Staff
Head of Department
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wuppermann
Head of Department
+49 241 80–25959
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Echterhof
Academic Director
Group manager
Energy and Mass Balance
+49 241 80–25958
Former Head of Department
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Pfeifer
Former Head of Department
+49 171 9343470
Group Manager
Dr.-Ing. Dominik Büschgens
Industrial Furnace Technology
+49 241 80–26067
Dr.-Ing. Nico Schmitz
Combustion and Burner Technologies
+49 241 80–26064
Dr.-Ing. Moritz Eickhoff
High Temperature Flows
+49 241 80–26065
Dr.-Ing. Christian Schwotzer
Renewable Energy and
Low CO2 Process Heating
+49 241 80–26068
Office & Accounting
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Silke Klein
+49 241 80–25936
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Janine Talmann
+49 241 80–25955
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Vanessa Augustin
+49 241 80–26070
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Mitzi Lipardo
+49 241 80–25938
Research Staff
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Elsa Busson, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26072
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Moritz Diewald, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25951
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Nicolas Dinsing, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25964
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Alex Garcia Vergara, M.Eng.
+49 241 80–29958
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Dr.-Ing. Linda Giesler
+49 241 80–26060
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Carsten Gondorf, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26074
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Justin Hauch, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26080
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Dr.-Ing. Jan Hof
+49 241 80–26069
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Felix Kaiser, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25943
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Hannah Kaiser, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–29978
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Johannes Losacker, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26052
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Jan Menzler, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25944
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Siddharth Nachankar, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26078
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Franziska Ott, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26073
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Marius Philipp, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25940
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Nico Rademacher, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25939
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Andrés Ramírez Sánchez, M.Sc.
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Alexander Reinicke, M.Sc.
(née Reimann)
+49 241 80–25942
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Katharina Rothhöft, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–29541
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Lukas Sankowski, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26079
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Fabian Scheck, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25953
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Lilly Schulte, M.Sc.
(née Schüttensack)
+49 241 80–25948
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Amit Sharma, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26071
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Kathrina Theisen, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26050
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Stephanie Thie, M.Sc.
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Eileen Trampe, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–26051
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Julius Wilker, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25965
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Christopher Wünning, M.Sc.
+49 241 80–25949
External Lecturers
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PD Dr. Marcus Kirschen
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Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank Kleine Jäger
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Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Küchen
Mineralölwirtschaftsverband e. V.
+49 30 202205–56
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PD Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Lenz
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Professor Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Odenthal
SMS Group
+49 211 881‑4143
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Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Schmidt
AiF e.V. Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen
+49 221 37680–310
Technical Staff
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Karl Bewersdorff
Electro-technics
+49 241 80–25954
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Volker Reisen, B.Sc.
System Administrator
+49 241 80–25957
Machine Shop
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Frank Jammers
Shop Supervisor
+49 241 80–25956
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Maurice Book
+49 241 80–25956
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Harald Läufer
+49 241 80–25956
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Dietmar Pickart
+49 241 80–25956
Apprentice
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Joel Frantzen
+49 241 80–25956