Dr. Martin Maier

Scientific Career and Education:

• since 2022: Self-employed entrepreneur and Consultant for Science Transfer (GeoExpertise, Heidelberg), Arsenic Groundwater Remediation
• 2020-2022: Project manager and senior expert at ARCADIS Germany GmbH, Hamburg (Groundwater Remediation)
• since 2019: Scientific associate at the Institute of Earth Sciences in the Research Group Biogeochemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Arsenic Process Studies, Mitigation and Remediation Strategies
• 2014 - 2018: Scientific associate at the Institute of Earth Sciences in the Research Group Hydrogeochemistry and Hydrogeology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
• 2009 - 2019: Consultant and Technical Specialist at CDM Consult GmbH, Mannheim
• 2009 - 2014: Graduate for PhD at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
• 2008 - 2009: Groundwater modelling at GEOKLOCK, Sao Paulo, Brasil
• 2007 - 2008: Freelancer at various consultancies
• 1999 - 2007: Senior Consultant in environmental investigation and remediation, IBL Umwelt- und Biotechnik GmbH, Heidelberg
• 1998 - 1999: Advanced study in hydrogeology; Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen; MSc. 2005
• 1991 - 1996: Study of geology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Diploma 1996

Research focus:

• Stable isotopes (C and N) for investigation of natural and anthropogenic factors with arsenic release processes in Bangladesh
• Geochemical studies on Arsenic release in Bangladesh with focus on anthropogenic impact factors (ponds, latrines, agriculture)
• Arsenic Mitigation Strategies in collaboration with AGAPE e.V. and the University of Dhaka, innovative water purification and piped water systems
• Arsenic remediation at industrial sites, using geochemical methods for enhanced arsenic release or immobilization of Arsenic

Projects:

• In-situ mobilization of arsenic within an aquifer 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• Research on the reactive transport of arsenic 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• Influence of human waste on arsenic release into drinking water in Bangladesh - geochemical and statistical investigations 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• AsFreeH2O: Applicability and social acceptance of water treatment technologies with respect to future sea-level rises 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• Geochemical investigations and scientific-technical support regarding the problem of arsenic contamination in Pabna, Bangladesh 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• FAARM Marking Tubewells and taking tubewell water samples: Geochemical investigations of drinking water quality in Sylhet, Bangladesh 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• Methane in the groundwater of Bangladesh - a driving process for arsenic release 

  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/chemgeo/geow/forschungsgruppe…

• Electrocoagulation to remove arsenic from groundwater