Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christof Hamel
Professorship: Chemical Process Engineering and Food Process Technology
Personal data
Born on 27.01.1978 in Schönebeck/Elbe
Nationality: German
Married, 2 children
Academic education
1997 - 2002
Degree in Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Diploma in Engineering
2002 - 2008
Doctorate on the subject of "Experimental and model-based studies on the production of short-chain alkenes and synthesis gas using porous and dense membranes", Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2015
Habilitation on the topic of "Influencing the product selectivity of homogeneously and heterogeneously catalyzed reactions", teaching field: Chemical Process Engineering
2015
Private lecturer and member of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Professional career
2018
Professorship for Chemical Process Engineering and Food Process Technology at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
2014
Professorship for Food Process Engineering at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
2007 - 2014
Senior Research Assistant, Chair of Chemical Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Head of the Reaction Engineering Working Group
2007
Stay abroad as part of a DAAD cooperation project, partner: University of Oviedo, Spain
2002 - 2007
Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Technology
2000 - 2001
Volkswagen AG, Department: R&D Fuel Cells
Academic self-administration
since 2014
Deputy Director of the ILBQ (Institute for Food Technology, Biotechnology and Quality Assurance) Köthen, affiliated institute of the HSA
since 2015
Degree Program Advisor Bachelor and Master Food Technology
since 2018
Vice-Dean of the Department of Applied Biosciences and Process Engineering
since 2018
Member of the Research Commission
since 2019
Member of the working group on the participation of universities of applied sciences/universities of applied sciences in DFG funding activities
Main research areas
- Multiphase reaction engineering & kinetics in homogeneous & heterogeneous systems
- Kinetic reactors & dynamic experimental/operational control
- Homogeneous, heterogeneous catalysis & enzyme catalysis, green chemistry
- Mechanistic kinetic modeling & model reduction
- Deactivation& regeneration of heterogeneous catalysts - dynamic operation
- Integrated reactors for process intensification - focus areas: Enzyme immobilized pore flow reactors, membrane reactors, adsorptive/chromatographic reactors
- Modeling and simulation of reactors and Process Engineering processes
- Separation processes, including membrane (MF/UF/NF/UO) and continuous simulated moving bed(SMB) technology and simulated moving bed reactors(SMBR)
- Recycle& recirculation strategies forside products, including CO2, - Process design
- Material conversion of renewable raw materials andside products
The focus is always on the overall process, as the following diagram illustrates.
© Prof. Hamel
Honors
2003
Award of the Association of German Engineers Saxony-Anhalt for the best diploma thesis 2002
2003
Faculty Award of the Otto von Guericke University for the best graduate of the faculty
2008
Otto von Guericke University Faculty Award for the best dissertation in the faculty
2015
National winner of the Product Development Trophy of the Research Association of the Food Industry
Publications (as of 02.2.2021)
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58 peer-reviewed publications
7 monographs and book chapters
201 conference contributions
5 invited international conferences
current publication list
