Vita
Personal Facts
Date of birth: 24 March 1965
Place of birth: Hildesheim (Germany)
Nationality: German
Positions held
since 2010
Guest Professor at East China University of Science and Technology, China
2005 - 2006
Managing Director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg
2003 - 2004
Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
since 2001
Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
since 1999
Full Professor for Process Systems Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
since 1998
Head of Research Group "Process Systems Engineering", Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
1997 - 1998
DAAD Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.
1995 - 1998
Head of the Research Groups "Reactive Distillation" and "Electrochemical Engineering", Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
Education
1998
Habilitation degree (Dr.-Ing. habil) for Chemical and Separational Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
1995
Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
1990
Diploma Degree in Chemical and Process Engineering
1986 - 1990
Diploma studies in Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal and Technical University of Braunschweig
1984 - 1986
Pre-Diploma studies of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hannover
Scientific Awards / Honours / Memberships
2021
Aufnahme in die Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2013
Hoggewerff Lecture (presented at ECCE-9), The Hague
since 2012
Elected Member of the Board "Chemical & Thermal Process Engineering" of the German Research Foundation (DFG-Fachkollegiat)
since 2012
Review Editor of "Fuel Cells" (Wiley)
since 2010
Spokesman of "Research Center for Dynamic Systems: Biosystems Engineering", established at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
since 2010
Member of the Board of Directors of the DFG Collaborative Research Center TR 63 "Integrated Chemical Processes with Liquid Multiphase Systems", established at TU Berlin, TU Dortmund and University of Magdeburg (CAS)
2009
Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2008
Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Wissenschaftspreis of the BTU Cottbus
since 2008
Member of Editorial Board of "Energies" (MDPI, Switzerland)
since 2006
Member of the Selection Committee of Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany
since 2003
Executive Editor of "Chemical Engineering Science" (Elsevier)
since 2002
Appointed Member of Research Advisory Board of DECHEMA, Frankfurt/Main
1999
Arnold-Eucken-Award by German Society of Chemical Engineers (GVC/VDI)
1998
Carl-Zerbe-Award by German Scientific Society of Petrochemistry (DGMK)
1997
Fluid Separation Processes Group Prize, Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K.
1995
Award for the best Ph.D. thesis by Technical University Clausthal Foundation
1990
Hilpert-Award for the best Diploma thesis in Chemistry, Technical University Braunschweig
1985 - 1990
Scholarship by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany
And member in various scientific organizations: DECHEMA, GVC/VDI, AIChE, DGMK
Publications
- > 410 articles in reviewed journals
- 7 published books