Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E.h. Dr. h.c. Stefan Heinrich

Address
Hamburg University of Technology
Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology
Denickestraße 15 (K)
21073 Hamburg
Office
Building K
Room 2516
Phone
Tel: +49 40 42878 3750
Fax: +49 40 42878 2678
Personal Information
Birth date / place | February 9, 1971 / Wolmirstedt |
Nationality | German |
1991–1996 | Studies of Process Engineering and Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Magdeburg, Germany |
1996 | Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in Process Engineering, University of Magdeburg, Germany |
1996–2000 | Research assistant, University of Magdeburg |
2000 | Doctoral Thesis (Dr.-Ing.) with “summa cum laude”, University of Magdeburg (supervisor: Prof. L. Mörl) |
2000–2002 | Assistant Professor, University of Magdeburg |
2002–2008 | Junior Professor for „Dynamics of property distributed systems in solids process engineering“, University of Magdeburg |
2005 | Visiting Guest Professor at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (advisor: Prof. J.A.M. Kuipers) |
2006 | Habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.), University of Magdeburg, Venia legendi: „Partikeltechnik” (engl.: “Particle technology”) |
since 2008 | W3 Full-Professor and Director of the Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany |
2011-2012 | Dean of the School of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, TUHH |
since 2016 | Member of the Doctoral Degree Committee of the TUHH |
Awards
1996 | Diploma thesis award, VDI Magdeburg |
2000 | Best doctoral thesis award, VDI Magdeburg |
2000 | Award for the German patent 19902786 „Method to candy coffee beans“, VDI Magdeburg |
2001 | Best doctoral thesis award of the Faculty of Process Engineering and Systems Technology, University of Magdeburg |
2002 | Award for the German patent 10004939 C1 „Controllable gas upstream device for spouted beds“, VDI Magdeburg |
2004 | Honorary Ring of the VDI, Düsseldorf |
2004 | Hugo-Junkers Innovation Award of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
2005 | “Otto” Economy Award of the municipal utility of Magdeburg, Germany |
2005 | Engineering Award of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
2005 | 55th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Participation Award (Interdisciplinary) |
2006 | Research prize of Saxony-Anhalt (together with Prof. Peglow), Germany |
2008 | Call for a W3 Full-Professorship for Mechanical Process Engineering and Materials Treatment Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany (denied) |
2015 | Honorary Doctor of the DonNTU (National University of the Ukraine, Pokrowsk) |
2016 | DECHEMA-Prize 2015 of the Max Buchner Research Foundation |
2017 | Editorial Excellence Award 2017 of the Elsevier journal "Advanced Powder Technology" |
2023 | Honorary Professor of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Memberships
- Coordinator of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority programme 1679 „Dynamic simulation of interconnected solids processes“, 2013-2019
- Vice-Spokesperson of the DFG Research Training Group 2462 „Processes in natural and technical particle-fluid-systems” (PintPFS), since 2019
- Member of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 986 „Tailor-made multiscale materials systems“
- Member of the Centre of High Performance Materials (ZHM), Hamburg, since 2015
- DFG Liaison Officer of the TUHH, since 2016
- Member of the selection committee of the German Academic Exchange Office (DAAD), since 2017
- Executive Editor of the Elsevier journal „Advanced Powder Technology“, since 2014
- Thematic Editor of the Elsevier journal „Particuology“, since 2015
- Member of the judging panel for the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Geldart Medal, since 2019
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resources Technology, Freiberg, Germany, since 2015
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE) of the TU Graz, Austria
- Chairman of the Working Party on Agglomeration and Bulk Solid Materials of VDI-ProcessNet, since 2016
- Member of the Working Party on Drying of VDI-ProcessNet, since 2005
- Chairman of the Working Party on Agglomeration of European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), since 2017
- German Delegate of the Working Party on Mechanics of Particulate Solids of European Federation of EFCE, since 2016
- Member of the Executive Board of the Working Party on Population Balance Modelling of Disperse and Polymer Systems of the Competence Network Process Engineering Pro3, since 2006
- Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Johannes Möller Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg, since 2020 (member since 2014)
- Affiliate Member of the Engineering Conferences International (ECI) Committee
- Host for the Humboldt Research Awardee Prof. Sankaran Sundaresan (Princeton University, USA), since 2014
- Associated member of the Executive Board of the Competence Network Process Engineering Pro3, Germany, since 2009
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Granulation
Workshop, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the 9th International Symposium on
Agglomeration, Sheffield, Great Britain, June 2007 - Member of the Organizing Committee of the 17th International Drying
Symposium (IDS´2010), Magdeburg, Germany, October 2010 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th and 6th Nordic Drying Conference (NDC 2011, NDC 2013), Helsinki, Finland (June 2011), Copenhagen, Denmark (June 2013)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fluidization XIV, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, May, 2013
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT7, Beijing, China, 2014; WCPT8, Orlando, USA, 2018; WCPT9, Madrid, Spain, 2022)
- Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Congress Particulate Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry IV, Potsdam, Germany, September 2014
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st Nordic Baltic Drying Conference
(NBDC 2015), Gdansk, Poland, June 2015 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the ECI conference Biorefinery I: Chemicals and Materials from Thermo-Chemical Biomass Conversion and Related Processes, Crete, Greece, September 27 - October 2, 2015
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Partec 2016 - International Congress on Particle Technology, Nürnberg, Germany, April 2016
- Member of the Doctoral Degree Committee of the TUHH, Germany, since 2016
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the 12th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology CFB-12, Krakow, Poland, May 2017
- Chairman of the 2nd Nordic Baltic Drying Conference (NBDC 2017), Hamburg, Germany, June 2017
- Coordinator of the area "Agglomeration“ of the International Conference on Processing, Handling and Characterization of Particulate Materials (PARMAT 2017) as Joint event of the World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCEE10), Barcelona, Spain, October 2017
- Area chair “Particle Interactions” of the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT8), Orlando/Florida, USA, April 2018
- Chairman of the Partec 2019 - International Congress on Particle Technology, Nürnberg, Germany, April 2019
- Member of the NWO Spinoza Price and NWO Stevin Prize selection committee, The Netherlands, since 2023
Research Areas
Fluidization technology; particle formulation with granulation, coating and agglomeration; food process engineering; development of particular composite materials; particle based simulation methods (discrete element modelling, population balance modelling) and coupling with continuum approaches (CFD); particle characterization measuring systems; contact, deformation and breakage mechanics of particles; bulk solids mechanics; multiscale simulation of complex solid systems; steady-state and dynamic flowsheet simulation of solids processes; chemical processes (Chemical-Looping-Combustion, gasification, pyrolysis).
Publications
- 3 monographies
- 14 book contributions
- 4 patents
- 2 patent applications
Publication statistics: ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar