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Thomas Højlund Christensen

Thomas Højlund Christensen

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Engineering and Technology
Denmark
2026
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Environmental Sciences
Denmark
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
104
Citations
33139
World Ranking
123
National Ranking
2

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
110
Citations
40001
World Ranking
202
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Højlund Christensen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, pollution, mechanical engineering, and building and construction.

Their publication record includes work on various topics such as municipal solid waste management, recycling and waste management techniques, environmental impact and sustainability, wastewater treatment and reuse, carbon dioxide capture technologies, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, and phosphorus and nutrient management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christensen include Valentina Bisinella, Anders Damgaard, Yan Zhao, Huimin Chang, and Anna Sofie Varling.

Christensen has published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Waste Management
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
  • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • Water Research

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Christensen include:

  • Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management, 2020, Waste Management
  • Future scenarios and life cycle assessment: systematic review and recommendations, 2021, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • Environmental assessment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a post-treatment technology in waste incineration, 2021, Waste Management
  • Climate change impacts of introducing carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in waste incineration, 2021, Waste Management
  • Climate change impacts of conventional sewage sludge treatment and disposal, 2023, Water Research

Best Publications

  • PRESENT AND LONG-TERM COMPOSITION OF MSW LANDFILL LEACHATE: A REVIEW

    Peter Kjeldsen;Morton A. Barlaz;Alix P. Rooker;Anders Baun

  • Biogeochemistry of landfill leachate plumes

    Thomas Højlund Christensen;Peter Kjeldsen;Poul Løgstrup Bjerg;Dorthe Lærke Jensen

  • Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems--part I: lessons learned and perspectives.

    Alexis Laurent;Ioannis Bakas;Julie Clavreul;Anna Bernstad

  • Method for determination of methane potentials of solid organic waste.

    Trine L. Hansen;Jens Ejbye Schmidt;Irini Angelidaki;Emilia Marca

  • Characterization of redox conditions in groundwater contaminant plumes

    Thomas H Christensen;Poul L Bjerg;Steven A Banwart;Rasmus Jakobsen

  • Attenuation of landfill leachate pollutants in aquifers

    Thomas Højlund Christensen;Peter Kjeldsen;Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen;Gorm Heron

  • Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceutical organic compounds in the groundwater downgradient of a landfill (grindsted, denmark).

    John V. Holm;Kirsten. Ruegge;Poul L. Bjerg;Thomas H. Christensen

  • Distribution coefficients of Cd, Co, Ni, and Zn in soils

    P. R. Anderson;T. H. Christensen

  • Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems - Part II: Methodological guidance for a better practice.

    Alexis Laurent;Julie Clavreul;Anna Bernstad;Ioannis Bakas

  • Composting and compost utilization: accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contributions.

    Alessio Boldrin;Jacob K. Andersen;Jacob Møller;Thomas H. Christensen

  • Cadmium soil sorption at low concentrations. I: Effect of time, cadmium load, pH, and calcium

    Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN LANDFILL LEACHATE-POLLUTED GROUNDWATER

    Jette B. Christensen;Dorthe Lærke Jensen;Christian Grøn;Z. Filip

  • Speciation of Fe(II) and Fe(III) in Contaminated Aquifer Sediments Using Chemical Extraction Techniques.

    Gorm Heron;Catherine. Crouzet;Alain C. M. Bourg;Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • Solid Waste Technology and Management

    Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • Speciation of heavy metals in landfill leachate: a review.

    D.L. Baun;Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • Quantifying uncertainty in LCA-modelling of waste management systems.

    Julie Clavreul;Dominique Guyonnet;Thomas Hojlund Christensen

  • Anaerobic digestion and digestate use: accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contribution.

    Jacob Møller;Alessio Boldrin;Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • Models for waste life cycle assessment: Review of technical assumptions

    Emmanuel C. Gentil;Anders Damgaard;Michael Hauschild;Göran Finnveden

  • 2.1 – Basic Biochemical Processes in Landfills

    Thomas H. Christensen;Peter Kjeldsen

  • Methane yield in source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste.

    Asa Davidsson;Christopher Gruvberger;Thomas Hojlund Christensen;Trine Lund Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Poul Løgstrup Bjerg
Poul Løgstrup Bjerg Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup Technical University of Denmark
Peter Kjeldsen
Peter Kjeldsen Technical University of Denmark
Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen
Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen Technical University of Denmark
Peter E. Holm
Peter E. Holm University of Copenhagen
Alessio Boldrin
Alessio Boldrin Technical University of Denmark
Michael Zwicky Hauschild
Michael Zwicky Hauschild Technical University of Denmark
Charlotte Scheutz
Charlotte Scheutz Technical University of Denmark
Anders Baun
Anders Baun Technical University of Denmark
Sander Bruun
Sander Bruun University of Copenhagen

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