Draft:Helmut Rechberger

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Helmut Rechberger (born February 21, 1968 in Linz, Upper Austria) is an Austrian scientist and university professor for resource management at the Vienna University of Technology. His research focuses on the analysis, evaluation and design of the anthropogenic metabolism.

Education and professional career

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Helmut Rechberger studied process engineering at the Vienna University of Technology and then worked as an assistant at the Institute for Water Quality and Waste Management at the same university. During this time, under the supervision of Prof. Paul H. Brunner, he wrote his dissertation on the evaluation of material balances in waste management, in which he adapted the concept of entropy from information theory and made it applicable to material balances. After completing his doctorate, he spent a research year at Yale University with Prof. Tom Graedel, known as the father of industrial ecology. In 2001, he moved to ETH Zurich, where he worked as a senior assistant to Prof. Peter Baccini at the Chair of Materials Management and Waste Disposal Technology. In 2003, Rechberger accepted a call to the Vienna University of Technology for the world's first professorship for resource management. Since 2010, he has headed the Waste and Resource Management research area at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and, since 2020, the Institute of Water Quality and Resource Management.

Awards

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  • 1999: Sponsorship Award of the City of Vienna for Scientific Work in the Environmental Field
  • 2000: Phönix Innovation Award[1]
  • 2000: Max Kade Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (funded by the Max Kade Foundation)
  • 2022: Honorary doctorate from the University of Antwerp[2]

Publications in scientific journals (Selection)

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  • T. E. Graedel, D. van Beers, M. Bertram, K. Fuse, R. B. Gordon, A. Gritsinin, A. Kapur, R. J. Klee, R. J. Lifset, L. Memon, H. Rechberger, S. Spatari und D. Vexler: Multilevel cycle of anthropogenic copper. In: Environmental Science and Technology. Band 38, 2004, Nr. 4, S. 1242–1252.
  • R. B. Gordon, T. E. Graedel, M. Bertram, K. Fuse, R. Lifset, H. Rechberger und S. Spatari: The characterization of technological zinc cycles. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Band 39, 2003, Nr. 2, S. 107–135.
  • M. Bertram, T. E. Graedel, K. Fuse, R. Gordon, R. Lifset, H. Rechberger und S. Spatari: The copper cycles of European countries. In: Regional Environmental Change. Band 3, 2003, S. 119–127.ublicat
  • H. Rechberger, P. H. Brunner: A new, entropy based method to support waste and resource management decisions. In: Environmental Science and Technology. Band 34, 2002, Nr. 4, S. 809–816.
  • H. Rechberger und P. H. Brunner: Die Methode der Stoffkonzentrierungseffizienz (SKE) zur Bewertung von Stoffbilanzen in der Abfallwirtschaft. In: Hösel, Bilitewski, Schenkel, Schnurer (Hrsg.): Müll-Handbuch. Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2002, Kapitel 8506.1, S. 1–19.
  • M. Bertram, H. Rechberger, S. Spatari und T. E. Graedel: The contemporary European copper cycle: waste management subsystem. In: Ecological Economics. Band 42, 2002, Nr. 1–2, S. 43–57.
  • All other publications are available via the link to the TU Wien website.

Books and chapters

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  • P. H. Brunner und H. Rechberger: Handbook of Material Flow Analysis: For Environmental, Resource, and Waste Engineers, Second Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2016.
  • P. H. Brunner und H. Rechberger: Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis. Lewis Publishers, New York 2004.
  • P. H. Brunner, L. S. Morf und H. Rechberger: Thermal Waste Treatment. A Necessary Element for Sustainable Waste Management. In: I. Twardowska, H. E. Allen, A. A. F. Kettrup und W. J. Lacy (Hrsg.): Solid Waste. Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation. Elsevier Ltd., Kidlington, Oxford 2004, S. 783–806.
  • P. H. Brunner und H. Rechberger: Anthropogenic Metabolism and Environmental Legacies. In: I. Douglas (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change. Band 3, Wiley, London 2002, S. 54–72.
  • H. Rechberger: Entwicklung einer Methode zur Bewertung von Stoffbilanzen in der Abfallwirtschaft. Dissertation, Wiener Mitteilungen Band 158, Institut für Wassergüte und Abfallwirtschaft, TU Wien, 1999.
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References

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  1. ^ "Österreichischer Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverband". web.archive.org. 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  2. ^ UAntwerpen (2022-03-30). Honorary degree Prof. Helmut Rechberger. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via YouTube.