PhD Theses 2023

In 2023, we had the great honour of having 22 excellent young researchers doing their PhD projects on DTU Sustain. We are very proud to have these many PhD students at DTU Sustain who contribute to developing solutions for a more sustainable future.

Sharmilan Suntharalingam
A modeling framework to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to the impact of climate change on the durability of civil infrastructure

Gang Lin
Application of anthropogenic uranium radioisotopes in tracing water mass movement in the Arctic-North Atlantic Ocean

Xiaojun Fan
Bedroom ventilation and sleep quality

Louise Rosenberg
Contaminant mass discharge of chlorinated solvents from sources in clay till: Concepts, quantification and risk assessment

Rasmus Thalund-Hansen
Cross-borehole Geophysics – Development of a New Method for Documentation of in situ Groundwater Remediation

Song Wang
Deciphering the role of microplastics in the bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment process

Jibo Qin
Design and Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Photocatalysts and Their Application in Upcycling of Plastic

Nathalia Thygesen Vechi
Development and application of measurement techniques for quantifying methane and ammonia emissions from livestock production

Maxime Ranger
Durability of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials

Mathias Fessler
Electroactive bacteria: Effect of conjugative plasmids, role of interspecies communication, and discovery of new exoelectrogens

Dan Zhao
Electrospun nanofiber membranes as supports for enzyme immobilization and its application in wastewater treatment

Martina Viti
Holistic and replicable quantitative assessment of non-tangible benefits of Nature-Based Solutions

Rune Andersen
Informing architectural design processes in a circular economy - the quantification of circular construction

Susan Anyango Oginah

Integrated risk assessment: from exposure through AOPs to ecosystem services

Julius Nielsen
Modeling and Analysis of Pavements with Asphalt Reinforcement: Development of a new computational model

Johanna Scheer
Multidisciplinary Hazard Mapping Framework for Critical Infrastructure on Terrestrial Permafrost

Mia Heide
Operationalisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Absolute Sustainability Assessments of the Building Industry in Denmark

Eldbjørg Blikra Vea
Spatial and absolute environmental sustainability assessment with a focus on marine eutrophication

Emma Dybro Thomassen
Spatio-temporal characteristics of precipitation in very high-resolution climate models

Biao Li
Strategies to advance heterogeneous Fenton processes for water treatment

Majken Frederiksen
Tools for quantification of the duration and impact of pesticides in groundwater resources

Caroline Herlev Gebara
Towards Better Assessments of the Sustainable Development Goals: Advancing Methodologies for Comprehensive Evaluation and Implementation across Different Scales