{"id":158501,"date":"2024-08-22T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=158501"},"modified":"2024-12-13T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:15:52","slug":"jurgen-mahlknecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tech\/jurgen-mahlknecht\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00fcrgen Mahlknecht and the Satisfaction of Working for the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although the Monterrey heat had already reached its usual 38 degrees Celsius by eleven o\u2019clock in the morning, that didn\u2019t stop Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/research.tec.mx\/vivo-tec\/display\/PID_15187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J\u00fcrgen Mahlknecht<\/a> from turning up for our interview in a suit, his formality on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere you are,\u201d he tells me, as he pushes his way through a library terrace full of excited students on their first day of the semester. We get away from the hubbub and find some armchairs to sit in behind a set of double-height bookshelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I watch him take his jacket off and wipe the sweat from his brow, I ask him whether Monterrey\u2019s heat is all that different to where he comes from. \u201cIt\u2019s very different. I was born in a small town in the north of Italy, up in the Alps. But I\u2019m used to it now,\u201d he says, with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He moved from Italy to Austria to study for his degree. Years later, he came to Mexico \u2013firstly to Mexico City, then Guanajuato\u2013 and eventually to Monterrey, where the heat starts early, and which suffered a historic drought last year in which the population endured water scarcity for several weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"J\u00fcrgen Mahlknecht and the satisfaction of working for the environment\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnYKiMU8bvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-water-a-vital-topic\">Water, a Vital Topic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Water is precisely the subject he has dedicated his life to. Holding a degree in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering and a PhD in Hydrogeology, J\u00fcrgen has specialized in studying aquifers, hydrology, and water pollution and quality, as well as how to manage it and its relationship to energy and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has published numerous scientific articles that have even earned him awards. In 2018, he published with other researchers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Water-and-Cities-in-Latin-America-Challenges-for-Sustainable-Development\/Aguilar-Barajas-Mahlknecht-Kaledin-Kjellen-Mejia-Betancourt\/p\/book\/9781138364233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water and Cities in Latin America: Challenges for Sustainable Development<\/a>, a book for which he received the R\u00f3mulo Garza Award that year. And in 2022, he received this award again, this time for a scientific article on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0043135420304991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">project for detecting nitrates and sulfates in the groundwater of urbanized areas, <\/a>which was published in the Water Research journal. What\u2019s more, one of his recent articles, written with <a href=\"https:\/\/tec.mx\/en\/our-faculty\/eic\/manish-kumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manish Kumar<\/a>,  on the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0301479722012762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emerging pollutants in aquifers<\/a> <strong>was taken into consideration by the European Commission\u2019s environmental directive<\/strong>, which periodically reports on research that is relevant to its environmental policies. This publication reached 20,000 people in Europe, including politicians, business owners, and decision-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did you run out of water too last year?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it left a big impression on me\u2026 You study something all your life and then you end up experiencing it in the flesh. As a researcher, you feel impotent because you\u2019re not involved in the decision-making process, either for what the municipal service is doing or what the National Water Commission is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn\u2019t surprised by it, of course. We\u2019ve known for several years that we couldn\u2019t depend on a hurricane to bring us water. It\u2019s something we haven\u2019t taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What got you interested in studying the topic of water?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I come from a very cold climate, the opposite of Monterrey\u2019s climate. Where I lived, there were mountains and waterfalls, rivers, and streams\u2026 There was a lot of water, and it was something I was always struck by. If I\u2019d stayed there, I wouldn\u2019t be facing the problems you have here, although I wouldn\u2019t have anything to study as an academic either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far back as I can remember, I\u2019ve wanted to work at a university; my dad was a teacher and I think that influenced me. But I realized that if I wanted to study the topic of water, I would have to move to another region where there were universities near to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-1-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Man standing in a library\" class=\"wp-image-158503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J\u00fcrgen is passionate about the topic of water, and as a good teacher, he knows how to clearly explain the subject of his research, which aims to improve the quality and access to water. (Photo: Udell Jim\u00e9nez \/ TecScience)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-the-alps-to-the-sierra-madre\">From the Alps to the Sierra Madre <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What was it like living in the Alps in northern Italy?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area we lived in was very popular with tourists and my mom had a small handicrafts shop that did a roaring trade. My siblings and I helped her out, wrapping things up and going to pick up merchandise, but I knew from an early age that I wasn\u2019t cut out for sales. \u201cCommerce is not my thing,\u201d I told my mom. Although she didn\u2019t like it, she understood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>So, you left your country\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, at the age of 18, after finishing high school. If I\u2019d stayed there, I would have had to devote myself to tourism or commerce. I went to Vienna to study at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. As German is my first language, that made it easier for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started studying what I liked: water, the environment, and environmental care and protection. After that, my graduate studies were specifically on groundwater. By then, I was eager to get to know another country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Although I can detect the hint of an accent, he speaks perfect Spanish. He even uses the same idioms as any Mexican, proof that he has been living in the country for many years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How did you end up in Mexico?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My thesis advisor told me he had acquaintances in the UK, Bolivia, and Mexico, who could help get me a one-year research stay. I\u2019d studied Spanish at university, and Mexico intrigued me. When I arrived at the UNAM, Mexico City made an impression on me. Although I felt lost, I was also excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What surprised you the most?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t know the customs and I was impressed by people\u2019s kindness. What struck me the most were the food and culture. I remember being so surprised that people put lime and salt in beer that I sent photos to my European colleagues. Tequila was also surprising to me (he says, with a laugh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was when I got the chance to participate in a very important project on the study of water at the UNAM. After that year, I had to return to Austria, but I came back to Mexico once I\u2019d finished my PhD. I now have a wife and two Mexican children. Every year or year and a half, we go to visit my mom, my siblings, and my cousins; although we enjoy not suffering from the heat like we do here, we always come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Do you like Mexican food?