Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg (born September 14, 1953) is Vice President of Polymer Reaction Engineering at BASF SE,[1] a German chemist and a Professor at the University of Paderborn.[2]

Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg
Born (1953-09-14) 14 September 1953
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Essen
Known forLiving anionic polymerization, Living free-radical polymerization, Mathematical model
AwardsHonorary Professor at University of Paderborn (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsBoehringer Mannheim, BASF

He is well recognized for his contribution in the field of reaction kinetics for polymerization processes. He has been honored Professorship for his contributions in the field of reaction chemistry at the Institute for Polymer Material and Process(PMP), University of Paderborn.

Education

Hungenberg studied Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen and then received his Diploma in Anionic polymerization in 1979. Later, he received his PhD in 1982 in the group of Friedhelm Bandermann at the University of Duisburg-Essen with research projects focusing on anionic living free radical polymerization.[3][4]

Biography

From 1983-1987 Hungenberg worked in process development for blood diagnostic devices with Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, now Roche Diagnostics.

In 1987 he joined BASF’s Polymer research group. Since then, he has led diverse product and process development projects ranging from new PVC modifiers,[5][6][7] polyolefin processes,[8][9] catalysis,[10][11] super absorbent polymers, emulsion polymers[12][13] ABS, polyamides,[14] etc. His main research emphasis is polymer reaction engineering modeling, simulation and optimization of polymer processes.[15][16] He is (co-)author of about 100 scientific articles,[17][18] editorials[19][20] and patents.[21] He is also (co-)author of a book chapter in process modelling and optimization of Styrene polymerization with focus on Polystyrenes and its co-polymers.[18]

K. D. Hungenberg has been at different leadership positions in BASF SE for many years. In 2004, he was named Research Director of Polymer Reaction Engineering at BASF SE. In 2010, he was appointed as Vice President Polymer Reaction Engineering in recognition for his achievements. In 2012 Hungenberg received an Honorary Professorship at the institute of Polymer, Materials and Processes (PMP), University of Paderborn. There he regularly gives lectures about Polymer Reaction Engineering and the Modeling of Polymer Processes. He is highly networked in the area of Polymer Reaction Engineering and is known globally for his contributions in this field.

Furthermore, he is an Editorial Board member of several international journals and acted as chairman and member for Scientific Committees of various conferences. He is engaged in the IUPAC Working Party "Modeling of Kinetics and Processes of Polymerization",[22] the Working Party “Polymer Reaction Engineering” of EFCE[23] and acts as Deputy Chairman of the DECHEMA Technical Committee "Polyreaktionen".[24] In addition, he is lecturer in Dechema and responsible for the training course "Polymerisationstechnik".

Legacy and honors

K.D. Hungenberg has won numerous awards at different talks and conferences during his professional career including honorary professorship at the University of Paderborn. With this appointment, the university paid tribute to his many years of dedication to research and teaching in the field of polymer reaction technology. K. D. Hungenberg had already established initial contacts with Paderborn in the late 1990s in the form of a research co-operations. Since 2004, he has been giving lectures on polymerization techniques and modeling of polymerization processes at the department of Technical Chemistry, University Paderborn.

See also
  • BASF
  • Boehringer Mannheim
  • University of Paderborn
  • German inventors and discoverers

References
  1. "Top Companies".
  2. "Professorship at Paderborn". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. "PhD thesis" (PDF).
  4. "Group of Prof. Bandermann".
  5. "Patent on two stage emulsion polymerization".
  6. "Patent on PVC".
  7. "Patent on PVC process".
  8. "Patent on Polyolefin".
  9. "Polyolefin process".
  10. Hungenberg, K. D. (1994). Progress in Gas Phase Polymerization of Propylene with Supported TiCl4 and Metallocene Catalysts. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. 89. pp. 373–380. doi:10.1016/s0167-2991(08)63051-7. ISBN 9780444986566.
  11. Hungenberg, K. D. (1992). "Supported catalysts in stirred bed gas-phase reactors - from wax to ultrahigh-molecular-weight polypropylene". Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering. 55. 67 (6).
  12. Hungenberg, K. D. (1998). K.-H. Reichert (ed.). Papers of the 6th International Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering : Berlin, 5-7 October 1998. Weinheim [u.a.]: Wiley VCH. pp. 295–311. ISBN 978-3527102280.
  13. Hungenberg, K. D. "Production of methyl methacrylate polymer - by bulk polymerisation in a loop system with tube reactors and mixers, etc., at specified temperature and flow rate etc. with initiator".
  14. Hungenberg, K. D. (2001). "Preparation and characterization of polyamide-6 with three-branched chains". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 82 (13): 3184–3193. doi:10.1002/app.2177.
  15. Gao, J.; Hungenberg, K. D.; Penlidis, A. (2004). "Process modeling and optimization of styrene polymerization". Macromolecular Symposia. 206: 509–522. doi:10.1002/masy.200450239.
  16. Schmidt, Christian-Ulrich; Hungenberg, Klaus-Dieter (August 1999). "Optimierung der Produktqualität von Polymeren im Semibatch-Betrieb". Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 71 (8): 832–835. doi:10.1002/cite.330710810.
  17. "List of publications".
  18. Hungenberg, K. D.; Gao, J. (2003). "5". Modern styrenic polymers : polystyrenes and styrenic copolymers ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Chichester: John Wiley. ISBN 9780470867211.
  19. Hungenberg, K. D. "Editorial" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  20. Hungenberg, Klaus-Dieter (13 July 2009). "New Production and Enabling Technologies in Polymer Reaction Engineering". Macromolecular Reaction Engineering. 3 (5–6): 220. doi:10.1002/mren.200900027.
  21. Hungenberg, K. D. "Patents".
  22. Hungenberg, K. D. "IUPAC". Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  23. Hungenberg, K. D. "Working group EFCE". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  24. Hungenberg, K. D. "Chairman in Dechema". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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