Staff

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Education / Academic Degrees

• 2000 Habilitation, Mechanical Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany
• 1994 Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany, First Class with Honours
• 1989 Diploma, Mechanical Engineering (Equivalent to Masters Degree), Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany

Professional Experience / Positions Held

• 01/06 - present Full Professor, Chair of Fluid Dynamics, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
• 06/04 - 12/05 Full Professor, Chair of Fluid Dynamics, Dept. Applied Mechanics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
• 09/00 - 05/04 Full Professor, Hydromechanics, Dept. Civil Engineering, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
• 05/97 - 08/00 Scientific Assistant, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany
• 05/95 - 04/97 Post Doc, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University
• 10/89 - 04/95 Researcher, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany

Professional Activities

• 2001 - 2004 Editorial board member: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
• 2002 - 2008 Editorial board member: Fluid Dynamics Research
• 2002 - Editorial board member: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
• 2004 - Chief Editor of Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung in Fluid Mechanics
• 2004 - Editorial board member: Journal of the Calcutta Mathematical Society
• 2000 - 2005 Coordinator of DFG Research Group: Interdisciplinary Turbulence Initiative (ITI) between physicists and fluid mechanicists
• 2005 Coordinator of the BMBF key topic: Turbulence in Energy Techniques
• 2011 - Editorial Board Atlantis Studies in Mathematical Physics: Theory and Applications

Main Research Fields

• Turbulence theory and modelling
• Laminar and turbulent flow simulation (DNS, LES, RANS)
• Analytic methods in fluid mechanics
• Computer algebra methods in hydromechanics
• Level-set methods for interface and contact phenomena
• Hydrodynamic stability, shallow water and thin film theory
• Theory of premixed combustion and stochastic combustion models