Lecturer

B.Sc. Water Resource Management

Prof. Dr. Markus Egert

Professor of "Microbiology and Hygiene", Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen Campus, Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences; curriculum vitae: www.hs-furtwangen.de/kontakte/329-markusegert.html. Since 2012, teaching assignment in the Water Resource Management degree programme in the field of risk and water (microbiology of waterborne diseases).

Matthias Engelfried

Studied Water Resource Management at Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences and Civil Engineering at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. Has been working at the engineering firm RBS wave since 2013. Initially as an intern, working student, Master’s student, project engineer and project manager. Since 2021, team leader in the Network Management department, specialising in water supply systems. Since 2025, lecturer on the Water Resource Management degree programme, teaching Pipe and Pipeline Systems, Plant Design and Plant Management.

Laurin Flörke

Studied Geography (B.Sc., M.Sc.) at the Universities of Augsburg and Bern, specialising in renewable energy, societal transformation and ESG management; sustainability consultant for businesses & Managing Director at nunc sustainability consulting GmbH, Augsburg;
Lecturer in Sustainability Management at TH Mannheim; topics: sustainability reporting, development and operationalisation of NH sustainability and climate strategies; NH sustainability communication; resilience and climate adaptation

Since 2023, lecturer in climate change on the Water Resource Management degree programme.

Dr. Anneli Guthke

Studied environmental engineering at the University of Stuttgart. Doctorate in the field of uncertainty quantification of hydro system models at the Centre for Applied Geosciences at the University of Tübingen. Research assistant at the University of Stuttgart, Chair of Stochastic Simulation and Safety Research for Hydro systems, and project manager in the field of contaminated site management at BoSS Consult GmbH, Stuttgart.
Focal points: Development of conceptual site models, modelling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, quantification of model uncertainties, and hazard assessments.
Lecturer in groundwater modelling on the Water Resource Management course since 2018.

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Hermann

Studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), then trained as a higher fire service technician.
Fire brigade commander of the Reutlingen fire brigade. Since 2013, Vice President of the Baden-Württemberg State Fire Brigade Association, where he also heads the civil protection and disaster control department on a voluntary basis. Member of the State Fire Brigade Advisory Board and deputy member of the State Advisory Board for Civil Protection of the Ministry of the Interior. Member of the Water Extremes Steering Group of the Ministry of the Environment
Lecturer in disaster control at the Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences since 2019.

Sandra Holzherr

She has over fifteen years of experience working as a consultant, project manager, facilitator, and trainer for renowned clients in both the private and public sectors. She specialises in sustainable development cooperation, particularly in the business sector. Sandra Holzherr works internationally and has gained experience in Germany and across Europe, as well as in Southeast Europe, Afghanistan, Indonesia/East Timor, and Latin America. She has been a lecturer on the Renewable Energy, Sustainable Regional Management, and Water Resource Management degree programmes since 2013.

Dr. Siegfried Kehl

Freelance graduate biologist.
Studies and a doctorate at the University of Bayreuth with subsequent teaching and research activities as a research assistant and academic advisor at the Chair of Animal Ecology II until 2013.
Lecturer at the HFR in the Forest Management degree programme (zoology and wildlife biology), in the Water Resource Management degree programme (zoology and ecology, excursions), and in the Sustainable Regional Management degree programme (vegetation ecology).

Julia Koch

Graduate economist studied economics and social sciences. Coach and consultant in the field of personnel and organisational development.
Lecturer in project management on the Water Resource Management degree programme since 2011.

Prof. Dr. habil. Vinzenz Krause

Following his MBA at the University of Bamberg and his master’s degrees from LUISS Business School (ITA), EMLYON Business School (FRA) and Radboud University (NLD), Vinzenz Krause obtained his PhD from the Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Whilst working on his PhD, Vinzenz Krause was a project manager at Zumtobel Group AG, where he shared responsibility for business model development. Today, Vinzenz Krause is Managing Partner at Academy for Exponential Change GmbH, which advises SMEs and large enterprises on digital transformation (AI), business model development and sustainability. Following the successful completion of his habilitation, Vinzenz Krause was appointed Professor of Management Methods and Organisational Development at Biberach University of Applied Sciences.

Sebastian Krieg

Vocational training (ornamental plant gardener) 2001–2004
Vocational secondary school (intermediate school leaving certificate) 2008–2009
Technical secondary school (general higher education entrance qualification) 2009–2011
Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences (Water Resource Management, B.Sc.) 2011–2015 Regional Council of Tübingen, Ref.53.2 (Planning & Construction Officer) from 2015
Bauhaus University Weimar (Water & Environment, M.Sc.) 2016–2019
Regierungspräsidium Tübingen, Ref.52 (Competence Network Environmental Administration Contact for Water Ecology) from 2020, Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences
(Lecturer, Natural Hydraulic Engineering) from 2021

Miriam Malzkorn

Studied Environmental Sciences (B.Sc.) at the University of Freiburg and Biodiversity and Environmental Education (M.Sc.) in Karlsruhe; professional experience in environmental research, including the FVA project ‘Forests as Water Reservoirs’ on decentralised water retention in forests, as well as in regenerative agriculture.
Since 2024, she has been a lecturer in water education at the Rottenburg University of Applied Forestry. Topics: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); fundamentals of nature and water education; designing and delivering environmental education programmes tailored to specific target groups; didactic methods and participatory formats; organising water education field trips.

Dr. André Rathfelder

Parallel studies in Water Resource Management (B.Sc., Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences) and Political Science/Sociology (B.A., Distance Learning University Hagen and Kiel University). Master's degree in Sustainable Development with a focus on sustainability economics and sustainability policy at Kiel University. Since 2018, PhD on the historical development of ecological transformation ideas in political thought in Germany.
Since 2018, teaching assignments at the HFR in the fields of environmental policy and energy economics/policy.

Dr. Mario Roidt

B.Sc. Water Resource Management at the University of Applied Sciences Rottenburg.
M.Sc. Hydro Science and Engineering at TU Dresden. Ph.D. in Natural Sciences at the University of Tübingen on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach.
Professionally engaged in development cooperation. First as a project engineer in consulting in Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kosovo, and since 2021 as a portfolio manager for financial cooperation at the German Development Bank (KfW).
Since 2016, lecturer in the Water Resource Management program in the seminar "Hydropower and Energy Economics." Since 2026, lecturer for "Scientific Writing" in the NaReG program.

Dr. Hans-Joachim Rosner

Studied geography in Freiburg, Munich, and Innsbruck, doctorate in Freiburg in 1992, since 1993 at the Institute of Geography at the University of Tübingen, specialising in climatology, cartography, (geo)statistics, GIS, and remote sensing.

Since 2005, a lecturer for climatology, GIS, and remote sensing at the university.

Dr. Sabine Schmidt-Halewicz

Freelance qualified biologist.
Studied and completed her PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Freiburg, with theses in the applied field; her diploma and doctoral research were carried out at a Bavarian state institute and at a drinking water reservoir respectively.
Her company carries out water quality analyses for state institutes and, as a discharger, in the context of applications for discharge permits.
Her teaching role at the HFR is within the Water Resource Management degree programme (methods of limnology in standing and flowing waters).