UWI is an interdisciplinary research training group of engineers and natural scientists located at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The overall aim of the UWI research training group is to educate excellent graduate students in a structured framework. We want to achieve a new quality of general process understanding in urban water systems by investigating urban water interfaces as an innovative research topic, our pioneering qualification concept and interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

UWI PhD students at water works Friedrichshagen. | Photo: IGB

UWI PhD student during field course

UWI PhD students during field course

Project team at IGB

Mark Gessner

Guest Scientist

Sabine Hilt

Research Group Leader

Research group

Aquatic-Terrestrial Coupling and Regime Shifts

Dörthe Tetzlaff

Head of Department

Research group

Landscape Ecohydrology

Peter Casper

Guest Scientist

Michael Hupfer

Research Group Leader

Research group

Biogeochemical Processes in Sediments and Lake Management

Jörg Lewandowski

Research Group Leader

Research group

Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions

Stephanie Spahr

Programme Area Speaker

Research group

Organic Contaminants

Research group

Biogeochemical Processes in Sediments and Lake Management

Supported by

DFG (German Research Foundation)

1st funding period: 01.07.2015-30.12.2019, GRK 2032/1

2nd funding period: 01.01.2020-30.6.2024, GRK 2032/2

News

Alle News

9 August 2023

short news

The "liver of the river" helps attenuate organic trace compounds

Trace organic compounds can be attenuated in the hyporheic zone of river sediments. Jörg Lewandowski's research group has now developed a method to study the attenuation performance along a hyporheic flow path in the field. The researchers also analysed the retention of 18 relevant trace organic compounds. They show that high chemical turnover takes place on a very small spatial scale.

23 September 2022

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Young Scientist Award of the DGL for Lena Heinrich

Lena Heinrich has received the Schwoerbel-Benndorf Young Scientist Award of the German Society for Limnology. The former IGB doctoral student completed her thesis in the research group of Michael Hupfer as part of the international DFG Graduate School "Urban Water Interfaces".

2 February 2022

focus

Water in Berlin

Dörthe Tetzlaff's research group is studying a city’s water flows using Berlin as an example. The team focused on the extreme drought of the summers of 2018, 2019 and 2020.

13 August 2021

short news

Long-term binding of phosphorus in lake sediment

Excessive phosphorus loading lead to the accumulation of this nutrient in water bodies. Lake sediments can retain phosphorus. In laboratory tests, an IGB team has investigated the conditions under which this retention is long-term.

15 March 2021

short news

Meeting the water needs of urban green spaces in a sustainable way

Urban green spaces are increasingly suffering from persistently warm and dry periods. Even in temperate latitudes, precipitation amounts are decreasing while evaporation rates remain high, increasing irrigation needs. An IGB team has analysed the water consumption of vegetation in Berlin.