Prof. Dr. Plank
  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
     

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