
Prof.dr.ir. D. (Doris) van Halem
Prof.dr.ir. D. (Doris) van Halem
Profile
Biography
Doris van Halem is Professor in Drinking Water Quality & Treatment at Delft University of Technology. Her research focusses on understanding contaminant behaviour in natural waters towards development of innovative and sustainable water treatment technologies. As program leader of Delft Global Initiative’s programme TU Delft | Water for Impact, she is responsible for stimulating water research in and with the Global South.
Dr. van Halem graduated from Delft University of Technology in Civil Engineering and Geosciences with a cum laude MSc degree, for which she received the Gijs Oskam award. In 2011 she completed her PhD research (cum laude) on subsurface iron and arsenic removal for drinking water supply in Bangladesh under the guidance of prof. J.C. van Dijk (TU Delft) and prof. dr. G.L. Amy (Unesco-IHE). This research was executed in close collaboration with UNICEF Bangladesh and DPHE (GoB), and awarded with the Steven Hoogendijk award for best experimental PhD dissertation by “Het Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte”. In 2015, she received the UNESCO-L’Oreal For Women in Science award, followed by a research fellowship at KNAW NIAS. Dr. van Halem worked as a visiting researcher with the Sandec group at EAWAG (Zurich) and was visiting professor at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (Mexico). Since 2020, Dr. van Halem is NWO VIDI laureate, an excellence grant for academics. In 2022 she was appointed full professor.
The scientific research interests of Dr. van Halem are mainly related to the removal of contaminants of health concern for safe drinking water supply, where she is particularly intrigued how biological, chemical and physical mechanisms interact. Over the years she has worked on technologies, including, biological sand filters, ceramic membranes, dune/bank filtration, polymeric nanofiltration and electro-chemical water treatment.
Dr. van Halem is lecturing BSc course Introduction to Water Treatment (CTB3365) and she is responsible for the new MSc Environmental Engineering module Water Treatment Technologies (ENVM1600). Since 2013, Dr. van Halem has been a contributor to the development of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on drinking water treatment (Edx.org) to make water treatment knowledge freely available around the world.
Dr. van Halem is also active as speaker at popular events, such as her lecture “How to make drinking water from ditch water?” (in Dutch) for Universiteit van Nederland.
Expertise
Publications
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2023
Meta-omics profiling of full-scale groundwater rapid sand filters explains stratification of iron, ammonium and manganese removals
Francesc Corbera-Rubio / Michele Laureni / Nienke Koudijs / Simon Müller / Theo van Alen / Frank Schoonenberg / Sebastian Lücker / Martin Pabst / Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht / Doris van Halem
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2022
Disinfection during Iron Electrocoagulation
Differentiating between Inactivation and Floc Entrapment for Escherichia coli and Somatic Coliphage Øx174
Bruno Bicudo / Bart Jan Van Der Werff / Gertjan Medema / Doris Van Halem -
2022
Groundwater-native Fe(II) oxidation prior to aeration with H2O2 to enhance As(III) removal
Mrinal Roy / Case M. van Genuchten / Luuk Rietveld / Doris van Halem
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2022
Inactivation of Escherichia coli and somatic coliphage ΦX174 by oxidation of electrochemically produced Fe2+
Bruno Bicudo / Gertjan Medema / Doris van Halem
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2022
Removal of Antibiotic Resistance From Municipal Secondary Effluents by Ozone-Activated Carbon Filtration
T.P.M. Spit / J.P. van der Hoek / Coen de Jong / D. van Halem / M.K. de Kreuk / Bruno Bicudo
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Media
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2022-09-06
Doris van Halem benoemd tot hoogleraar Drinkwaterkwaliteit en Behandeling aan TU Delft
Appeared in: Waterforum
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2018-04-26
Veilig drinkwater voor iedereen met slimme, nieuwe drinkwater technologieën
Appeared in: TU Delft
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2015-11-26
Historisch moment voor Delftse bij beursgong AEX. Door de redactie
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2015-11-25
AEX blijft fier overeind in cijferstroom. Door Jurry Brand
Prizes
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2013
Steven Hoogendijk Award
Read my Story of Science
Ancillary activities
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2022-12-01 - 2023-10-01
Culture, sport and recreation
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2022-05-01 - 2023-08-06
Education
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2023-01-27 - 2023-10-01
Healthcare and social services
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2021-02-01 - 2025-01-31
(Waste) water and sanitation
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2022-01-31 - 2024-01-31
(Waste) water and sanitation