N° 24
Date finished: Nov. 2012
Batch: SS09
Country of origin: India
Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Peter Strasser (TU), Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl (FHI)
Area PhD: Conversion of cellulosic biomass into chemicals using heterogeneous and electrochemical catalysis
Present occupation:
02/2020- now: New Technologies Development (Technology & Innovation) at Sibelco Group1, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Job Role: I am currently working in the Technology and Innovation department, where I am responsible for developing products and processes for sustainable growth.
Title: Innovation Manager
Type of Tasks: Evaluation of technologies (TRL 4 and above) at pilot scale, CAPEX and OPEX calculations, and patent landscape analysis.
Level of Team Responsibility: Team Leader/Project Manager:I lead a small team and am responsible for assigning tasks and tracking progress. I am responsible for delivering tasks, budgeting, communicating with stakeholders, and managing new proposals.
Industry Sector: The company provides material solutions to a variety of other industries (B2B), for example, raw materials for the glass industry, semiconductor industry, ceramic industry, etc. The company has been in business for 150 years and serves different industrial applications like paints and coatings, industrial polymers, water treatment, metallurgy, etc. by providing industrial minerals.
Past occupations:
01/2015 -01/2020: Process Reseach and Development; FMF Freiburg, Germany
01/2013 - 12/2014: Process Engineer at BiChem Technology BV, The Netherlands
1 founded 1872, approx. 8.500 employees, revenue 3 Bio€