Dr. - Ing. Julia B. Kopp

Independent and by Government Certified Expert on Sewage Sludge Treatment

Education,Lectures and Professional Experience:

• 2019/2020 Lectureship „Sludge Treatment“ in Waste Water Treatment for Masters at Technical University of Braunschweig
• 2012 Speaker VSA Master Training “Sewage Sludge Treatment” Switzerland
• from 2006 certified in as an expert in sewage sludge treatment
• 2005 Statement on the Environmental Compatibility of Polyacrylamides against the Background of the Fertilizer Ordinance
• from April 2005 Lectureship for Drinking Water Preparation at
  the TU Braunschweig
• since March 2002 registered consulting engineer of the Chamber of Engineers of Lower Saxony (No. 2091)
• 2001-2002 Lecturer for Waste Management, College FH-Hildesheim
• from Sept. 2001 Consultant Engineer, Company KBKopp
• June 2001 Doctorate with honors
• 1994-2001 PHD at the Institute for Urban Water Management
• 1988-1994 Studies Civil Engineering at TU-Braunschweig

Participation in specialist committees:

• Going to be Chairwoman of the DWA expert committee KEK 2 “Mechanical and biological sewage sludge treatment” in 2025
• Since 2019 Member DIN/EN WG 6 “Thickening and Dewatering”
• Since 2018 Member DWA KEK 1.5: Sewage sludge treatment of small sewage treatment plants”
• Since 2013 member of the DWA expert committee KEK 13 “EU concerns and strategy commission on sewage sludge”
• Since 2011 Deputy Chairwoman of the DWA Technical Committee KEK 2 “Stabilization, hygienization, conditioning, thickening and dewatering of sewage sludge”
• Since 2006 Deputy Chair of the DWA KEK 2.4 “Thickening and drainage”
• Since 2004 Chair for DWA KEK 2.3 “dewatering and conditioning parameters”
• ab 2003 Member of Editor Advisory Board für „Journal of Residuals Science & Technologie“
• Since 2002 Member of the DWA Technical Committee 3.2 “Stabilization, hygienization, thickening and dewatering of sludge”
• Member of the Lower Saxony Association of Engineers since 2001
• Since 1998-2004 Member of the DWA working group DWA KEK 1.6 Sewage sludge disintegration
• Since 1997, lecturer at DWA Advanced Training Courses for Sewage Treatment
• Since 1997 member of the DWA working group KEK 1.2 Statistics (sludge / solid waste)
• Since 1997 member of the IAWQ Specialist Group on Sludge Management.
• Since 1994 member of the DWA (formerly ATV / DVWK)