{"basics":{"name":"Urban Wünsch","label":"Assistant Professor, Chalmers University of Technology","email":"urban.wunsch@chalmers.se","location":{"city":"Gothenburg","region":"Sweden","countryCode":"SE"},"profiles":[{"network":"ORCID","username":"0000-0001-6972-6932","url":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-6932"},{"network":"Scopus ID","username":"57192896682","url":"https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192896682"}],"summary":"Researcher working on organic compounds dissolved in water — disentangling the composition of complex environmental samples to understand the fate of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in aquatic systems. As of late 2026: 34 publications (10 as lead), H-index 19, 2100+ citations."},"work":[{"name":"Chalmers University of Technology, Architecture and Civil Engineering","position":"Assistant Professor","startDate":"2025"},{"name":"DTU Aqua, National Institute for Aquatic Resources","position":"Assistant Professor","startDate":"2024","endDate":"2025"},{"name":"DTU Aqua, National Institute for Aquatic Resources","position":"Postdoc","startDate":"2020","endDate":"2024"},{"name":"Chalmers University of Technology, Architecture and Civil Engineering","position":"Postdoc","startDate":"2018","endDate":"2020"},{"name":"Technical University of Denmark, National Institute for Aquatic Resources","position":"PhD student","startDate":"2014","endDate":"2017"}],"education":[{"institution":"Technical University of Denmark","studyType":"PhD","date":"2018"},{"institution":"University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven","location":"Germany","area":"Biotechnology","studyType":"M.Sc.","date":"2014"},{"institution":"University of Applied Sciences Bingen","location":"Germany","area":"Biotechnology","studyType":"B.Sc.","date":"2011"}],"awards":[{"title":"Dissolved Organic Matter Biogeochemistry - innovative methods and sensors","awarder":"Strategic funding, Chalmers thematic area Ocean","date":"2025","summary":"2025-2029, Principal Investigator"},{"title":"A new approach to laccase discovery from the sea","awarder":"Independent Research Fund Denmark","date":"2023","summary":"2.5 million DKK, named applicant"},{"title":"New eyes on old GAC","awarder":"FORMAS, Sweden","date":"2022","summary":"146,000 SEK, co-applicant"},{"title":"Oxidation Demand and Rate (ODaR) as a sensitive proxy of biostability in drinking water","awarder":"FORMAS, Sweden","date":"2021","summary":"26,000 SEK, co-applicant"},{"title":"Enhancing Biogeochemical Fingerprints of Natural Organic Matter with Data Fusion","awarder":"Åforsk Foundation","date":"2019","summary":"400,000 SEK, main applicant"},{"title":"An optical sensor for reducing biocide dependence in chemical manufacturing","awarder":"Vinnova, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems","date":"2019","summary":"474,000 SEK, co-applicant"},{"title":"2-year postdoctoral scholarship","awarder":"Carl Tryggers Stiftelse","date":"2019","summary":"552,000 SEK, main author"}],"teaching":[{"name":"Blue Bioeconomy Innovation","position":"Course responsible","startDate":"2023","endDate":"2024","summary":"M.Eng, ~40 students"},{"name":"Ocean science & technology","position":"Teaching topics in master-level courses","startDate":"2015","endDate":"2025"},{"name":"Machine learning for spectroscopic data analysis","position":"Co-organizer of online course","startDate":"2018","summary":"For Master- and PhD-students"},{"name":"Introduction to Chemistry & Urban spaces and functions for civil engineers","position":"Teaching, bachelor-level courses","startDate":"2018","endDate":"2020","summary":"Large classrooms"}],"supervision":[{"name":"Luis Salvatierra Chung Sang (PhD)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2026","summary":"DTU Aqua (Denmark)"},{"name":"Julia Iwan (PhD)","position":"Main supervisor","startDate":"2025"},{"name":"Frederik Lenk (B.Sc.)","position":"Main supervisor","startDate":"2024","endDate":"2024","summary":"Special course"},{"name":"Maria Papadimitraki (Research Assistant)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2023","endDate":"2023","summary":"University of Southern Denmark"},{"name":"Emilie Tage Andresen (B.Sc.)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2022","endDate":"2022","summary":"DTU Chemistry (Denmark)"},{"name":"Linea Gry Ebbesen (B.Eng.)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2022","endDate":"2022","summary":"DTU Environment (Denmark)"},{"name":"Laila Vinther & Cecilie Hjelm Hvas Hansen (M.Sc.)","position":"Co-supervisor, voluntary special course","startDate":"2021","endDate":"2021","summary":"DTU Environment (Denmark)"},{"name":"Evelyn Namuga Kasule (B.Sc.)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2021","endDate":"2021","summary":"DTU Environment (Denmark)"},{"name":"Signe Melbye Andersen (M.Sc.)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2020","endDate":"2022","summary":"DTU Aqua (Denmark)"},{"name":"Anders Dalhoff Bruhn Jensen (PhD)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2019","endDate":"2023","summary":"DTU Aqua (Denmark)"},{"name":"Xianyu Kong (PhD)","position":"PhD committee member","startDate":"2019","endDate":"2022","summary":"Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany)"},{"name":"Nashita Moona (PhD)","position":"Co-supervisor","startDate":"2018","endDate":"2021","summary":"Chalmers (Sweden)"}],"conferences":[{"name":"Photosensitivity of fluorescent dissolved organic matter across the arctic ocean","title":"Photosensitivity of fluorescent dissolved organic matter across the arctic ocean","publisher":"Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023, Mallorca, Spain","releaseDate":"2023"},{"name":"Combining Physical and Mathematical Chromatography to Decipher the Molecular Fingerprints of Dissolved Organic Matter","title":"Combining Physical and Mathematical Chromatography to Decipher the Molecular Fingerprints of Dissolved Organic Matter","publisher":"20th Conference of the International Humic Substances Society (online)","releaseDate":"2021"},{"name":"Mathematical chromatography deciphers the molecular fingerprints of dissolved organic matter","title":"Mathematical chromatography deciphers the molecular fingerprints of dissolved organic matter","publisher":"Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2021 (online)","releaseDate":"2021"}],"skills":[{"name":"Dissolved organic matter characterization","keywords":["Excitation-Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy","Absorbance spectroscopy","High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography (HPSEC)","Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS)"]},{"name":"Chemometrics","keywords":["Principal Component Analysis (PCA)","Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC & PARAFAC2)","N-way Partial Least Squares (N-PLS)","Advanced Coupled Matrix and Tensor Factorization (ACMTF)"]}],"interests":[{"name":"Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)","keywords":["Member since 2014"]},{"name":"International Humic Substances Society (IHSS)","keywords":["Member since 2018"]}]}