Jörg Drewes
Chair Professor of Urban Water Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich
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Dr. Jörg Drewes is Chair Professor of Urban Water Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany At TUM, he serves as speaker for TUM’s interdisciplinary Water Cluster. Previously, he served as Full Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, USA (2001-2013) and Director of Research for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Reinventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt). Professor Drewes’ research and scholarly activities are closely related based on the common theme of energy efficient water treatment systems and water recycling.
In 2008 and 2013, he was appointed to the U.S. National Academies/National Research Council Committees on Water Reuse as an Approach for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs (2008-2012) and Onsite Reuse of Graywater and Stormwater (2013-2015), respectively. He also serves on the Research Advisory Council of the WateReuse Research Foundation (Alexandria, VA) and on the State of California’s expert panel on direct potable reuse. Professor Drewes currently serves as the chair of the International Water Association (IWA) Water Reuse Specialist Group. He also is the editor of the Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination.
Jörg is based in Munich, Germany.