1992, Diplom Technomathematiker and 1997, Doctor rerum naturalium in Technical Chemistry, Univ. of Kaiserslautern; 2012, ScD degree, Univ. of Cambridge. Worked at the Univ. of Karlsruhe and the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin. From 1999, lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Cambridge. Professorial Fellow, Churchill College and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Univ. of Cambridge. CARES Director, Singapore Cambridge CREATE Research Centre; also principal investigator, Cambridge Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology (C4T) programme. Has contributed to the detailed modelling of combustion synthesis of organic and inorganic nanoparticles. Has worked on fluidization, spray drying and granulation of fine powders. Director, CMCL Innovations, a technology-intensive company. Interest: computational modelling and optimization targeted towards developing carbon abatement and emissions reduction technologies.