EDUCATION 2000 Habilitation, Technical University of Munich, College of Engineering, Germany, Dr. rer. nat. habil., Thesis: “In situ analysis of spatial structure and function of biofilms“, 1986 – 1992 Doctoral student, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Environmental Sciences Program. Ph.D. thesis: Tributyltin and tributyltin- resistant bacteria in Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, USA) 1982 - 1986 The National University of Ireland, Galway. B.Sc. in Microbiology (Honors) EMPLOYMENT 2011 – present Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technological University 2001 – present Associate and Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis 1998 – 2001 Administrative Director of Center of Excellence on Fundamental Studies of Aerobic Biological Wastewater Treatment, TU Munich 1995 – 2001 Head of research group ”Biofilm processes/microscopy” at the Institute of Water Quality Control and Waste Management, TUM 1994 - 1995 Research Scientist at VITO, Belgium, in charge of DNA sequencing laboratory 1992 - 1994 European Union Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on "Gene fusions and the regulation of heavy metal resistance genes" in host laboratory of Dr. Mergeay, VITO, Mol, Belgium 1986 - 1992 Research and Teaching Assistant, Univ. Massachusetts, (20 hours/week) independent of doctoral dissertation PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES International Water Association (IWA), American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) HONORS AND AWARDS 2007 Marie Curie Experienced Researcher Fellowship to visit Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway 1996 European Science Foundation Fellowship for Workshop on Integrated Process Design, Espoo, Finland 1992 – 1994 European Union Fellowship for postdoctoral work in biotechnology ”Gene fusions and the regulation of heavy metal resistance genes” 1993 Bursary of the Flemish Government for EERO Course ”Environmental technology - applied technology for bioremediation and purification”, Grobbendonk, Belgium. 1991 Fellowship to laboratory course ”Applications of nucleic acid probes in microbial ecology”, Gray Freshwater Biological Institute, Minnesota, USA. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editor and reviewer 2003 – present Editor of Water Research, the top-ranked journal in the field of Water Resources 2004 – 2007 Associate Editor of Biodegradation 2002 – 2003 Associate Editor of Water Research 2001 – 2006 Associate Editor of Re/Views in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 1999 – present Ad hoc reviewer for Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Science and Technology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Chemosphere, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Water Research, and Water Science and Technology 1995 – 2002 Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology