Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Osterland

Thomas Osterland

Institution

Mechanical and Process Engineering

Function

  • Member of the faculty council Mechanical and Process Engineering
  • Coordination of school cooperations Mechanical and Process Engineering
  • Associate Head of the Examination Board Mechanical and Process Engineering

Room

F 3.16

Degree Programs

Environmental and Process Engineering (B.Eng.)Environmental and Process Engineering (M.Eng.)Technology Management (M.Eng.)

Phone

+49 821 5586 2062

E-Mail

thomas.osterland(at)tha.debu(at)tha.de

Office Hours

By appointment via email.

Field of Study

  • Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Certificate in Higher Education Teaching in Bavaria

In January 2021, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Osterland received the Bavarian Certificate in Higher Education Teaching as part of the ProfiLehre program at the DiZ—Center for Higher Education Pedagogy.

  • You can find Prof. Osterland's publications on OPUS.

Memberships

  • GDCh (German Chemical Society)
    —Coordination of the publication activities of the
    Energy Transition Think Tank—Participation in the commission responsible for drafting GDCh position statements
  • DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology e.V.

Career History

  • Since July 2015, Professor and Researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering at Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
  • January 2015 – June 2015: Secured funding for the EXIST-funded research transfer project “Power2Home”
  • Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2014: Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability
    ; Group Leader and Project Coordinator for “Thermal Battery” and other projects on the development of thermochemical heat storage systems
  • 09/2008 – 08/2011 Fraunhofer IFAM (Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research), Dresden
    : Research Associate and Deputy Group Leader in the field of hydrogen storage
  • 01/2008 – 06/2008 GMK Gesellschaft für Motoren und Kraftanlagen mbH, Bargeshagen: Project
    Engineer, Laboratory Manager in the field of fuel synthesis
  • 10/2004 – 12/2007 Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock
    Ph.D. under Prof. Detlef Heller: “Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Prochiral Olefins”
  • 10/1999 – 08/2004 University of Rostock
    : Studied chemistry with a focus on catalysis