• Production of biopolymers from wastewater
• Anaerobic technology
• Advanced phosphorus elimination
• Process optimization at municipal wastewater treatment plants
• Concepts and technologies for resource-oriented wastewater management

• ReWaST: Resource-oriented wastewater and sludge treatment in Greece and Germany
• P-Opt: Optimization of phosphorus elimination by means of P-fractionation in municipal sewage treatment plants in Rhineland-Palatinate - P-Opt
• WOW!: Wider business Opportunities for raw materials from Wastewater

2024

Laumeyer, C., Zimmer, J., Steinmetz, H. (2024). Development of Microbial Community, Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Yield and Composition Using Residual Streams of the Fruit Juice Industry. In: Mannina, G., Cosenza, A., Mineo, A. (eds) Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment. ICWRR 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63353-9_75

2023

Owusu-Agyeman, I.; Bedaso, B.; Laumeyer, C.; Pan, C.; Malovanyy, A.; Baresel, C.; Plaza, E.; Cetecioglu, Z. (2023): Volatile fatty acids production from municipal waste streams and use as a carbon source for denitrification: The journey towards full-scale application and revealing key microbial players, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 175 (2023) 113163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113163

Laumeyer, C., Andrade Leal, M., Zimmer, J., de Best, J., Steinmetz, H. (2023): Technical report on pilot scale testing of PHA production and extraction from industrial residual streams. Project report, Wider business Opportunities for raw materials from Wastewater - Capitalisation, Interreg North-West-Europe.

2022

Hobus, Inka; Kolisch, Gerd; Steinmetz, Heidrun; Uhrig, Thomas; Zimmer; Julia; Döhler, Cora; Bornemann; Catrin (2022): Rückgewinnung von kohlenstoffbasierten Stoffen aus kommunalem Abwasser. Recovery of carbon-based substances from municipal wastewater. Wasser und Abfall 05/2022, pp. 35-40, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s35152-022-0773-z

Laumeyer, C.; Zimmer, J.; Andrade Leal, M.; Persiani, R.; Michels, M.; de Best, J.; Steinmetz, H. (2022): Technical report on suitability for PHA production of residual streams of different food processing com-panies Project report, Wider business Opportunities for raw materials from Wastewater, Interreg North-West-Europe.

2020

Döhler, Cora Michelle (2020): Volatile fatty acid production and application as external carbon source for denitrification, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering. [Master Thesis]

2019

Fundneider, Thomas; Alejo, Luz; Bitter, Hajo; Mathuni, Laura; Döhler, Cora; Reusch, Friederike; Pidde, Annika Vera; Lackner, Susanne (2019): Weitestgehende Phosphorentfernung und Synergieeffekte der Tuch- und Membranfiltration als nachgeschaltete Filtrationsverfahren in der Abwasserbehandlung. Advanced phosphorus removal to extremely low levels and synergy effects of cloth and membrane filtration as post filtration processes in wastewater treatment. In: gwf - Wasser|Abwasser, (07-08), S. 79. [Article]

Fundneider, Thomas; Alejo, Luz; Bitter, Hajo; Mathuni, Laura; Döhler, Cora; Reusch, Friederike; Pidde, Annika Vera; Lackner, Susanne; Lyko, Hildegard (Ed) (2019): Weitestgehende Phosphorentfernung und Synergieeffekte der Tuch- und Membranfiltration als nachgeschaltete Filtrationsverfahren in der Abwasserbehandlung. Extensive phosphorus removal and synergy effects of cloth and membrane filtration as downstream filtration processes in wastewater treatment.ter treatment. In: gwf Praxiswissen, In: Membrantechnik zur Wasseraufbereitung und Abwasserreinigung, Membrane technology for water treatment and wastewater purification, pp. 46-61, Vulkan, ISBN 978-3-8356-7432-5 [book chapter]

2017

Döhler, Cora (2017): Elimination von Phosphat, Mikroplastik und anthropogenen Spurenstoffen durch Flockung im Kontext der weitergehenden Abwasserbehandlung. Elimination of phosphate, microplastics and anthropogenic trace substances through flocculation in the context of advanced wastewater treatment. Darmstadt, TU Darmstadt, [Bachelor Thesis]

Laumeyer, C.; Steinmetz, H. (2024): Relevance of the selection time of mixed microbial cultures on PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) production and composition using residual streams of the fruit juice industry. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition 2024, 11.-15. August 2024, Toronto, Canada. 

Laumeyer, C.; Gretzschel, O.; Knerr, H.; Steinmetz, H. (2023): Identifying potential process enhancements in phosphorus removal on WWTPs by phosphorus fractionation in the effluent. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition 2024, 11.-15. August 2024, Toronto, Canada. 

Laumeyer, C.; Steinmetz, H. (2024): The Solution to Plastic Pollution: Biodegradable Polymers from Waste Streams. Young Researchers Symposium 2024, 01. August 2024, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Laumeyer, C.; Zimmer, J.; Steinmetz, H. (2024): Development of Microbial Community, Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Yield & Composition using Residual Streams of the Fruit Juice Industry. Oral presentation and conference proceedings. IWA International Conference on Wider-Uptake Of Water Resource Recovery From WastewaterTreatment, 18.-21. June 2024, Palermo, Italy.

Laumeyer, C. (2023): Biopolymer production (PHA) from wastewater & kitchen waste. 42^nd Meeting of the Research Associates of the German-speaking Urban Water Management Institutes, 13.-16. September 2023, Zurich, Switzerland.

Laumeyer, C.; Steinmetz, H. (2023): Production of PHA from residual streams. Interreg NWE - WOW! Capitalisation. Closing event Part 2, 8. September 2023, Dublin, Ireland.

Laumeyer, C.; Steinmetz, H. (2023): Production of biodegradable biopolymers (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) from brewery wastewater - effects of the variability of the residual streams on the PHA composition. Poster presentation. 8th International Summer School on Wastewater and Biosolids Management, 24.-28. July 2023, Patras, Greece.

Laumeyer, C.; Hilgenfeldt, V.; Steinmetz, H. (2023): ReWaST - Resource-oriented Wastewater and Sludge Treatment in Greece and Germany. HOU-DAAD-event, 28. June 2023, Athens, Greece, online.

Laumeyer, C.; Andrade Leal, M.; Steinmetz, H.; De Best, J. (2023): PHA production from residual streams How the substrate composition influences the final product. European Green Week, 06. June 2023, online.

Laumeyer, C. (2023): Phosphorus removal from Wastewater – State of the art & future challenges. Presentation at the Federal University Mato Grosso do Sul, 24. January 2023, Campo Grande,  Brasil. 

Laumeyer, C. (2023): Production of biodegradable plastics (PHA) from industrial wastewater. Presentation of the project Interreg NWE -WOW! Capitalisation at the Federal University Mato Grosso do Sul, 19. January 2023, Campo Grande,  Brasil. 

Laumeyer, C. (2022): Biopolymerproduktion aus Abfallströmen der Lebensmittelindustrie. 41^st Meeting of the Research Associates of the German-speaking Urban Water Management Institutes, 24.-27. August 2022,  Aachen, Germany.

Young Researchers Symposium 2024
Award - Best Talk with the presentation "The Solution to Plastic Pollution: Biodegradable Polymers from Waste Streams", on 1^st August 2024 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.