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s one of the things I like most about Mexico. My favorite dishes are tacos and <em>mole<\/em>. I think the dishes from the country\u2019s central region are really tasty. I\u2019m not saying the ones from the north aren\u2019t tasty either! I hope I haven\u2019t offended anyone (he says, jokingly).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How did you end up working at the Tec?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was at the University of Guanajuato, and I decided to write to the Tec. I said, \u201cLet\u2019s see what happens.\u201d They called me for an interview, and I drove up from Guanajuato in my car. I got lost; I didn\u2019t know my way around Monterrey or how people drove, and I didn\u2019t know what its climate was like. By the time I got to the interview, I felt like I was going to pass out from the heat. In the end, I didn\u2019t pass out, and I was eager to work here because I really liked what they were doing at the institution. We signed the contract fifteen days later, and I\u2019ve been giving classes and living here for the past twenty years. In fact, when I count the years, I\u2019ve been living here longer than I have anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At the Tec, he has been a research professor and leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tec.mx\/en\/research\/water-science-and-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water Science and Technology Research Group<\/a>, as well as founding the <a href=\"https:\/\/centrodelagua.tec.mx\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a> in 2008 and running it until 2017. J\u00fcrgen has collaborated on different projects to do with environmental care and conservation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-3.webp\" alt=\"Four personal images of Jurgen. \" class=\"wp-image-158507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-3.webp 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-3-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clockwise: In a classroom at Tec de Monterrey, in 2023. In June 2016 in Bogot\u00e1 during the Environmental Forum. With Professor Prosun Bhattacharya from KTH Sweden. With participants of the Editors Conclave Global Rise of Thirsty Cities in Monterrey. (Photos: courtesy).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-working-on-the-environment-does-not-only-benefit-me\">&#8220;Working on the environment does not only benefit me&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What was it like to receive the R\u00f3mulo Garza Award?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award is what comes at the end. The most gratifying part is when people start to mention your work in studies or cite your articles. When one of our articles was cited over a hundred times in two years, we knew that we\u2019d done something right, although I didn\u2019t think it was going to get an award, to be honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That ended up confirming that we\u2019d done a good job in a way, and it helped us to carry on and continue doing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What did you receive the most recent award for?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was for a project we did to predict the nitrate levels in a water well, which can be due to the pollutants from a landfill, from a treatment plant, from a house close to the well, or even from cows grazing nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we did was to create an algorithm to detect isotopes, chemical elements of a specific weight, which help us to identify where they come from, whether it be from fertilizer, manure, or wastewater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to this, we can help to identify the source of pollution and work to eliminate it or reduce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-2.webp\" alt=\"Researchers posing with their Romulo Garza Price\" class=\"wp-image-158506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-2.webp 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-2-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J\u00fcrgen alongside the other winners of the R\u00f3mulo Garza 2022 Award (Photo: Alejandro Salazar \/ TecScience).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Besides working on water conservation, J\u00fcrgen is also striving to make existing water optimal for human consumption. For instance, he has been doing research for the past few years on the wells in the Lagunera region between Coahuila and Durango, where the water has high concentrations of arsenic, affecting the population\u2019s health.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Although nearly an hour had passed at this point in the interview, J\u00fcrgen didn\u2019t seem to want to finish the conversation. He looked comfortable, as if chatting with friends. Facing him were the members of TecScience\u2019s photo and video crew, who had joined the interview and were listening from several chairs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A born teacher, J\u00fcrgen lived up to his profession by explaining his research passionately and clearly, providing details, stories, and ideas on how to improve access to water and its quality.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What\u2019s more, he made us feel so much at home that I wasn\u2019t the only one asking questions\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhy is there more access to water in Europe than in Latin America?\u201d asked another member of the team.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>J\u00fcrgen spent several minutes answering the question, mentioning that there are independent commissions in Europe providing water service, preventing the topic from becoming politicized and improving the quality of its processes in most cases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-4.webp\" alt=\"Personal images of Jurgen Mahlknecht\" class=\"wp-image-158505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-4.webp 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/Jurgen-Mahlknecht-4-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left to right: In Ireland during an Elsevier editorial meeting. In Tacna, Peru, during the Saline Intrusion project. (Photos: courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How would you like to be remembered?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>J\u00fcrgen breathes in, smiles, and nods, as if answering in his head first.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever proposed a goal that has to do with getting an award. Instead, I do what I do because I like it. I\u2019m lucky to have a job I\u2019m passionate about; the recognition can come later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My goal in life was to be a research professor, and I think that a lot of what I dreamed of doing has now come true. Although young people sometimes have no idea of what they want to do, if you have a plan, you focus on it, and you don\u2019t scatter your attention on a thousand things that aren\u2019t worth the effort, you can achieve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like working on environmental topics because it\u2019s something that doesn\u2019t only benefit me. In the end, what we do is also for young people, so that they have a better quality of life, better cities, more beautiful ones, with less concrete and more trees, and green areas for walking or cycling in. My generation failed to make beautiful cities. I hope that my students and my children can work towards having cities that are closer to the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His fascination with environmental issues led him to Mexico, where he has been working for more than 20 years, on research into water scarcity and possible solutions for taking care of water.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":158504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[123,135,24,435],"class_list":["post-158501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-meet-the-scientist","tag-school-of-engineering-and-sciences","tag-technology","tag-water-center-for-latin-american-and-the-caribbean"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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