Personal Information

Name: Tong Boitin
Title: Biochemist and Environmental Engineer
Date of birth: 14.02.1963
Place of birth: Chengdu, P. R. China
Nationality: German
Civil status: Married, 1 Child
Address: Am Rosenhag 16A,
12623 Berlin, Germany
Telephone: 0049 30 9982132; Mobile: 0049 173 7513982； 0086 130 76087915
E-mail: t.boitin@web.de

University Education

Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P. R. China
Diploma: Biochemistry

Central South Forestry Technical University in Shangsha, P. R. China
PhD Candidate: Environmental Engineering

Project Management Training Course by ECB ENVIRO Berlin AG in Berlin
Trainee - Certificate

Key Qualification Biogas and Biomass Technologies, Organic Waste and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Biological Process Design and Plan, International Project Contracting, Management and Co-ordination, International Markets and Sales.

Professional Experience 24 years

BEB BioEnergy Berlin GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
11/2009 –today
Deputy General Manager: German biogas expert, responsible for biogas projects in China and international market.

Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science (Chengdu, P. R. China)
11/2006 – 10/2009
CIM/GTZ - Integrated German expert: international consultant, responsible for the technology transfer and international cooperation in the fields of biogas, biomass, ecological sanitation, wastewater treatment technologies and renewable energy.

Biogas Research Institute of Ministry of Agriculture of China (Chengdu, P. R. China)
10/2004 – 10/2006
CIM/GTZ - Integrated German expert: international consultant, responsible for the technology transfer and international cooperation in the fields of biogas, biomass, ecological sanitation, wastewater treatment technologies and renewable energy.

ECB ENVIRO Berlin AG (Berlin, Germany)
10/1998 – 10/2004
Board of Chairman’s assistant and Head of Biogas Department: Biogas expert, responsible for the biogas projects in the field of organic waste and wastewater treatment in Germany and foreign countries. International project management and implementation for the region Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia) and Canada.
BIOPHIL-Biotechnology, Energy and Environment GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
06/1993 –09/1998
Power of Attorney and share holder: Head of the Research and Development Department, development of the biogas technology and process for the treatment of organic waste and wastewater, research for various biogas technology applications (livestock manure, co-digestion, organic waste, organic wastewater).

Ministry of Agriculture of P. R. China (Beijing, China)
08/1991 – 03/1992
Project Officer in the Department of Environment Protection and Renewable Energy: Responsible for the management of agriculture biogas plants in China, concept and coordination for the international projects and cooperation with international organisations such as UNDP, EU, GTZ Germany and Asia Development Bank

Biogas Research Institute of Ministry of Agriculture of China (Chengdu, China)
08/1983 – 07/1991
Project Engineer in the Department of Wastewater Anaerobic Treatment: Research and development the anaerobic fermentation process for the treatment of industries organic wastewater, research on the anaerobic technologies and process, planning and start-up the large-scale biogas projects

Research and Development Projects

1984 – 1992 in P. R. China

· Research on anaerobic and aerobic treatment of distilleries and slaughter-house wastewater
· Study on degradation of high COD-concentration wastewater with AF- and UASB- reactors
(international project with Prof. Lettinga from Netherlands)
· Research on the treatment of Biochemical pharmacy wastewater by using UASB – process
(received Chinese Innovation Awards for Environmental Technology in 1991)
· Research on feeding pigs with anaerobic digested effluent as supplementation of mixed concentrate rations
( international cooperation project with GTZ from Germany)
· Experimental study with two 500 m3 UASB-reactors for treatment of distilleries wastewater in Lezhi city ( P.R.China )

1992 – 1998 in Germany

· Process research and development for the treatment of the kitchen wastes with two-phase anaerobic process (German patent)
· Exploration on biological treatment and utilisation of sludge containing mineral oil
(German patent)
· Anaerobic treatment of wastewater and wastes with high strength biomass by using support materials (German patent)
· Study on the treatment of distillery waste residues from the Shochu production industry in Japan (international cooperation project with Japanese partner)

Engineering Planning Projects

Subject: 40 ft-Container pilot biogas plant for the kitchen waste treatment with two steps anaerobic process with a capacity of 500 Kg/d
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 4/1999 – 10/1999
Position: Project team leader, project management and organisation, main biological process design, start-up, process analyse and evaluation, biogas plant operating supervision, lecturer for the Japanese partners

Subject: Biogas and wastewater treatment project for the Qingdao Distillery wastewater with a capacity of 450 t/d (UNDP demonstration project in China)
Location: Qingdao, P. R. China
Date: 12/1999 – 8/2002
Position: Project team leader, project management and controlling, main anaerobic and aerobic process design, technical description, planning and design of UASB reactor and SBR reactors, main components specifications, process analyse and evaluation, total plant operating supervision

Subject; Engineering design work for the treatment of vegetable and fruit waste with a capacity of 200 t/d
Order: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 4/2000 – 10/2000
Position: Project coordinator, technical description, project cost calculation, economic and environmental evaluation, main design engineer

Subject: Improvement and reconstruction the old biogas plant in Kremmen for the addition of glycerine phase and rye as co-fermentation materials
Order: Kremmen, Germany
Date: 3/2001 – 7/2001
Position: Process Plan and design, analyse and research works, data collection, plant start-up and biogas plant operating supervision

Subject: Engineering design drawings for the waste management pilot project integrating biogas technology with capacity of 100.000 t/a
Order: Lethbridge, Canada
Date: 4/2002 – 11/2002
Position: Project team leader, project management and coordination, process design and planning, components specification, technical description, project cost calculation, agriculture and environmental evaluation

Subject: Feasibility Study for a biogas plant for the treatment of pork manure with a capacity of 100.000 t/a in Dontschevo
Order: Dontschevo, Bulgaria
Date: 12/2002 – 3/2003
Position: Project coordinator, process design, technical description and organic fertiliser evaluation

Subject: Reconstruction and building of a biogas plant for the treatment of sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in Rodewitz
Location: Rodewitz, Germany
Date: 12/2002 – 04/2003
Position: Project coordinator, biological process design, technical description, project cost calculation, economic and environmental evaluation

Subject: Wastewater treatment and water resource projects in Sichuan Province in China (EU project in Sichuan Province, China)
Location: Sichuan, P. R. China
Date: 10/2003 –04/2004
Position: Project coordination and controlling, process analyse and evaluation, total plant operating supervision

Subject: Enhancing reuse options in DEWATS-projects through ecosan-approaches (GTZ-BORDA-BRTC German and Chinese cooperation project in Chengdu, China)
Location: Chengdu, P. R. China
Date: 09/2004 –05/2005
Position: Project team leader, project management and coordination, process design and planning, technical description, project cost calculation, economic and environmental evaluation

Subject: Cleaner integral utilization of sisal waste for biogas and bio-fertiliser products in Tanzania (UNIDO Demonstration Project, Tanzania)
Location: Tango, Tanzania
Date: 02/2006 –06/2007
Position: Project leader, project management and coordination, process design and planning, technical description, project cost calculation, economic and environmental evaluation

Subject: Cleaner management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Havana City – Pilot demonstration project (UNIDO Demonstration Biogas Project, Cuba)
Location: Havana, Cuba
Date: 01/2007 –12/2008
Position: Project leader, project management and coordination, process design and planning, technical description, project cost calculation, economic and environmental evaluation

Subject: Small hydropower project with 2 x 2000 kW in Peru
Location: Roncador, Peru
Date: 01/2008 –04/2011
Position: Project management and co-ordination


Language

Chinese: Mother tongue
German: Fluently in written and spoken
English: Fluently in written and spoken