Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Head of Innovative Product Development, Liquid Purification Technologies, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH Research & Innovation - Ion Exchange Resins
Liquid Purification Technologies • Strategic Laboratory Leadership: Provide scientific and disciplinary management for a multidisciplinary R&D lab, overseeing lab technicians, students, and interns. • Team & Infrastructure Development: Lead strategic planning, recruitment, and restructuring to build and scale high-performing research teams. • Innovation Management: Direct international, interdisciplinary research projects from initial concept through to product/process development of new formulations and materials. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key interface between R&D, Production, Marketing, and Quality Assurance to ensure seamless project execution. • Scale-Up & Production Transfer: Successfully transition lab-scale developments to full-scale production, including comprehensive safety and process risk analyses. • EHS & Quality Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to safety, environmental, and quality standards, providing regular training and safety briefings for all staff. • Technical Advancement: Drive the validation and implementation of novel testing methods, technical processes, and advanced laboratory equipment.
Liquid Purification Technologies Head of Product Development - Research, Development & Innovation - Laboratory Management - Ion Exchange Resins - Product Development - Polymerization & Polymer Functionalization - Water Purification - Scientific Project Management - Work Safety, Risk Assessment
Department: Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen Research Area: Development of functional materials and application in catalysis Interdisciplinary project within the SFB 985: "Functional Microgels and Microgel Systems" Planning, synthesis and analysis of new functional materials for organic transformations. Immobilization of organocatalysts and nanoparticles.
Inter-doctoral Studies at KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) Developement of semiconducting, nanotube-like organic polymers as stable carrier system for heterogeneous applications. Investigation of structure-property relations and extensive characterization with various analytical methods like TEM, SEM, solid state NMR, EPR, XRD, UPS/XPS, PESA, TGA, IR etc.
Department: Performance materials - LicriEye Project Independent planning, execution and analysis of complex organic synthesis with focus on photochemically active substances. Execution of different polymerization techniques in solution as well as in bulk. Analysis of the polymers via DSC, GPC and UV/VIS Documentation of research data in electronic lab journal and presentation of research data within the department.
Research Assistant in the Excellence Cluster - "Tailor Made Fuels from Biomass" Scientific literature research with Scifinder to develop processes for the chemical fractioning of lignocellulosic biomass. Independent planning and execution of fractioning processes by homogeneous catalysis in laboratory scale. Development of separation methods for product analysis.