Name
Mr. Hans ZOJER
Nationality
Austria
Date of birth
January 22, 1945

Position

• General manager of “WATERPOOL Competence Network GmbH”, Graz, Austria (since 2010)
• Director of “Institute of Water Resources Management” at JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, Austria (1988 - February 2010)
• Official Austrian delegate at the EU - “Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform WSSTP”, board member (since 2007)
• Chairman of the EU-Member State Mirror Group MSMG within the “Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform WSSTP” (since 2010)

Academic Position

• 1989 Professor for Hydrogeology at University of Technology Graz

Key  Qualifications

• water resources development and management: special regard is given to trans-boundary water management at European level
• project initiations in trans-boundary regions Austria/Italy, Austria/Slovenia, Austria/Hungary, SE-Europe
• karst development and karst water resources in different karst types worldwide
• groundwater protection: studies have been carried out regarding agricultural impact (especially nitrate, artificial lakes for recreation), industrial sites (in Austria)
• hydrogeological engineering for hydropower plants, tunnelling and mining
• site selection for waste disposals: several studies at national level with special regard to environmental protection assessment, investigations of waste disposals
• deep groundwater and geothermics: studies performed in the Styrian Basin (Eastern Austria)
• artificial groundwater recharge: experience at national level as well as abroad (Mediterranean, Middle East, South America); new challenges by European programmes