Areas of specialisation:
Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer/Fluid Mechanics
Environmental Process Engineering / Thermal and Chemical Process Engineering
Industrial Energy Systems / Energy Engineering
Water treatment
Research areas:
Energy efficiency/energy management in production/industry
Material efficiency / Material cycles in industrial systems
Degree in Chemical Engineering, KIT, Karlsruhe
PhD at the DVGW Research Centre at the Engler-Bunte Institute, Karlsruhe (2000)
Project and department manager in the areas of development and product management for plant engineering
Voith Paper, Heidenheim (until 2009)
Professorship: Efficient and renewable energy use in production (since 2010)
Dean of the Faculty of Production Engineering and Production Management at THU (since 2018)