Joop ter HorstProf Heike LORENZ

Associate Partner - Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Germany (MPI)

Project Roles: Member Supervisory Board

Background

Heike Lorenz is head of the crystallization research team at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems and apl. Professor at the Otto von Guericke University (OvGU) in Magdeburg/Germany. She obtained a Diploma in Chemistry from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology and completed her PhD and Habilitation at Magdeburg University. After a research stay at the International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF) in Ijmuiden/The Netherlands she became Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg within the Dept. of Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Engineering (1998). She was Chair of Board Crystallization of Dechema/VDI-GVC’s ProcessNet (2009-2014) and is German Delegate to the EFCE Working Party on Crystallization since 2015.

Research Interests

Main research interests focus on fundamentals and applications of crystallization and the analytical tools important in this connection.

  • Crystallization as a process for separation and product design, e.g.
    • Solid/liquid equilibria (phase diagrams)
    • Crystallization kinetics
    • Measurement techniques for studying crystallization processes and for process monitoring
  • Separation and purification of fine chemicals
    • Enantiomers & isomers in general, biogenic materials as e.g. plant components
    • Innovative concepts of crystallization-based separation of fine chemicals (e.g. integrated/hybrid processes, Preferential Crystallization, fractional crystallization)
  •   Thermal Analysis, Calorimetry, X-Ray Powder Diffraction

Selected Publications

Lorenz, H.: Solubility and Solution Equilibria in Crystallization. In: Beckmann, W. (Ed.): Crystallization: Basic Concepts and Industrial Applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2013, pp. 35–74

Lorenz, H. and Beckmann, W.: Purification by Crystallization. In: Beckmann, W. (Ed.): Crystallization: Basic Concepts and Industrial Applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2013, pp. 129–148

Lorenz, H., Seidel-Morgenstern, A.: Processes to separate enantiomers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014), pp. 1218–1250

Binev, D., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Lorenz, H.: Continuous separation of isomers in fluidized bed crystallizers. Cryst. Growth Des. 16 (2016), pp. 1409–1419

Isakov, A. I., Kotelnikova, E. N., Münzberg, S., Bocharov, S. N., Lorenz, H.: Solid phases in the system L-valine – L-isoleucine. Cryst. Growth Des. 16 (2016), pp. 137–144

Contact details

+49 391 6110 293
http://www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/person/26648/3011 
  

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