Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher

Director and Scientific Member of MPI Magdeburg,
Full Professor for Process Systems Engineering
at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Max-Planck-Institute (MPI)
Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Sandtorstrasse 1
D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49/391/6110-350
Fax: +49/391/6110-353
E-Mail: sundmacher@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de

Brief Biography

24 March 1965 born in Hildesheim
1984 - 1986 Pre-Diploma studies of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hannover
1986 - 1990 Diploma studies in Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal and Technical University of Braunschweig
1990 Diploma Degree in Chemical and Process Engineering
1995 Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
1995 - 1998 Head of the Research Groups "Reactive Distillation" and "Electrochemical Engineering", Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
1997 - 1998 DAAD Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.
1998 Habilitation degree (Dr.-Ing. habil) for Chemical and Separational Process Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal
since 1998 Head of Research Group "Physical and Chemical Process Engineering", Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
since 1999 Full Professor for Process Systems Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
since 2001 Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
since 2010 Guest Professor at East China University of Science and Technology, China

Scientific Awards / Honours / Memberships

1985 - 1990 Scholarship by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany
1990 Hilpert-Award for the best Diploma thesis in Chemistry, Technical University Braunschweig
1995 Award for the best Ph.D. thesis by Technical University Clausthal Foundation
1997 Fluid Separation Processes Group Prize, Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K.
1998 Carl-Zerbe-Award by German Scientific Society of Petrochemistry (DGMK)
1999 Arnold-Eucken-Award by German Society of Chemical Engineers (GVC/VDI)
since 2002 Appointed Member of Research Advisory Board of DECHEMA, Frankfurt/Main
since 2003 Executive Editor of "Chemical Engineering Science" (Elsevier)
since 2006 Member of the Selection Committee of Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany
since 2008 Member of Editorial Board of "Energies" (MDPI, Switzerland)
2008 Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Wissenschaftspreis of the BTU Cottbus
2009 Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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)
since 2010 Spokesman of "Research Center for Dynamic Systems: Biosystems Engineering", established at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Member in various scientific organizations: DECHEMA, GVC/VDI, AIChE, DGMK

Research Interests

  • Multifunctional Reactors
  • Integrated Processes
  • Fuel Cell Systems
  • Particulate Systems
  • Electrochemical Membrane Reactors
  • Mathematical Modeling and Simulation
  • Dynamics of Chemical Processes

Publications