UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES
- 1987 – 1991 Technische Universität Berlin, energy and process engineering
- 1991 – 1993 University of Delaware in Newark/DE, USA, chemical engineering, degree conferred: M. Ch. E.
- 04/1993 – 07/1993 Technische Universität Berlin, energy and process engineering (contd.), degree conferred: Dipl.-Ing.
- 10/1993 – 02/1997 Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Berlin), Physical Chemistry Department (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. G. Ertl), PhD student, degree conferred: Dr.-Ing.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- 03/1997 – 02/2003 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, research scientist
- 03/1997 – 12/2002 Habilitation (subject: Technical Chemistry)
- 03/2003 – 09/2004 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, senior research scientist
- 12/2002 – 11/2005 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, lecturer
- 10/2004 – 11/2005 Interim Professor (Lehrstuhl I für Technische Chemie), Technische Universität München, Department of Chemistry
- 11/2005 – 12/2006 Associate Professor (Technische Chemie mit Schwerpunkt Chemische Reaktionstechnik), Universität Leipzig, Department of Chemistry and Mineralogy
- 11/2005 – 12/2006 Lecturer, Technische Universität München, Department of Chemistry
- 28.01.2006 Call for a Full Professorship at Technische Universität Berlin (succ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. K.-H. Reichert); not accepted
- 21.09.2006 Call for a Full Professorship at Technische Universität München (succ. Prof. Dr. phil. W. Nitsch); accepted
- since January 2007 Full Professor of chemical engineering (Lehrstuhl I für Technische Chemie) at Technische Universität München
- since January 2007 Member of the Examination Board of the study program Chemistry at TUM
- 01/2007 – 05/2008 Member of the Examination Board of the study program Chemical Engineering (Chemie-Ingenieurwesen) at TUM
- since May 2008 Chairman of the Examination Board of the study program Chemical Engineering (Chemie-Ingenieurwesen) at TUM
- since October 2008 Member of the TUM Catalysis Research Center
- 10/2009 – 9/2012 Deputy (Vice) Dean of the Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München
- since March 2010 Lecturer at GIST – TUM Asia, Singapore
- since Nov. 2010 for TUM responsible for TUM Asia’s Bachelor’s program in Chemical Engineering, Singapore
- 2011 – 2013 Lecturer at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) in Nanjing/China
- 10/2012 – 9/2018 Dean of the Department of Chemistry, Head of Chemistry Department, Technische Universität München\
- 10/2012 – 9/2018 Member of TUM Extended Board of Management
- since Nov- 2013 Member of the Examination Board of the study program Industrial Chemistry at TUM
- since August 2019 Faculty Recruiting Chair, Technische Universität München
- since Nov. 2022 Academic Program Director Chemie-Ingenieurwesen (Chemical Engineering)
- since Dec. 2022 Member of TUM Asia Faculty
- since Dec. 2024 Delegate Officer of the President for the TUM Asia Faculty
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH STAYS
- 06/1987 – 08/1987 Internship Fa. Schmidtchen, Berlin
- 07/1988 – 08/1988 Internship Fa. Schmidtchen, Berlin
- 08/1989 – 10/1989 Internship Mobay Corporation (today Bayer USA), Coatings Division, Pittsburgh/PA, USA
- 08/1990 – 09/1990 Internship Schering AG, Berlin Environmental and Processing Group
- 08/1994 – 09/1994 University of Wisconsin, Madison/WI, USA (Prof. J.A. Dumesic)
AWARDS
- 1991 – 1992 Fulbright scholarship
- 1994 Erwin-Stephan-Preis of the TU Berlin
- 1994 Diploma award of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
- 1994 – 1996 Kekulé scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)
- 2000 Young Scientist Prize of the International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS)
- 2003 Jochen-Block-Preis of the German Catalysis Society
- 2004 Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND POSITIONS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS
- since 1987 Member of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
- since 1994 Member of Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. (DECHEMA)
- 2002 – 2019 Member of Verein zur Förderung der Chemie und Biochemie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (VFCh e.V.)
