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PD Dr. Katja Emmerich

Nominated by

  • Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
  • AcademiaNet member since 07.09.2012
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • Engineering, manufacturing and construction


Field

Agriculture, Physical sciences, Engineering and engineering trades , Environment



Area of specialisation

Natural resources, clay minerals, layered minerals



Research interests

  • Identification of structural features of layer silicates and their manipulation

  • Optimisation of natural resources in industry, including the ceramics, paper, and foundry industries

  • Water binding in layered minerals

  • Thermal analysis



Distinctions and Awards

  • 3rd place, Reynolds Cup, 2008

  • Karl Jasmund Award from the German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group (DTTG), 2004

  • Paul Ramdohr Prize from the German Mineralogical Society (DMG), 2003

  • Medal from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich for an outstanding dissertation, 2001



Interested in

  • Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship


Languages

English, German



Doctorate

  • 2000: Die geotechnische Bedeutung des Dehydroxylierungsverhaltens quellfähiger Tonminerale ("The geotechnical importance of the dehydroxylation behaviour of swellable clay minerals")


PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

  • 2010: Structure-functionality relation of clay minerals and clays in technical and geotechnical applications




Short CV/Education and training

  • 1991
    Abitur (A-levels), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

  • 1996
    Diplom degree in mineralogy, University of Leipzig, Germany

  • 2000
    Doctorate (Dr. sc. techn.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2010
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

  • 2000 – 2002
    German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

  • Since 2002
    Competence Centre for Material Moisture and Institute of Functional Interfaces at KIT, head of the Applied Mineralogy section

Selected publications

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • Member of the expanded executive committee of the DTTG (German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group), since 2008

  • Member of the scholarship selection committee of the German National Academic Foundation

  • Member of the technical committee Natural Resources of the German Ceramic Society, since 2001

  • Member of the scientific committee and the organisation committee for various conferences (for ex., German Mineralogical Society (DMG)/DTTG 2004, Competence Centre for Material Moisture (CMM) permanently since 2009, International Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry (ISEMA) 2013, Mid-European Clay Conference (MECC) 2014)

  • Member of the Clay Minerals Society (CMS), German-Austrian-Swiss Clay Group (DTTG), German Soil Science Society (DBG), German Mineralogical Society (DMG), (German) Association for Thermal Analysis (GEFTA)

  • Reviewer for Clays and Clay Minerals, Clay Minerals, American Mineralogist, Applied Clay Science, etc.

Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements

Additional interests

  • Swimming


Other activities and achievements/family

  • Married, with two children


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