Profile

I am chemical engineer by profession and have 25 years experience as author and editor for different trade magazines, as freelancer supporting companies with communication about their products and technologies. The industry sectors served so far cover process technology, environmental technology, measuring and analytics and process engineering.

Focus topics

Process technology (filtration, separation, membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment, for chemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, air pollution control.

Measuring technology/analytics ((Nano)particle analysis, dispersion analysis, water analysis including affect-based and gene-based methods.

Digitalization in water utilities and in the process industry.

Mechanical engineering and materials science.

Highly politically sensitive issues (water protection, water stress, climate change, water-sensitive urban planning, competing uses, availability of raw materials).

Membership

Member of the German Society for Membrane Technology (DGMT).

Studies

Universität Dortmund (today: TU Dortmund): study of chemical engineering, graduation with a diploma, doctorate at the chair of energy processing technology (Prof. Karl Strauß).
Doctoral thesis: “Zum Einfluss eines kationischen Tensids auf die Turbulenzstruktur in den Grenzschichten an einer glatten und einer rauhen Wand“.