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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.Eesnimi Anne
2.Perekonnanimi Menert
3.Töökoht TTÜ Keemiainstituut
4.Ametikoht vanemteadur
5.Sünniaeg 20.11.1955 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.Haridus kõrgem, Tallinna Polütehniline Instituut, keemiateaduskond, tehnoloogiainsener (cum laude)
7.Teenistuskäik Tallinn Polütehniline Instituut, aspirantuur 1979 – 1981; Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, nooremteadur 1981 – 1994 (s.h. osakoormusega töö ja lapsehoolduspuhkused 3 lapse kasvatamiseks); doktorant 1994 – 2000; teadur 1994 – 2002, vanemteadur, dotsent 2002 - kuni käesoleva ajani. Stazheerimine: Kaiserslauterni Ülikool (Saksamaa) 1996, 6 kuud (tehniline termodünaamika); Lundi Ülikool (Rootsi) 1997 – 1998, 3 kuud (termokeemia); Tampere Tehnikaülikool(Soome) 2005-2006, 3 kuud (mikroobikoosluste molekulaarne identifitseerimine)
8.Teaduskraad tehnikamagister keemilise tehnoloogia alal, loodusteaduste doktor
9.Teaduskraadi välja
andnud asutus, aasta
TTÜ keemiateaduskond, 1994, 2001
10.Tunnustused 1993 – 1994 Tempus Individual Mobility Grant N° IMG-93-EE-1036; 1996 – 1997 Tempus Individual Mobility Grant N° IMG-96-EE-1024; 1996 – 1998 Grant of Konferenz der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenshaften (Saksamaa) No. Az.960.4-163; 1997 –1998 Scholarship of the Johnson Foundation at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Rootsi); 1999 Tempus JEP N° 11280 2-nädalaseks stazheerimiseks Hannoveri Ülikoolis Saksamaal; 2002 – INCO grant osavõtuks keskkonnatehnoloogia-alasest suvekoolist Wageningenis, Hollandis; 2003 – Kristjan Jaagu stipendium, Sihtasutus Archimedes; 2005 – Nordic Energy Research Programme, Projekt nr 28-02 'Biovesinik', stipendium stazheerimiseks Tampere Tehnikaülikoolis
11.Teadusorganisatsiooniline
ja –administratiivne
tegevus
International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry liige, Bioloogilise Mitmekesisuse Konventsiooni (Cartagena Protokoll) bioloogilise ohutuse ekspert
12.Juhendamisel kaitstud
väitekirjad
13.Teadustöö põhisuunad mikrokalorimeetria, vee aktiivsus, keskkonna biotehnoloogia
14.Jooksvad grandid "Postgenoomne protsessidisain toidu- ja keskkonnabiotehnoloogias", põhitäitja, 2003 – 2007, EV Haridusministeeriumi sihtfinantseeritav teema, Reg nr. 0142497s03; "Reoveepuhastite jääkmuda anaeroobse termofiilse hügieniseerimise uurimine eesmärgiga laiendada selle kasutamist põllumajanduses sealhulgas ka bioväetiste ja biopestitsiidide tootmiseks", põhitäitja, 2003-2006, ETF grant nr. G-5653; Project N° 28-02 Biohydrogen, täitja, 2003 – 2006, Nordic Energy Research Programme; "Keskkonnasaastajate anaeroobne degradatsioon humiinainete kui elektronaktseptorite juuresolekul”, grantihoidja, 2004-2006, ETF grant nr. G-5889.
15.Teaduspublikatsioonid

H. Tahkoniemi, K. Helmja, A. Menert, M. Kaljurand. Fermentation reactor coupled with capillary electropherophoresis for on-line bioprocess monitoring Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 February 2006

A. Menert, M. Michelis, K. Helmja, H. Tahkoniemi, T. Vaalu, T. Malsub, R. Vilu, M. Kaljurand. Study of VFAs formation during anaerobic digestion of thermally treated sludge by respirometric Oxitop® method. Proceedings of 5th Conference on the Establishment of Cooperation between Companies and Institutions in the Baltic Sea Region (Kalmar Eco-Tech '05), 2005, p. 563.

