Adsorption School

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Ir. Thijs J.H. Vlugt is a leading researcher in molecular thermodynamics, currently a full professor and chair of Engineering Thermodynamics at Delft University of Technology. He specializes in areas like CO₂ capture, hydrogen systems, adsorption in nanomaterials, and the thermodynamic properties of complex fluids, with over 330 publications, 19,000 citations, and an H-index of 74. His research centers on understanding molecular-scale processes to enable sustainable engineering applications, particularly in transport phenomena and adsorption in porous materials. Prof. Vlugt also plays a key role in scientific leadership, serving on multiple academic committees, organizing international conferences, and co-leading RASPA simulation software workshops. His contributions are supported by prestigious grants and extensive collaborations with industry and academia, aiming to integrate molecular insights with large-scale engineering innovations.

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Germany

Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern received in 1982 a Diplom in Chemical Engineering from Technische Hochschule Leuna-Merseburg and in 1987 a Ph.D. from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin (East). After a postdoc with Georges Guiochon at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, a Habilitation at the Technical University Berlin and a stay at the pharmaceutical company Schering in Berlin, he was between 1995 and 2022 Professor for Chemical Process Engineering at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg. Between 2002 and 2024 he was Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, where he is still active as an Emeritus.

The research interests of Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern include heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption and preparative chromatography, crystallization and the development of new reactor concepts. Results of his work are published in approximately 600 research papers. Together with Peter Seeberger he received in 2015 the “Humanity in Science Award” (The Analytical Scientist, Phenomenex) and in 2021 the ACS Award for “Affordable Green Chemistry” (with Peter Seeberger and Kerry Gilmore). He holds Honorary Doctorates of the University of Southern Denmark (Odense, Denmark) and the Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland) and is member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the German National Academy of Science and Engineering and the National Academy of Engineering of the United States. Between 2019 and 2022 he was President of the International Adsorption Society (IAS).

Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern organized several major international meetings, including the Symposium on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography (SPICA, 2002, Heidelberg), the International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE, 2006, Potsdam, with Albert Renken), Fundamental of Adsorption (FOA, 2016, Friedrichshafen) and the International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC, 2021, Potsdam/online, with Heike Lorenz).

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Universidade do Porto, Portugal