Kai Sundmacher
Kai Sundmacher (born March 24, 1965 in Hildesheim ) is a German process engineer . He is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg and Head of the Chair for Process Systems Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.
Live and act
Kai Sundmacher completed his studies in mechanical engineering and process engineering at the University of Hanover and at Clausthal University of Technology , which he graduated in 1990 with a degree in process engineering. He received his doctorate at the Institute for Chemical Process Engineering at the TU Clausthal in 1995. He then headed the research groups “reactive distillation” and “electrochemical reaction technology”.
After a research stay as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Newcastle , UK, he completed his habilitation at the TU Clausthal in 1998 in the field of "Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering". In 1999 he accepted the call to the C4 chair for process systems engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.
In 2001 he was appointed Director and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg.
Kai Sundmacher received numerous prizes for his research results (see also: Awards, honors & memberships ), u. a. the Carl Zerbe Prize of the German Scientific Society for Natural Gas, Petroleum and Coal (1998), the Arnold Eucken Prize of the Association of German Engineers (1999), the Meyer Stuckmann Science Prize of the BTU Cottbus (2008) and the Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009). Since 2010 he has been visiting professor at the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Kai Sundmacher is a member of several scientific societies (including AIChE, DGMK, ISE, VDI) and co-editor of the journal "Chemical Engineering Science".
Research interests
- Model-based analysis and synthesis of complex process engineering processes
- Integrated chemical processes
- Chemical energy conversion
- Biosystem technology
Awards, honors & memberships
| year | position |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Hoogewerff Lecture (held at ECCE-9), The Hague, Netherlands |
| since 2012 | Elected member of the "Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering" review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG review board) |
| since 2012 | Review Editor of the journal Fuel Cells (Wiley) |
| since 2010 | Spokesman for the research center, “Dynamic Systems - Biosystem Technology” at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg |
| since 2010 | Member of the board of the DFG Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 63 "Integrated chemical processes in liquid multiphase systems", TU Berlin, TU Dortmund and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg |
| 2009 | Einstein Professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| 2008 | Dr. Meyer Struckmann Science Prize from BTU Cottbus |
| since 2006 | Member of the selection committee of the German National Academic Foundation , Germany |
| since 2003 | Executive Editor of the journal "Chemical Engineering Science" (Elsevier) |
| 1999 | Arnold Eucken Prize of the VDI Society for Process Technology and Chemical Engineering, Düsseldorf |
| 1998 | Carl Zerbe Prize of the German Scientific Society for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal, Hamburg |
| 1997 | Fluid Separation Processes Group Prize from IChemE, UK |
| 1995 | Sponsorship award from the Friends of Clausthal University of Technology |
| 1990 | Hilpert Prize of the TU Braunschweig |
| 1985-1990 | Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation |
| 1985 | First prize in the federal “ Jugend forscht ” competition in the field of chemistry |
Publications (selection)
A list of publications can be found on the website of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Web links
- Website at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg
- Website at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of Kai Sundmacher ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the MPI Magdeburg.
- ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/chemical-engineering-science
- ↑ Press release of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg from May 14, 2013.
- ↑ Press release of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg from June 12, 2009.
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Kai Sundmacher, List of Publications, February 2019 (PDF) Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Accessed on May 31, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sundmacher, Kai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German process engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |