Herausgegeben von: Carsten Drebenstedt

Carsten Drebenstedt is since 1999 Professor for Surface Mining at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Here he has held different positions, e.g. as vice-rector for research, member of the senate, dean of the faculty, dean of international study programs, and director of the institute for mining and special civil engineering. Before he started his career at university, he worked 17 years in different positions at production and planning departments in the German mining industry, and in international consulting. Fields of teaching and research activities are mainly mine planning, mining technologies, environmental issues in mining such as reclamation, and mine water management. He is a member of German and international academies of sciences, and author/ editor of more than 20 miningrelated books and more than 70 editions, e.g. conference proceedings. He has supervised more than 100 scientific and academic projects and 50 PhD thesis’s.