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Professor Dr. Johann Plank Full professor for construction chemistry TU München Lehrstuhl für Bauchemie Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Tel.: +49 89 289 13150 Fax: +49 89 289 13152 Room: CH 57 103 |
Curriculum vitae:
Course of Studies | ||
1973 – 1978 | Study Chemistry at the University of Regensburg | |
1979 – 1980 | Doctorate under Prof. Dr. W. A. Herrmann in Organometallic Chemistry | |
1982 | OBAG award for outstanding dissertation |
Industry Experience | ||
1980 | Research chemist with SKW Trostberg AG, in the field of construction chemicals | |
1986 | Group leader construction chemicals | |
1997 | Research Director for Construction and Oilfield Polymers Overseas assignments in the USA, Singapore, and Japan |
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Academic Career | ||
1995 – 2000 | Lectureship "Chemistry Management" at TU Munich | |
2001 | Appointed to a C4 Professorship in Construction Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry at TU Munich and the Managing Director of the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry | |
2003 | Provisional representative of the chair for "Inorganic Chemistry with focus on New Materials" (Prof. Fässler) | |
2006 | Additional membership in faculty "Civil Engineering and Geodesy", TU Munich | |
2020 | Retirement(Emeritierung) | |
2022 | Appointed as “Emeritus of Excellence” | |
2023 | Became the member of German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
Research Areas
- Inorganic binders (cement chemistry, silicates, aluminates, phosphates, CaSO4-phases)
- Organic binders (latex dispersions, epoxy resins, polyurethanes)
- Construction chemical admixtures (polycondensate resins, polycarboxylate, cellulose ethers, siloxanes, biopolymers)
- Colloid chemistry
- Interface and surface phenomena
- CO2-reduced binders and construction materials
- Nanochemistry, nanomaterials, composit materials
- Applications: concrete, dry mortar, oilfield well cementing, fracking & drilling fluids
- Energy-harvesting floors
- Geothermal applications
Guest Lectures and Research Stays
- Technical University of Berlin, Prof. Bernd Hillemeier
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Prof. Sakai / Prof. Daimon
- Tongji-Universität, Shanghai (China), Prof. Wang Peiming
- Lectures on construction chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS
- Wuhan University of Technology (China)
- China Academy of Building Research (CABR), Beijing
- Hunan University, Changsha (China), Prof. Caijun Shi
- University of Jinan (China), Prof. Xin Cheng
Honors and Awards
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Klaus Dyckerhoff Foundation
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Lorenz Foundation
- Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Germany, South Section
- Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), TUM
- Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
- Former Chair of the Construction Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- Honorary Member of the British "Institute for Concrete Technology"
- Co-Editor of the journal Cement and Concrete Research
- Editorial Board Member of Advances in Cement Research
- Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Wuhan University of Technology – Materials Science Edition
- Guest Professorship at the China Building Materials Academy (CBMA)
- Lifetime Honorary Professorship at the China Academy of Building Research (CABR)
- A. Aignesberger Award from CANMET and the American Concrete Institute
- Nominator for Chemistry Nobel Prize candidates
- Ambassador of Intelligence for Shandong Province
- Advisor to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris
Personal interests
- Classical music
- Languages (Arabic among others)
- Bicycle wandering
- Traveling
- Literature