Matthew Hopkins
MSc.
Doctoral researcher
Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Technology
I am a Doctoral Researcher with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil-Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta (Canada) and a Master's Degree in Hydroscience and Engineering from Technische Universität Dresden (Germany).
My doctoral research work focuses on the development of bioreactors as nature-based solutions to water treatment with a focus on the removal of nutrients and micropollutants. During my PhD i have run lab scale experiments, been involved with the implementation and monitoring of pilots, and the modelling of a woodchip bioreactor from one of the pilot sites using HYDRUS 2-D combined with CWM1.
PROJECTS:
2025 - 2027 API-PRO: Paikallisesti tuotetun kestävän aktiivihiilen pilotointi mikroepäpuhtauksien, PFAS-yhdisteiden ja AMR:n poistossa suomalaisesta jätevedestä
2024 - 2027 ProWater: The Use of Industrial Side Products as Secondary Resources in Wastewater Treatment
2023-2027: Development of nature-based bioreactor solutions for water treatment: removal of nitrogen and micropollutants.
2021 - 2023 TYPARKT: Arktisten alueiden typpi- ja raskasmetallipitoisten valumavesien puhdistaminen hybridipuhdistusratkaisuilla
2021 - 2022 SUVAKI: Suometsien valumavesien käsittely ja ravinteiden kierrätys puuhakebioreaktorilla
Research interests
- Nitrogen Removal
- Pilot scale tests of Nature based solutions
- Treatment wetlands
- Municipal wastewater treatment
- Micropollutant removal from wastewater
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