Michael Meister

Michael Meister is a Professor at MCI – The Entrepreneurial School, holding a position in the Department of Environmental, Process & Energy Technology. He has held roles including Junior Professor and Post-Doc researcher at Universität Innsbruck and teaching positions at Imperial College London. His research focuses on wastewater treatment plant modeling, numerical flow simulation using SPH, and hydraulic simulations.

Education: PhD in Environmental Technology (University of Innsbruck), MSc in Physics (Imperial College London), BSc in Physics (University of Innsbruck).

Research interests include optimizing anaerobic digester mixing efficiency, CFD applications in wastewater processes, and developing SPH-based models for environmental systems. His work bridges computational fluid dynamics with practical engineering solutions for sustainable energy and water management.

Key projects include OPTIFAUL (energy-efficient mixing optimization) and SPHAUL (SPH-based digester modeling). He has received multiple teaching awards from MCI and recognition for his doctoral and undergraduate work.

Advised over 15 students on topics ranging from biogas potential estimation to CFD-based energy optimization in wastewater treatment plants. Active in peer review for journals and conferences, and serves on evaluation committees for international research programs.

Labs/Teams: Leads the OptiFaul research initiative and collaborates with institutions like the University of Leeds and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency.