Hans Jürgen Hahn | Forschungsmagazin Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau

Senior Scientist

PD Dr. Hans Jürgen Hahn

"Groundwater is one of the last unexplored habitats and is hardly protected by law. As scientists, we have a great obligation here."

PD Dr. Hans Jürgen Hahn is a limnologist and ecologist and works as a private lecturer at the Institute of Environmental Sciences on the Landau campus. He is also Managing Director of the Institute for Groundwater Ecology IGÖ GmbH. He is primarily concerned with the ecology of groundwater, springs and stream sediments, but also with the biology of drinking water. Against this background, he is also concerned with climate change and its effects on the landscape water balance.

Life underground

Groundwater is our most important source of drinking water and crucial to the water cycle. At the same time, it is an ecosystem with a diverse community of organisms. The organisms living there contribute to drinking water quality through material and energy cycles.