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

Email
stefan.heinrich(at)tuhh.de

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
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 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

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

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