Alexander Pressl

Dr. Alexander Pressl is a researcher at the Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, part of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). His work focuses on water quality monitoring, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, and climate change adaptation in hydrological systems. He has developed autonomous monitoring technologies and contributed to uncertainty assessment frameworks for environmental modeling.

• Research Themes
  • Climate change impacts on river catchments
  • Nitrogen removal in engineered wetlands
  • Real-time pollution load quantification
  • Cost-effective sanitation system planning
• Key Collaborations
  • Worked with EGU (European Geosciences Union) and CCCA (Climate Change Centre Austria)
  • Collaborated on international projects in India, Spain, and China
• Technological Contributions
  • Developed GUESS sensitivity analysis framework
  • Evaluated distributed temperature sensing for leakage detection
  • Optimized two-stage vertical flow wetland designs