A. Menert, M. Michelis, T. Kallaste, T. Vaalu. Reoveesete kui taastuva energia allikas. Üks kliimamuutuste pidurdamise võimalusi? Keskkonnatehnika 2005, 5, 6-10.

A. Menert, E. Rikmann, M. Michelis, T. Vaalu, V. Blonskaja, R. Vilu. Anaerobic mesophilic digestion of sludge with extra-thermophilic and high pH pre-treatment. Proceedings of 4th Conference on the Establishment of Cooperation between Companies and Institutions in the Baltic Sea Region (Kalmar Eco-Tech '03), 2004, pp. 451-463.

A. Menert. Microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic waste treatment processes. Application Note No. 22039, Thermometric AB, December 2004, 3 pages, http://www.thermometric.com/

A. Menert, V. Paalme, J. Juhkam, R. Vilu. Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in yeast industry waste by microcalorimetry and PCR-amplification. Thermochim. Acta 2004, 420 (1-2), 89-98, doi:10.1016/j.tca.2003.12.032.

A. Schunk, A. Menert, G. Maurer. On the influence of some inorganic salts on the partitioning of citric acid between water and organic solutions of tri-n-octylamine. Part I: Methylisobutylketone as organic solvent. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 224(1), 2004, pp. 55-72, doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2004.04.010.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert and R. Vilu Use of two-stage anaerobic treatment for distillery waste, Adv. Env. Res. 2003, 7(3), 671-678, doi:10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00038-2.

S. Zub, T. Kurissoo, A. Menert, V. Blonskaja. The anaerobic/anoxic treatment of sulfate-rich wastewater. Proc. 2nd Biennial Conference on Management of Wastewaters, Edinburgh, UK, 15-17 April 2002, Proceedings, Part 2, 285-294.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, T. Vaalu, R. Vilu. Anaerobic mesophilic digestion of sludge with pre-treatment. 3rd International Symposium Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Wastes. 18-20 September 2002, Munich/Garching, Germany, 8 pp

A. Menert. Microcalorimetry of Anaerobic Digestion. Thesis on Natural and Exact Sciences, TTÜ Press, Tallinn, 2001, 83 pp, 83 P, ISBN 9985-59-243-3.

A. Menert, M. Liiders, T. Kurissoo, R. Vilu. Microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic digestion processes. J. Therm. Anal. 2001, 64 (1), 281-291, doi:10.1023/A:1011513819091.

A. Menert, V. Blonskaja, T. Vaalu, O. Sokk, H. Mölder. Comparison of some physical and chemical pretreatment methods for excess sludge. 9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 2001, 2-6 September 2001, Antwerp, Belgium. Proceedings, Part 1, Technologisch Instituut vzw, pp. 61–66.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, R. Vilu. Use of two-stage anaerobic treatment for distillery waste. IWA Conference on Sludge Management Entering the 3rd Millenium – Industrial, Combined, Water and Wastewater Residues. Taipei, Taiwan, 25 – 28 March 2001. Conference Proceedings, 166-171.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, T. Kurissoo, R. Vilu. Biological oxidation in anaerobic digestion of sulfate rich wastewaters. 9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 2001, 2-6 September 2001, Antwerp, Belgium. Proceedings, Part 1, Technologisch Instituut vzw, pp. 713-718.

V. Blonskaja, H. Mölder, A. Menert, E. Rikmann, R. Vilu. An investigation and microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic treatment of concentrated waste in the cheese industry. Eur. Wat. Manag. 2001, 4 (1), 59-64.

A. Menert. Correlation between sensory, chemical and microbiological characteristics of a milk dessert during prolonged storage. In: Proc. 5th Wartburg Aroma Symposium: Flavour perception, aroma evaluation, (Rothe, M. and Kruse H.-P., eds.), Eigenverlag Universität Potsdam, Germany, 1997, 509-514.

A. Menert., A. Mähar, L. Eigi, A. Köstner. Molecular encapsulation and fast analysis of hop bitter acids. Proc. 4th Wartburg Aroma Symposium “Aroma perception, formation, evaluation”. 1995, 593-601.

