Prof. Dr. Markus Biesalski
Contact
markus.biesalski@tu-...
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Work
L2|04 E305
Peter-Grünberg-Straße 8
64287
Darmstadt
Research Interests
- Advanced materials from renewable resources, such as cellulose and lignin
- Functional paper design and new applications for paper as construction materials
- Fluid dynamics and transport in paper-based materials
- Fundamentals on polymers at interfaces
Professional Career
| Stages | Periods and Details |
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since 2008 Full Professor (W3) |
Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry & Paper Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
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2002-2008 Assistant Professor (C1) |
Institute for Microsystems Engineering, IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany |
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2002-2008 Emmy-Noether Research Fellow (Young Investigator Group) |
Emmy Noether Fellow of the DFG and Head of Emmy Noether Research Group, Institute for Microsystems Engineering, IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany |
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2000-2002 Postdoctoral Researcher |
Materials Research Laboratory, MRL, University of California at Santa Barbara, UCSB, USA Mentor: Prof. Dr. Matt Tirrell |
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1999 Doctorate |
“Oberflächenimmobilisierte Polyelektrolyte – Synthese und Quellungsverhalten”, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany Mentor: Prof. Dr. J. Rühe |
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1990-1996 Diploma |
Chemistry, Joh. Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany |
Engagement in the Scientific System
| since 2024 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fundamental Research Society of Pulp & Paper, Cambridge, UK |
| since 2023 | Member of the Xchange advisory board to the president of the TU Darmstadt, Germany. |
| since 2021 | Chairman of the scientific advisory Board of the Model Factory Paper gGmbH, Düren, Germany |
| since 2019 | Director of the Ernst-Berl-Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2018 | Coordinator and spokesperson of the DFG PAK962, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2017 | Chairman of the Main Committee, and member of the Board of the Zellcheming Association, Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2016 | Elected referee of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Section 5 Applied Chemistry, Germany |
| since 2016 | Member and PI of the CRC1194 Wetting and Transport, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2009 | Member of the editorial board of Soft Matter (Taylor & Francis) and Polymers (MDPI), TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2004 | Fellow of the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg gGmbH, Germany within the Elite-Postdoc Programme |
| since 2002 | Emmy-Noether-Fellow of the DFG, Germany |
| 2019 – 2020 | Spokesperson of the TU Darmstadt Profile-Area From Materials to Product Innovation, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2016 – 2020 | Member of the steering committee of the Merck-Lab at TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2011-2015 | Coordinator and spokesperson of the LOEWE research focus Soft Control, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases
“Training young scientists is one of my most important tasks. During my academic career, I have trained and mentored more than 70 PhD students and postdocs to date. The latter now work in the chemical industry, as well as in the paper industry. From our group, 2 postdocs (Dr. Kai Zhang, now Professor at the University of Göttingen, Germany and Dr. Wei Li, now professor at the University of Guanxi, China) have been appointed to professorships. Finally, I support and host the group of Dr. Andreas Geißler as an independent young research group leader in a Joint supporting activity together with the Papiertechnische Stiftung PTS.” (as of 09-2024)
Scientific Results / Publications
Since 1999, our work has appeared in more than 180 publications and more than 20 patents and patent applications. Detailed lists of scientific publications can be found at:
Academic Distinctions
| 2023 | Golden badge of honor, Association Zellcheming eV, Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 2018 | Best paper award, TAPPI Paper Physics Section, IPPC Lodz, Poland |
| 2016 |
Highest Founders Award, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2016 | Best paper award, TAPPI Paper Physics Section, IPPC Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2004 | Awarded fellowship of the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg gGmbH, Germany within the Elite-Postdoc Programme |
| 2002 | Awarded by the DFG a Emmy Noether scholarship to build and lead a Emmy Noether research group at the University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2000 | Awarded by the DFG with a fellowship for a research stay at UCSB, USA |
| 1999 | Ph.D. with distinction (summa cum laude) at University of Mainz, Germany |
