22), supervisor: Dr. Theresa Jedd: Indigenous strategies for achieving water justice. MSc Politics & Technology

Imran Khan (05/22), visiting student DAAD KOSPIE Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Subashisa Dutta: Assessing the scope of implementation of Water-Energy-Food Nexus for climate change adaptation in Guwahati, India using the LEAP model

Kwadwo Asamoah (04/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Michael Poku-Boansi, Head Department of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana: Assessment of potential for energy autonomy using co-digestion with effective water reclamation and reuse at KNUST Campus sewage treatment plant, Kumasi, Ghana MSc Environmental Engineering

Merve Kosar (03/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Design of a sustainable drinking water supply in Dar, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering

Kate Heitmann (03/22), supervisor: Prof. Markus Disse, Dr. Karl Broich: Floating-PV potential and evaporation reduction. MSc Environmental Engineering 

Arsa Pakta (02/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Uwe Hübner, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Proposal of Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT) system as a Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Technology for management, treatment, and reuse of rainwater and municipal wastewater in Dar, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering

Prathiba Devadas (02/22), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: Feasibility study of adaptation to climate smart agriculture in Rwanda in the context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus system at farm level. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Qutiaba Harb (01/22), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: Stakeholder analysis of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Ethiopia: Implications for Nexus Governance, land degradation neutrality and food security”. MSc Politics and Technology

Camila Lang (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: The design of a water reclamation system using constructed wetlands: a case study of Dar, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering

Taiwo Bamgboye (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Water Reclamation and Reuse in Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Challenges and Opportunities in Nigeria. MSc Environmental Engineering

Lucas Franco (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Formulating a system dynamics model to characterize the urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A case study of the Maxvorstadt neighbourhood in Munich, Germany. MSc Environmental Engineering

Gabriel Hernandez (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Konrad Koch, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Feasibility of energy generation with biogas at the household level; assessing the impact of anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste. MSc Environmental Engineering

Sarfraz Hasan (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Maria Vrachioli, Chair of Agricultural Production and Resource Economics: Cost benefit analysis of WEF Nexus approach in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany: introducing decentralized water reclamation with resource recovery as a dual system. MSc Environmental Engineering

Pia Marciano (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. V.S. Saravanan, German Development Institute (DIE): Towards a Water-Energy-Food Balance Assessment in Coimbatore City, India. MSc Sustainable Resource Management

Lukas Becker (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Opportunities and Challenges of Producing Avocados in Central Europe: WEF Nexus Potential in Bavaria and the Munich Metropolitan Region. MSc Environmental Engineering

Natalie Paez (05/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Application of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the formulation of a Climate-Resilient Water Safety Plan for Leh Town, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Ahmed Marhoon (02/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: COVID-19, the environment and sustainability: WEF Nexus implications of introducing insects as an alternative source of protein in Munich and Qatar. MSc Environmental Engineering

Andrea Mantilla Álvarez (01/21), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: Analysing land policies for food sovereignty of Indigenous people from a gender perspective. The case of the Wayúu community, Colombia. MSc Politics and Technology

Zahra Alipour (08/20), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Uwe Hübner, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Natural treatment system as an approach for development of a decentralized wastewater treatment pilot in Leh town, India with a focus on hybrid constructed wetlands. MSc Environmental Engineering

Kriti Ghimire (01/20), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: Growing artificial glaciers as a strategy for agricultural growth and tackle climate change in Nepal. MSc Environmental Engineering

Ashesh Regmi (09/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Participatory approach for sustainable water management at Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre, Leh, Ladakh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Mounia Lahmouri (05/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Carbon footprint analysis of centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment strategies in Leh Town, India, and potential for greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. MSc Environmental Engineering

Christoph Schwaller (03/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Assessment of the impact of on-site sanitation systems on groundwater quality in Leh Town, India. MSc Environmental Engineering         

Giacomo Bonnano (03/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Water resources sustainability assessment in Leh town, Ladakh, India, and alternative solutions using the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. MSc Environmental Engineering

Manish Basnet (12/17), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Decentralized wastewater management system as a solution to conserve water resources at Mahabodhi, Leh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Tim Fettback (09/17), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Lukas Ulrich & Philippe Reymond, EAWAG; Mr. V. Sasanka, CDD, & Mr Stanzin Tsephel, BORDA, Bangalore, India: Designing a representative statistical assessment of performance of small-scale sewage treatment plants in India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Alicia Dery (07/17), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Urban Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Case Study in Thiruvanmiyur Neighborhood, Chennai, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Tobias Doblinger (10/15), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Feasibility of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Non-Potable Reuse in the Town of Leh, Ladakh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering

Felix Fessard (11/14), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Methodological approach to urban resilience: a study of Munich, Germany and Austin, Texas. MSc Architecture