A. Menert, A. Mähar, L. Eigi, A. Köstner. Molecular encapsulation and fast analysis of hop bitter acids. Cyclodextrin News, 1994, 8, N°7, p. 99.

R. Vokk, A. Menert, E.-K. Saar. Biotechnology of beta-cyclodextrin. Biotech Forum Europe 1991, 8 (9), 510-516.

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.First Name Anne
2.Surname Menert
3.Institution Tallinn Technical University, Department of Chemistry
4.Position senior researcher
5.Date of birth 20.11.1955 (day.month.year)
6.Education higher, 1979 - Tallinn Polytechnic Institute, faculty of chemistry, engineer of food processing technology (cum laude)
7.Research and
professional experience
junior research scientist 1981 – 1994, maternity / parental leave with 3 children 50% 1981 – 1990, PhD student 1994 – 2000, TTU Chair of Biochemistry, researcher 1994 – 2002, TTU Chair of Biotechnology, 0.75 senior researcher 2002 – to date, TTU Department of Food Processing, 0.25 docent 2002 – to date, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) 1996, 6 months (technical thermodynamics), Lund University (Sweden) 1997 – 1998, 3 months (thermochemistry); Tampere University of Technology (Finland) 2005-2006, 3 months (molecular identification of microbial communities)
8.Academic degree Master of Engineering in chemical technology, PhD in Natural Sciences
9.Dates and sites of
earning the degrees
TTU Faculty of Chemistry 1994, 2001
10.Honours/awards 1993 – 1994 Tempus Individual Mobility Grant N° IMG-93-EE-1036; 1996 - 1997 Tempus Individual Mobility Grant N° IMG-96-EE-1024; 1996 - 1998 Grant of Konferenz der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenshaften (Germany) No. Az.960.4-163; 1997 - 1998 Scholarship of the Johnson Foundation at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Sweden); 1999 – Tempus JEP N° 11280 for stay in Hannover University (Germany); 2002 – INCO grant for participation in the summer school on environmental biotechnology in Wageningen University (The Netherlands); 2003 – Kristjan Jaak Scholarship (Archimedes Foundation, Estonia); 2005 – Nordic Energy Research Programme, Project N° 28-02 'Biohydrogen', scholarship for stay in Tampere University of Technology
11.Research-administrative
experience
Member of International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry since 2001, biosafety expert of the Biodiversity Convention (Cartagena Protocol) since 2002
12.Supervised dissertations
13.Current research program environmental biotechnology, microcalorimetry, water activity
14.Current grant funding 2003 – 2007 personnel in state budget project N° 0142497s03 of Ministry of Education of ER, Postgenomic process design in food and environmental biotechnology; 2003 – 2006 senior personnel in Estonian Science Foundation (ESF) Grant N° 5653 Study of anaerobic thermophilic hygienization of residual sludge from wastewater treatment for its use in agriculture including production of biofertilizers and biopesticides, 2003 – 2006 personnel in Nordic Energy Research Programme, Project N° 28-02 Biohydrogen; 2004 – 2006 principal investor in ESF Grant N°5889 Anaerobic degradation of pollutants by humic substances as terminal electron acceptors
15.List of most important publications

H. Tahkoniemi, K. Helmja, A. Menert, M. Kaljurand. Fermentation reactor coupled with capillary electropherophoresis for on-line bioprocess monitoring Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 February 2006

A. Menert, M. Michelis, K. Helmja, H. Tahkoniemi, T. Vaalu, T. Malsub, R. Vilu, M. Kaljurand. Study of VFAs formation during anaerobic digestion of thermally treated sludge by respirometric Oxitop® method. Proceedings of 5th Conference on the Establishment of Cooperation between Companies and Institutions in the Baltic Sea Region (Kalmar Eco-Tech '05), 2005, p. 563.

A. Menert, M. Michelis, T. Kallaste, T. Vaalu. Reoveesete kui taastuva energia allikas. Üks kliimamuutuste pidurdamise võimalusi? Keskkonnatehnika 2005, 5, 6-10.

