Volker Hessel

Prof. Dr. Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University (PhD in organic chemistry, 1993). In 1994 he entered the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH. In 2002, Prof. Hessel was appointed Vice Director R&D at IMM and in 2007 as Director R&D. In 2005 and 2011, Prof. Hessel was appointed as part-time and full professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, respectively. In 2018, he was appointed at the University of Adelaide, Australia; Deputy Dean (Research) at ECMS Faculty until March 2022, and now professor in the School of Chemical Engineering. He was honorary professor at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and guest professor at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. Prof. Hessel is (co-)author of > 600 peer-reviewed (h index 83). He received the AIChE Award “Excellence in Process Development Research” in 2007, the ERC Advanced Grant “Novel Process Windows” in 2010, the ERC Proof of Concept Grant in 2017, the IUPAC ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry in 2016, and the FET OPEN Grant in 2016. He is CI in ARC Centre of Excellence, Plants for Space, an ARC Discovery Grant, and three ARC LIEF Grants. From 2014-2016, Prof. Hessel was authority in the 35-man teamed Enquete Commission "Future of the Chemical Industry" in Germany’s State Parliament in Nordrhine-Westfalia.

Education

• 2006 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands Professor
• 1990 - 1990 Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
• 1986 - 1989 Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany Master (diplom)

Research Interests

• Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts
• Chemical Engineering Design
• Fertilisers and Agrochemicals
• Industrial Chemistry
• Manufacturing Processes and Technologies
• Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Organic Green Chemistry
• Sustainability Accounting and Reporting