Research Associate at the chair of Environmental Analytics and Pollutants received the Venator Award

On December 15th, 2020, Mischa Jütte received the Venator Award for his excellent Master Thesis on “Oxidation of nitrogen-containing micropollutants with chlorine dioxide in surface water.” The Venator Award is given annually to the best Master Theses in the “Water Science” curriculum.

In his thesis, Mischa Jütte dealt with the fundamentals of chlorine dioxide reaction with organic compounds and made a significant contribution to process understanding in oxidative water treatment. Mischa Jütte could show that although chlorine dioxide reactions are far more complex than previously thought, degradation of micropollutants in chlorine dioxide-based water treatment can be readily predicted based on representative model compounds. To this end, Mischa Jütte´s work has a beneficial impact on both water treatment praxis and science.

Currently, Mischa Jütte pursues his Ph.D. at the chair Environmental Analytics and Pollutants (IWAR, TU Darmstadt ) and continues his work on oxidative water treatment.