Felix Kögler

Research interests

  • Pollutant biogeochemistry with a focus on pesticides
  • Microbial transformation and ecology in agricultural and urban hydrosystems
  • Biodegradation of micropollutants in soils and aquifers with different terminal electron acceptors
  • Sustainability science: freshwater sustainability, water reuse, resilience and adaptation of socio-hydrosystems

Curriculum and Professional Experience

September 2025 onwards Maître de conférences (Associate Professor) at ENGEES. Reactive transport of micropollutants in the context of water redistribution and reuse in agricultural hydrosystems
Since 2024Postdoctoral Researcher & project coordinator CNRS. ReactiveCity - A proactive city without biocides. https://switch.unistra.fr/en/research/current-projects/reactivecity/
2021-2024Postdoctoral Researcher: Biogéochimie ISotopique et Expérimentale (BISE), Strasbourg (France). Exploring Anoxic Degradation of Acetanilide and Triazine Pesticides in Soils and Sediments. Supported by a fellowship by the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina https://www.leopoldina.org/leopoldina-home/
2019 - 2021Scientific translator: RWS Group, London (UK)
2015-2020PhD in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. BASF SE / Wintershall in collaboration with the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysic, Technical University Berlin (Germany).
2014-2018Research Scientist in Petroleum Microbiology and Reservoir Engineering: Department Microbiology and Enhanced Oil Recovery. BASF SE / Wintershall, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
2008-2014Bachelor and Master in Biogeosciences (spec. Biomineralization and environmental microbiology): University of Jena (Germany)