- since 2007 Member of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)
- since 2007 Delegate of the Working Party „Chemical Reaction Engineering“ of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
- 2007 – 2023 Delegate of ProcessNet Working Party “Education in Chemical Technology”
- 2008 – 2013 Member of the local Board of GDCh
- 2008 – 2013 Member of the Board of Münchner Chemische Gesellschaft (MChG)
- since 2009 Member of the Main Committee Eurokin Consortium
- 2010 – 2023 Speaker (2010 until 2023) and Member of the Steering Committee of MuniCat (Munich Catalysis. Alliance of Clariant and TUM)
- since 2011 Mentor in the Max Weber-Programm of the Elitenetzwerk Bayern
- 2012 – 2017 Secretary of the Working Party „Chemical Reaction Engineering“ of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
- since 2014 Vertrauensdozent of the GDCh, responsible for the study programs Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- 2015 Chairman of the European Symposium of Chemical Reaction Engineering (ESCRE), Fürstenfeldbruck, October 27-30
- 2018 – 2023 Chairman of the Working Party „Chemical Reaction Engineering“ of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
- 2020 – 2024 Member of the Commission of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)
- since 2023 Member of the Steering Committee of MuniCat (Munich Catalysis. Alliance of Clariant and TUM)
- since 2024 Member of the Steering Committee of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)
EDITORIAL BOARDS, EXPERT PANEL BOARDS, ADVISORY BOARDS
- since 2015 Member of the Editorial Board of Chemical Engineering Research and Design (ChERD)
- 2015 Head of the expert panel for re-accreditation of the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology of the University of Split (Croatia)
- 2015 Head of the expert panel for re-accreditation of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- 2015 – 2017 External Examiner, study program Analytical Diploma in Applied Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Science, Singapore Polytechnic (Singapore)
- 2016 – 2017 External Advisor, study programs, Southern Kazakhstan State M. Auezov University, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
- since 2016 Advisory Board of Campus Burghausen, University of Applied Sciences, Rosenheim, Germany
- 2017 Expert Evaluator Catalysis Panel, Finnish Academy of Sciences
- 2018 Member of expert panel for re-accreditation of the Postgraduate University Doctoral Study Programmes Chemistry of the Mediterranean Environment and Chemical Engineering in Materials Development and Environmental Protection, University of Split (Croatia)
- 2018 Member of expert panel for re-accreditation of the Postgraduate University Doctoral Study Programme Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- 2018 – 2022 External Examiner, study program Chemical Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic (Singapore)
- since 2020 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund, Germany
- since 2021 Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Engineering AU
- since 2022 AIChE Journal, Contributing Editor
- 2023 External Advisor, study programs, New Uzbekistan University (NewUU), Tashkent, Uzbekistan
REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) in Deutschland
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Cristian-Doppler Gesellschaft
- Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)
- Danish Council for Strategic Research
- Academy of Finland
- Swiss National Science Foundation
REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (SELECTION)
- Angewandte Chemie & Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Journal of Catalysis
- Catalysis Letters
- Catalysis Today
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Chemical Engineering Journal
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Chemical Engineering Technology
- Chemical Engineering Communications
- Chemical Engineering Processing Process Intensification
- Thermochimica Acta
- European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
- ChemPhysChem
- Surface Science
- Plasma Chemistry Plasma Processing
- ChemCatChem
- Applied Catalysis
- Catalysis Science & Technology
- AIChE Journal
- International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
- Catalysis Communication
- ACS Catalysis
- Topics in Catalysis,
- Computers and Fluids,
- Journal of CO2 Utilization
- Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
- Separation and Purification Technology
- Granular Matter
- Chemistry Materials
- Green Processing
- International Journal of Hydrogen
- Energy Technology
- Journal of Total Energy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Eterogeneous catalysis
- Microkinetics
- Microkinetic modeling
- Reactor analysis and design
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Multiphase catalysis
- Particle technology
- Catalyst formulation
INDICES (as of 1 November 2024)
- more than 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals
- several patents
- Textbook “Technische Chemie”, 3rd edition, Wiley-VCH, 2023
- ResearcherID: B-6934-2017; ORCID: 0000-0002-3796-6920
- h-index: 44 (WoS)
- h-index: 49 (Google scholar
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Over 160 international journal and conference papers published. Please find the details of the publications here.
