Final Activity Report Summary - TERESEN (Advanced teaching and research in environmental microbiology / biotechnology)
Within this broad frame of themes the chair holder regularly offered up to eight seminars per semester, which were devoted to different topics. These were based on research results obtained by himself and other scientists, and included topics such as:
(i) microbiological, ecological and legal principles of soil protection in Germany and the European Union;
(ii) microbial agents and activities to affect the groundwater quality;
(iii) microbiological and biochemical parameters to evaluate environmental stability of municipal refuse disposed of in a landfill;
(iv) nanoscience - astroscience - soil science: a novel view on the origin of terrestrial soils.
The international reputation of the Marie Curie chair as established at the ICTP found a high recognition by numerous invitations of the chair holder to be a key speaker at international conferences. These invitations included nine prestigious NATO advanced research workshops and study institutes (NATO ARW / NATO ASI) carried out in different countries. The dissemination of advanced knowledge in environmental science as result of the Marie Curie chair activities obtained a truly international dimension in this way. Nonetheless, other ten presentations were delivered at the Czech national or jointly organised Czech and Slovak scientific conferences. Furthermore, within the time frame of the Marie Curie project, and in cooperation with the project coordinator, the chair holder has written twenty five chapters devoted to different topics of environmental sciences.