Head of Division ENERGY: Dr. Gunther Kolb

Dr.-Ing. Gunther Kolb

Date of Birth: 29. Juni 1963

 

Contact

Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM
Carl-Zeiss-Straße 18-20
D 55129 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 990-341
Fax: +49 6131 990-205
E-Mail: gunther.kolb(at)imm.fraunhofer.de


 

Curriculum Vitae

Profession

Since 2021 Head of Division Energy at Fraunhofer IMM and Deputy Head of the Institute
2018 – 2021 Head of Division Energy and Chemical Technology at Fraunhofer IMM and Deputy Head of the Institute
2016 – 2018 Head of Division Energy and Chemical Technology at Fraunhofer ICT-IMM
2014 – 2015 Head of Department Decentralised and Mobile Energy Technology at Fraunhofer ICT-IMM
2012 – 2021 Part Time Full Professor „Micro Flow Energy Technology“ at Eindhoven University of Technology
2007 – 2013 Head of Department Energy Technology and Catalysis, Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
2001 – 2007 Group Leader Process Engineering and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
1995 – 2000 Professional at the Research and Development Department Refining Catalysts Europe GRACE Davison GmbH, Worms
1993 – 1995 Technical Officer at the German Federal Export Office Eschborn
1989 – 1993 Scientific employee at the Chair of Reaction Engineering (Prof. Dr. Hanns Hofmann), Institute of Technical Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nürnberg

 

Education

1993 PhD defense (Dr.-Ing of Chemical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (magna cum laude)
1982 – 1989 Studies of Chemical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
1971 – 1982 Gymnasium Lauf an der Pegnitz

 

Professional Tasks / Results

  • Head of the Division Energy at Fraunhofer IMM with currently ca. 40 employees, among them 9 post-docs and 12 master degrees
  • Sole author of the book “Fuel Processing for Fuel Cells”, Wiley-VCH (2007)
  • 2013 - 2017 Co-ordinator of the large scale European project BIOGO


Memberships

  • DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
  • Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)


Scientific Impact

  • Publications in peer-refereed Journals: 106
  • h-index: 31
  • Guest editor of special issues of Catalysis Today 110 1-2 (2005) and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 31 (2014)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Microreaction Technology (IMRET) and of the International Conference on Chemical Reactors (CHEMREACTOR), Co-organiser of the XV. International Conference on Microreaction Technology in Karlsruhe 2018
  • Co-Chair of the Symposium on Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production at the Annual Meeting of the AIChE (2013, 2014)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journals ChemEngineering and Catalysts (MDPI)