About us
The IEES was founded in 1993, with the idea to bring together experts and conduct Ecological Engineering activities within an international society
Our goals
IEES is a non-profit organization seeking to promote and advance a broad view of Ecological Engineering (working definition of IEES) through these four core activities:
Connect
Facilitate and improve the cooperation between ecologists, engineers and other scientific fields
Exchange
Promote the exchange between scientific and educational organizations, enterprises, and (non-)governmental organizations
Educate
Support the development of a common Ecological Engineering curriculum
Promote
Raise the awareness of Ecological Engineering practice worldwide
Our history
The idea to bring together experts and conduct Ecological Engineering activties within an international society was born at the 1st Conference on Ecological Engineering in Stensund, Sweden in 1991.
The Stensund Ecological Center with its ‘Vattenbruket’, a Wastewater Aquaculture greenhouse demonstrating Ecological Engineering principles of closed nutrient cycles served as a unique crystallization point.
Two years later, in October 1993 the society was officially founded in Utrecht, Netherlands by thirteen engaged participants. The first annual meeting was held in June 1994 in Stangvik, Norway. Since then the network has been spanning widely around the globe with its headquarter today located in Switzerland at ZHAW Wädenswil.
Meet our amazing team
IEES is run by a group of voluntary professionals.
The IEES Board consists of the following persons, elected by the IEES members:
Alexandros Stefanakis
President
Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece
David Finger
Vice President
Assistant Professor, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Raffael Kaenzig
Treasurer
Entrepreneur, Phoster Ltd. Switzerland
The IEES Advisory Board consists of the IEES Board members and a number of invited IEES members:
Tjaša Griessler Bulc
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences & Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tess Thompson
Associate Professor & Turner Faculty Fellow, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Mark Dyer
Professor, Dean of Engineering, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Ruby Michael
Andreas Schönborn
Lecturer & Researcher, Head Ecological Engineering Group, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Ranka Junge
Em. Professor, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Glenn Dale
Managind Director & CTO, Verterra Ecological Engineering. Adj. Assoc. Professor, Queensland University of Technology & University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Rocío Pineda-Martos
Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Seville, Spain
Kiran Tota-Maharaj
Professor, Royal Agricultural University, United Kingdom
Martin Regelsberger
Owner, Regelsberger bureau, Austria
Grant Clark
Associate Professor, Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Canada
Joan García
Yolandi Schoeman
Senior Lecturer in Ecological Engineering, Centre for Mineral Biogeochemistry, University of the Free State, South Africa
David Austin
Natural Treatment Systems Lead, Jacobs, USA
Become part of the change
Join our cause and become an IEES member
Become part of our worldwide network of ecological engineering enthusiasts and take part in regular conferences, become a co-editor and submit your own lighthouse projects