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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 of chemistry at university in Regensburg | |
| 1979 – 1980 | Ph. D. studies with Prof. Dr. W. A. Herrmann, organometallic chemistry | |
| 1982 | OBAG award for outstanding dissertation |
| Industrial career | ||
| 1980 | research chemist with SKW Trostberg AG, in the field of construction chemicals | |
| 1986 | group leader construction chemicals | |
| 1997 | head of research construction and oil-field chemicals stays abroad in USA, Singapor and Japan |
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| Academic career | ||
| 1995 – 2000 | lectureship "Chemistry Management" at TU Munich | |
| 2001 | appointment to the C4-professorship "Construction Chemicals", Faculity of Chemistry, TU Munich managing director of the "Institute for Inorganic Chemistry" |
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| 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 | Emeritierung | |
| 2022 | Appointed as “Emeritus of Excellence” |
Fields of research
- 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
- Low carbon binders
- nanochemistry, nanomaterials, composit materials
Guest lectures and research stays
- TU Berlin, Prof. Bernd Hillemeier
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Prof. Sakai / Prof. Daimon
- Tongji-Universität, Shanghai (China), Prof. Wang Peiming
- Guest lecturer at National University of Singapore (NUS)
Honorary posts
- chairman of the GDCh section "Construction Chemicals“
- member of the curatorium of the "Deutsches Museum", Munich
- member of the board of the "Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Lorenz endowment"
Personal interests
- classical music
- languages (Arabic among others)
- bicycle wandering
- traveling
- literature
