Dr. Jürgen Mahlknecht is an environmental engineer (honors) with a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria. Since 2004, he has been a research professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, where, in addition to teaching, he conducts studies on groundwater, environmental isotopes, water chemistry and quality, emerging contaminants, urban water systems, and the water¿energy¿food nexus.
He has supervised 20 master¿s theses and 4 doctoral dissertations, and has led numerous research and consulting projects for industry, government, foundations, and both national and international funding agencies. His scientific output includes more than 150 articles in prestigious international journals, three books, and six book chapters. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Groundwater for Sustainable Development and as Associate Editor of Science of the Total Environment.
Between 2008 and 2017, he was the founding director of the Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean, where he established and consolidated several laboratories for water quality analysis and bioprocesses, as well as the NED Decision Center.
For his achievements, he has been recognized by Mexico¿s National System of Researchers (SNI) with Level 3, and has been awarded the Rómulo Garza Award twice, in the categories of book and published article. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).
He currently serves as President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Mexican Chapter.
jurgen@tec.mx
