Group Head

Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken

Prof. Dr. Tanja Franken

Head of working group

Working area(s)

Chemical Technology I

Contact

work +49 6151 16-29984

Work L2I04 D108
Peter-Grünberg-Str. 8
64287 Darmstadt

Since 10/2024 Full Professor for Technical Chemsitry I at Technical University Darmstadt
09/2020 – 10/2024 Assistant Professor for Catalytic and Electrocatalytic Systems and Processes at Chair of Chemical Reaction Engineering, FAU Erlangen, Germany
11/2019 – 07/2020 Postdoctoral Researcher at Applied Catalysis and Spectroscopy Group, Paul Scherrer Insitut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
06/2016 – 10/2019 Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratory for Process Technology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
06/2012 – 12/2015 Research Assistant and PhD Studies in heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry (Dr. rer. Nat. summa cum laude) in the group of Prof Dr. Palkovits, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH-Aachen University
10/2006 – 05/2012 Bachelor- and Master- studies in Chemistry at RWTH-Aachen University
since 2024 Appointed member of the GeCatS Commission
2024 Jochen Block Prize
2023 ERC-Starting Grant
since 2022 Executive Board Member DFG priority Programme SPP2080 “DynaKat-Catalysts and reactors under dynamic conditions for energy storage and conversion”
2022 – 2023 Max-Buchner Research Fellowship
2021 – 2022 SPP2080 “DynaKat” Early Career Research Scholarship 2021
Reviewing for Funding Agencies (DFG, AvH) and Journals (e.g. ACS Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, ChemCatChem, Applied Catalysis A, Catalysis, Science and Technology)