Dr Alette Langenhoff
Associate Professor, Water Biotechnology
Environmental Technology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands
E-mail: Alette.langenhoff@wur.nl
Phone +31 317480254
Alette Langenhoff
Associate Professor, Water Biotechnology
Alette Langenhoff works at the Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and focusses on microbial degradation processes of (micro)pollutants in soil and groundwater with 20 years of national and international research experience. Her main focus and interest is on degradation processes, such as biological and chemical remediation, Natural Attenuation and stimulated degradation of contaminants. She uses her microbiological background in combination with physical/chemical treatments for the removal of low concentrations of organic micropollutants from water.
The aim of her research is to enable the reuse of water for agriculture, drinking water production, and a clean natural environment. Reuse of salt impacted water in Delta regions, and the removal of industrial chemicals from these water streams, is a new and additional research focus.
Relevant publications
Brunsch AF, T ter Laak, E Christoffels, H Rijnaarts, A Langenhoff, 2018, Retention soil filter as post-treatment step to remove micropollutants from sewage treatment plant effluent, Science of the Total Environment, 637–638: 1098-1107, DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.063
Wagner TV, JR Parsons, AAM Langenhoff, HHM Rijnaarts, P de Voogt, 2019, The potential of constructed wetlands for the removal of water treatment additives that hamper physicochemical treatment of cooling tower blowdown: A review, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, DIO 10.1080/10643389.2018.1512289
de Wilt A, K van Gijn K, T Verhoek, A Vergnes, M Hoek, H Rijnaarts, A Langenhoff, 2018, Enhanced pharmaceutical removal from water in a three step bio-ozone-bio process, Water Research, 138: 97-105, DOI org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.028
He YJ , NB Sutton, HHM Rijnaarts, AAM Langenhoff, 2016, Degradation of pharmaceuticals in wastewater using immobilized TiO2 photocatalysis under simulated solar irradiation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 182: 132-141.
Liu W, NB Sutton, HHM Rijnaarts, AAM Langenhoff, 2016, Pharmaceutical removal from water with iron- or manganese- based technologies: A review, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 46: 1584-1621.