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Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT
FZB - Room 1410
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
FZB - Room 1410
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
Personal data
Research profiles
Process and chemical engineering
Particle and process engineering
Droplets
Vaporization
Spontaneous combustion
Bessel jet
Half-cone
Refractive index
Aerosol
Flame synthesis
Moment method
Academic education with degree
1999 | Dipl.-Ing., Process Engineering, University of Freiberg, Germany |
1996 | MS, Appl. Physics, Univ. of Appl. Sci. Zwickau, Germany |
1993 | BS, Physics, Technical Univ. Zwickau, Germany |
Scientific degrees
2008 | Professor (W3, full), Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany |
2003 | Habilitation, Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
1999 | Dr.-Ing., Process Engineering, University of Freiberg, Germany |
Professional career since graduation
Since 2021 | Spokesperson Priority Programme (DFG) 2289 “HeteroAggregates” |
Since 2018 | Director Department of Process Engineering at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT, Bremen, Germany |
2016 – 2021 | Spokesperson CRC (SFB) 1232 “Farbige Zustände” |
2012 – 2017 | Vice Dean Department of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany |
2008 – 2015 | Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles |
2008 – 2017 | Director of Process & Chemical Engineering, Foundation Institute for Materials Science IWT, Bremen, Germany |
Since 2008 | Faculty of the Department of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany |
2005 – 2007 | Lecturer and Research Scientist, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles |
2003 – 2005 | Senior Lecturer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
1999 – 2003 | Senior Scientist and project leader at the ETH Zürich, Particle Technology Laboratory |
1996 – 1999 | Research Assistant at Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Aerosol Research, Hannover, Germany |
1995 | Research Assistant at Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
1994 | Research Scientist |
Publications
Jupyther notebooks for lectures on Aerosol and Nanotechnology: visit Github Link
Awards
2018 | ERC Advanced Grant |
2017 | Reimar Lüst Award of the Max Planck Society |
2017 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award |
2009 | DECHEMA Award |
2005 | SMOLUCHOWSKI Award conferred by the Aerosol Society |
2004 | BASF Award in Process Engineering |
Offices and Memberships
Since 2022 | Member of the Board of Trustees Möller-Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg, Germany |
2017 | Member of the Academy of Science and Engineering, acatech |
Latest 10 publications
Quantification of the hetero-contact formation process for a CuO/CeO2 hetero-aggregate model system prepared by double flame spray pyrolysis. Powder Technology. 448 , 120305. DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120305. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Transient Kinetic Investigation of Chain Growth and the Accumulation of Surface Carbon During CO Hydrogenation on Cobalt Catalysts. ChemCatChem. 17 (4), e202401617. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202401617. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Acoustic signatures of single disrupting FSP droplets in a heated oxygen atmosphere. Journal of Aerosol Science. 179 , 106380. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106380. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Ultrasensitive H2S and CH3SH Sensors Based on SnO2 Porous Structures Utilizing Combination of Flame and Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Methods. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24 (22), 36393-36402. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3467168.
2024.
Modeling of rapid solidification in Laser Powder Bed Fusion processes. Computational Materials Science. 238 , 112918. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.112918. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Review of the Gas-Phase Synthesis of Particle Heteroaggregates and Their Applications. KONA Powder and Particle Journal. , 2025004. DOI: 10.14356/kona.2025004. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Exploring droplet oscillation dynamics in surface tension measurements. Experiments in Fluids. 65 , 184. DOI: 10.1007/s00348-024-03926-6. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Multivariate Analysis of Light-Activated SMOX Gas Sensors. ACS Sensors. 9 (3), 1584-1591. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00078. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Using convolutional neural networks for stereological characterization of 3D hetero-aggregates based on synthetic STEM data. Machine Learning: Science and Technology. 5 (2), 025007. DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ad38fd. OPEN ACCESS
2024.
Flame emission spectroscopy of single droplet micro explosions. Nanoscale Horizons. 9 (6), 956-967. DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00558E. OPEN ACCESS
2024.