Poojesh Bertram-Mohammadi is an Environmental Engineer with a strong passion in sustainable and advanced water treatment technologies. He earned his B.Sc. in Environmental Technology and Development from the University of Applied Sciences Jena, where he developed a bench-scale visible-light-driven photocatalytic membrane reactor for removing contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). He later completed his M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, specialising in urban water systems, hydrogeology, with a strong emphasis on advanced water treatment processes. His thesis examined the fouling behaviour of ceramic and polymeric membranes under varying operating conditions during secondary effluent filtration.

He gained practical and research experience through national and international projects such as the “Hi-Water” EU-LAC Health Programme and the BMBF-funded “Nutzwasser” project. His work focused on ultrafiltration, ozonation, and activated carbon processes for water reuse and micropollutant removal. Additionally, he worked as a project manager at the Wiesbaden wastewater treatment plant (ELW), overseeing technical and construction aspects of infrastructure upgrades.

As Doctoral Candidate 3 in the NANAQUA project at USC, his research centres on scaling up a hybrid photocatalysis/membrane process with enhanced kinetic performance for real wastewater treatment, supporting EU water policy goals – particularly water reuse and compliance with the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.