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Lene Grønning – Director of Ideation and development
Project lead
Leads and coordinates the project’s research activities on drainage technologies, hydrological analysis, and biochar-enhanced substrates. Responsible for overall planning, alignment between partners, scientific progress, task delivery, and ensuring that project objectives, timelines, and key outputs are achieved.
Ian Nikolajsen – Consultant - Design Engineer
Project assistant
Supports
coordination and administration across the project’s activities on
drainage technologies and biochar-enhanced substrates. Responsible for
meeting planning, documentation, follow-up on deadlines, partner
communication, and maintaining progress overviews, ensuring smooth
collaboration and structured delivery of project tasks.
Kristoffer Ulbak - Director at Pipe Centre – Civil
Subject Matter Expert
Provides specialist knowledge within drainage technologies, hydrological performance, and biochar-enhanced substrates. Contributes to method development, technical evaluation, interpretation of results, and quality assurance of project outputs, ensuring scientific robustness and relevance across the assigned activities.
Lars Jørgensen - Senior Consultant at Pipe Centre – Ph.D. Horticulture: Root growth and water distribution in living walls.
Subject Matter Expert
Provides
specialist knowledge within drainage technologies, hydrological
performance, and biochar-enhanced substrates. Contributes to method
development, technical evaluation, interpretation of results, and
quality assurance of project outputs, ensuring scientific robustness and
relevance across the assigned activities.