EDUCATION and WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 + 2022 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the 2022 EFCF SOFC & SOE Forum
Since 2020 Member of the International Board of Advisors of the European SOFC & SOE Forum
Since 2019 Professorship (Honorary) at RWTH Aachen University
Since 2014 Head of Department “Solid Oxide Cells”, responsible for cell and interconnect coating development, post-test analysis, cell-related degradation effects, application as fuel cell or electrolysis cell
Since 2010 Lecturer at RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Mineral Engineering (GHI)
Lecture “Materials for energy-related applications”
Since 2005 Group leader “Ceramic Technologies” responsible for Ceramics Processing, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell development
2000-today Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-1: Materials Synthesis and Processing, Jülich, Germany
1998-2000 Managing Director of the Bavarian Research Network for “Ceramic Materials Development and Processing Technology (FORKERAM)”, Erlangen, Germany
1998 PhD in Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
1993-1998 Scientific Researcher Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department Materials Science, Chair of Glass and Ceramics
1993 Diploma in Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
h-Index: 35/36/42 (as of April 2024, Web of Science/Scopus/Google Scholar)
Publications: 154/192/285 (as of April 2024, Web of Science/Scopus/Google Scholar)
ORCID: 0000-0001-7091-0980
MEMBERSHIPS, POSITIONS
· Member of the German Ceramic Society (DKG), since 2012
· Member of the Technical Working Group “Processing Technology” of the DKG, since 2012
· Member of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), since 2015
· Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell Forum, since 2019