Experience

  1. Professor of Energy Process Engineering, Paul Wurth Chair

    University of Luxembourg

    Responsibilities include:

    • Developing new courses with a focus on energy, sustainability and hydrogen
    • Teaching in Bachelor and Masters programmes
    • Leading research group with a focus on hydrogen-related materials and systems
    • Leading multiple collaborative projects with industry

  2. Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine

    University of Luxembourg

  3. Group Leader, Institute for Micro Process Engineering (IMVT)

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Advanced materials, membranes, photochemistry and green hydrogen research. My initial period of work at KIT was supported by an Experienced Researcher Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

  4. Senior Lecturer

    Imperial College London
    Teaching and research in chemical engineering, especially membrane science and engineering. Taught the course “Nuclear Chemical Engineering” for several years. Co-launched the Barrer Centre.

  5. Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

    Monash University
    Teaching and research in chemical engineering. Appointed Lecturer in 2009, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011 and Associate Professor in 2012.

Education

  1. Cambridge Senior Management Programme

    Cambridge University Judge Business School

  2. PhD Chemical Engineering

    The University of Queensland
    Thesis on Nafion Nanocomposite Membranes for the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell. Supervised by Prof G.Q. Max Lu, Prof. Joe da Costa, Prof. Darren Martin.
    Download dissertation

  3. Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) Hons I

    The University of Queensland
    Graduated with First Class Honours. Final year studied as an exchange student at Nottingham University.

  4. Graduate Certificate in Higher Education

    Monash University
Awards
Membre Agrégé, Institut Grand-Ducal, Section des Sciences
Institut Grand-Ducal, Section des Sciences ∙ March 2025
Experienced Researcher Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ∙ January 2019
Fellowship for a period of research at KIT working on advanced materials and reactors with Prof. Dr. Roland Dittmeyer.
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry ∙ January 2016
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers
IChemE ∙ January 2013
Chevening Scholar
Royal Society of Chemistry ∙ January 2004
Fully funded scholarship supporting one year abroad during my PhD, mostly in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London working with Prof. Anthony Kucernak, then a short placement with Prof. Suzana Nunes at GKSS, Germany (now known as Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon)
Languages
100%
English Native
80%
German Proficient
20%
French Basic