Veronika Zhiteneva

Dr. Veronika Zhiteneva is an environmental engineer specializing in water and wastewater treatment. She obtained her BS from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her MS from at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2016 she began her doctorate work in the risk assessment of water reuse systems under the supervision of Prof. Jörg Drewes at the Technical University of Munich. Since obtaining her doctorate in 2020, she has been working as a research scientist and project manager in the Process Innovation team of the Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin.

Dr. Zhiteneva’s background is working on and interested in (non)potable water reuse, removal of chemicals of emerging concern & PFAS using nature based solutions and advanced treatment technologies, microbial and chemical risk assessment, probabilistic modelling, decentralized (waste)water treatment, the intersection of sanitation and public health, and communication – to the public, popsci, you name it.