A. Menert, E. Rikmann, M. Michelis, T. Vaalu, V. Blonskaja, R. Vilu. Anaerobic mesophilic digestion of sludge with extra-thermophilic and high pH pre-treatment. Proceedings of 4th Conference on the Establishment of Cooperation between Companies and Institutions in the Baltic Sea Region (Kalmar Eco-Tech '03), 2004, pp. 451-463.

A. Menert. Microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic waste treatment processes. Application Note No. 22039, Thermometric AB, December 2004, 3 pages, http://www.thermometric.com/

A. Menert, V. Paalme, J. Juhkam, R. Vilu. Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in yeast industry waste by microcalorimetry and PCR-amplification. Thermochim. Acta 2004, 420 (1-2), 89-98, doi:10.1016/j.tca.2003.12.032.

A. Schunk, A. Menert, G. Maurer. On the influence of some inorganic salts on the partitioning of citric acid between water and organic solutions of tri-n-octylamine. Part I: Methylisobutylketone as organic solvent. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 224(1), 2004, pp. 55-72, doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2004.04.010.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert and R. Vilu Use of two-stage anaerobic treatment for distillery waste, Adv. Env. Res. 2003, 7(3), 671-678, doi:10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00038-2.

S. Zub, T. Kurissoo, A. Menert, V. Blonskaja. The anaerobic/anoxic treatment of sulfate-rich wastewater. Proc. 2nd Biennial Conference on Management of Wastewaters, Edinburgh, UK, 15-17 April 2002, Proceedings, Part 2, 285-294.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, T. Vaalu, R. Vilu. Anaerobic mesophilic digestion of sludge with pre-treatment. 3rd International Symposium Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Wastes. 18-20 September 2002, Munich/Garching, Germany, 8 pp

A. Menert. Microcalorimetry of Anaerobic Digestion. Thesis on Natural and Exact Sciences, TTÜ Press, Tallinn, 2001, 83 pp, 83 P, ISBN 9985-59-243-3.

A. Menert, M. Liiders, T. Kurissoo, R. Vilu. Microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic digestion processes. J. Therm. Anal. 2001, 64 (1), 281-291, doi:10.1023/A:1011513819091.

A. Menert, V. Blonskaja, T. Vaalu, O. Sokk, H. Mölder. Comparison of some physical and chemical pretreatment methods for excess sludge. 9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 2001, 2-6 September 2001, Antwerp, Belgium. Proceedings, Part 1, Technologisch Instituut vzw, pp. 61–66.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, R. Vilu. Use of two-stage anaerobic treatment for distillery waste. IWA Conference on Sludge Management Entering the 3rd Millenium – Industrial, Combined, Water and Wastewater Residues. Taipei, Taiwan, 25 – 28 March 2001. Conference Proceedings, 166-171.

V. Blonskaja, A. Menert, T. Kurissoo, R. Vilu. Biological oxidation in anaerobic digestion of sulfate rich wastewaters. 9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 2001, 2-6 September 2001, Antwerp, Belgium. Proceedings, Part 1, Technologisch Instituut vzw, pp. 713-718.

V. Blonskaja, H. Mölder, A. Menert, E. Rikmann, R. Vilu. An investigation and microcalorimetric monitoring of anaerobic treatment of concentrated waste in the cheese industry. Eur. Wat. Manag. 2001, 4 (1), 59-64.

A. Menert. Correlation between sensory, chemical and microbiological characteristics of a milk dessert during prolonged storage. In: Proc. 5th Wartburg Aroma Symposium: Flavour perception, aroma evaluation, (Rothe, M. and Kruse H.-P., eds.), Eigenverlag Universität Potsdam, Germany, 1997, 509-514.

A. Menert., A. Mähar, L. Eigi, A. Köstner. Molecular encapsulation and fast analysis of hop bitter acids. Proc. 4th Wartburg Aroma Symposium “Aroma perception, formation, evaluation”. 1995, 593-601.

A. Menert, A. Mähar, L. Eigi, A. Köstner. Molecular encapsulation and fast analysis of hop bitter acids. Cyclodextrin News, 1994, 8, N°7, p. 99.

R. Vokk, A. Menert, E.-K. Saar. Biotechnology of beta-cyclodextrin. Biotech Forum Europe 1991, 8 (9), 510-516.

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