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Professional Experience

From chemical manufacturing to research, scale-up and digital engineering.

My professional experience covers industrial chemical production, analytical chemistry, process development, automated test-system engineering, hydrogen technologies, manufacturing scale-up and digital engineering.

Experience 12+ years
Industries Chemicals · Hydrogen · Manufacturing
Current role Research Engineer
Career Timeline

Professional development

2014–2015 E. Epple & Co. GmbH

Chemical manufacturing

 2015–2017 Rematec GmbH

Analytical chemistry and process development

 2018–2022 MS2 Engineering

Automated hydrogen test systems

 2022–Present BASF SE

Research, scale-up and digital engineering
03/2014 – 04/2015

E. Epple & Co. GmbH

Chemical Production Operator · Herrenberg, Germany

Chemical Manufacturing

Responsibilities

  • Production of adhesives, sealants and casting resins.
  • Preparation and verification of raw materials according to manufacturing recipes.
  • Preparation, operation and cleaning of industrial production equipment.
  • Manufacturing according to production specifications and safety procedures.
  • Sampling of manufactured products for quality control.
  • Supporting improvements to existing manufacturing procedures.

Equipment & Processes

Dissolvers Three-shaft mixers High-speed mixers Heated mixing vessels Three-roll mills Industrial mixing Batch manufacturing
Professional foundation

The position provided practical experience in industrial chemical manufacturing, production discipline, process execution and the operation of industrial mixing equipment.

05/2015 – 12/2017

Rematec GmbH

Chemical Engineer – Quality Assurance · Heidelberg, Germany

Analytical Chemistry & Process Development

Analytical Chemistry

  • ICP-OES and atomic absorption spectroscopy for elemental analysis.
  • Gas chromatographic analysis using GC-MS, GC-FID and GC-WLD.
  • Calorimetric and photometric measurements.
  • TOX-100 analysis.
  • Water-content determination, including Karl Fischer titration.
  • Incoming and outgoing quality control of chemical products.
  • Preparation of laboratory reports, work instructions and analytical procedures.

Process Development & Feasibility Studies

  • Evaluation of new waste streams for industrial recycling.
  • Laboratory-scale distillation of new waste materials before industrial processing.
  • Identification of recoverable fractions and potential products.
  • Technical assessment of possible recycling routes.
  • Discussion and evaluation of possible commercial applications for recovered materials.
  • Assessment of thermal behaviour, process risks and the potential for uncontrolled reactions.
  • Providing analytical and technical data for decisions on accepting new waste streams.
ICP-OES AAS GC-MS GC-FID GC-WLD Calorimetry Photometry TOX-100 Karl Fischer titration Laboratory distillation Feasibility studies Process risk assessment
Interface between laboratory and production

Laboratory results were used to evaluate whether new waste streams could be processed safely, which products could be recovered and which recycling route offered the best technical potential.

01/2018 – 04/2022

MS2 Engineering und Anlagenbau GmbH

Chemical Engineer – Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies · Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany

Automated Test Systems & System Integration
Automated Test System Development

Integration of complete automated measurement systems

  • Development of customer-specific automated test systems for hydrogen technologies.
  • Integration of external analytical and measurement instruments into complete test-bench systems.
  • Integration of devices required for measurements such as impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and gas analysis.
  • Definition of communication and data exchange between measurement equipment, control software and test-bench hardware.
  • Development and validation of fully automated measurement sequences.
  • Functional testing, commissioning and customer acceptance.

Software Requirements & Data Integration

  • Definition of customer-specific requirements for test-bench control software.
  • Translation of testing workflows and customer needs into functional software specifications.
  • Coordination between customers and software engineers.
  • Continuous validation of new functionality through internal testing and on-site customer tests.
  • Iterative optimization until the implemented functionality met the agreed customer requirements.
  • Ensuring that measurement data generated by automated test systems could be integrated into customer data-management environments.
  • Ongoing maintenance and customer-specific configuration of the test-bench software.

Project & Service Coordination

  • Technical coordination of multidisciplinary engineering activities.
  • Direct technical communication with customers.
  • Coordination of software development, testing and implementation.
  • Planning of periodic inspections and preventive maintenance.
  • Scheduling and coordination of service engineers.
  • Preparation of technical documentation, equipment and required resources before service activities.
  • Ensuring that inspections and maintenance activities were fully prepared and completed according to plan.
Automated test systems Instrument integration Measurement automation Requirements engineering Control software Data integration Commissioning Customer acceptance Service coordination Hydrogen technologies PEM fuel cells Electrolyser systems
05/2022 – Present

BASF SE

Research Engineer · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Research, Scale-up & Digital Engineering
2022–2025

Green Hydrogen Technologies

Development and scale-up of manufacturing technologies, materials and components for PEM water electrolysis and PEM fuel cells.

Research programs 5
Patent applications 7
Global collaboration 5 countries
Germany United States China Japan South Korea
01

CCM Manufacturing Technology & Scale-up

  • Catalyst ink formulation
  • Electrode coating
  • Electrode drying
  • Electrode transfer onto membranes
  • CCM manufacturing
  • Process optimization
  • Manufacturing scale-up
  • Technology transfer

Solutions developed during this work are used in BASF CCM manufacturing.

02

Industrial Scale-up of PEM Fuel Cell MEA Manufacturing

  • Scale-up of electrode manufacturing
  • Scale-up of CCM production
  • 3-layer CCM manufacturing
  • 5-layer MEA manufacturing
  • 7-layer MEA manufacturing
  • Process qualification
  • Manufacturing optimization
  • International technology transfer
03

Fluorine-Free Polymer Systems

  • Fluorine-free membrane materials
  • Fluorine-free binder systems
  • Material characterization
  • Integration into electrode and CCM processes
3 patent applications

Solutions developed during this work are used in BASF CCM manufacturing.

04

Titanium PTL Manufacturing Technology

  • Novel titanium powder-based PTL process
  • Extrusion of thin films
  • Process development
  • Manufacturing scale-up
  • Project leadership
  • Industrial implementation
Project Lead · 2 patent applications
05

Hydrogen Crossover Mitigation

  • Development of new mitigation concepts
  • Manufacturing-compatible solutions
  • Experimental validation
  • Integration into CCM production processes
2 patent applications

Solutions developed during this work are used in BASF CCM manufacturing.

2025–Present

Digital Engineering for Solids Processing

Current work focuses on process digitalization, modelling, digital twins and advanced process control for solids-processing and manufacturing technologies.

01

Process Digitalization

Digitalization of manufacturing processes, process-data acquisition and integration of production information into engineering workflows.

02

Process Modelling

Physics-based and data-driven models supporting process understanding, optimization and virtual process representation.

03

Digital Twins

Development of digital representations of manufacturing processes for simulation, engineering analysis and decision support.

04

Advanced Process Control

Model-based process analysis, optimization and advanced control concepts for solids-processing applications.

05

Solids Processing

Powder processing, roller compaction, dry granulation, mixing and characterization of manufacturing processes involving particulate materials.

Experience Summary

Three complementary engineering perspectives

01

Manufacturing & Scale-up

Chemical production, process development, industrial scale-up, manufacturing optimization and technology transfer.

02

Engineering Systems

Automated test systems, instrument integration, software requirements, customer-specific engineering and commissioning.

03

Digital Engineering

Process digitalization, process modelling, digital twins, data integration and advanced process control.

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