The scientific and technological quality of the ITN will in particular be ensured by the long-standing expertises of the partners:
The Danish partners:
in investigating bottlenecks of degradation, through natural gradient field injection experiments and investigations of microbial contaminant degradation at low concentrations under natural (i.e. oligotrophic) redox conditions. They have been participating in several EC projects (in FP 4, 5 and 6), e.g. CORONA, PEGASE and in the ongoing FP6-project AquaTerra, all on natural attenuation of pesticides in aquifers.
The Belgian partners:
- Flemish Institute for technological Investigations (VITO)
- Katholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven)
- Gent University
- Catholic University of Louvain (UCLOUVAIN)
in the elucidation of degradation pathways, advanced remediation technologies, and innovative water management schemes. They have been coordinator or responsible scientist of a partner institution of several EC FP 4, 5, and 6 projects dealing with bioremediation/biodegradation/pollution including projects on groundwater remediation (AMICO, MULTIBARRIER, SEDBARCAH, AquaTerra, NEPTUNE, LINDANE).
The German partners:
in anaerobic contaminant degradation, groundwater microbiology, and hydrogeology, especially, the use of cutting-edge stable isotope analytics (compound specific isotope analysis: CSIA; nucleic acid-based stable isotope probing: SIP). This expertise is a highly valuable part of the network, and in collaboration wi