Dr Max Maurer, currently Head of Department at Eawag, has been appointed as Full Professor of Urban Water Systems. Max Maurer has made a name for himself as a pioneer in sustainable urban water management. His current field of interest is the engineering potential of innovative approaches to urban water management and innovative management and planning procedures in water infrastructure. With Max Maurer’s appointment, the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering gains a scientist with a reputation as a driving force in inter- and transdisciplinary research in the internationally relevant topic of urban water management. http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/120928_ernennungen_elo/index_EN