BASF education

Joseph F. Louvar retired as director of BASF s Chemical Engineering Department to become a professor at Wayne State University, specializing in chemical process safety, risk assessment, and the design of experiments. He has authored many publications on process safety and chairs the Undergraduate Education Committee of the CCPS. 

Commission (BRITE-EURAM program, CEC Project No. BE95-1335), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Project No. 03C0306), the Foundation Rheinland-Pfalz ftir Innovation (836-386261/193), as well as BASF AG, Bayer AG, Axiva GmbH, Degussa. 

BASF A methanol synthesis catalyst, pr educed Harshaw A methanol synthesis catalyst, prereduced Haldor A methanol synthesis catalyst, prereduced Topsoe... 

The research work behind this book has been funded by many institutions and among them are worth mentioning the European Commission (DLM), the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (DLM), the ISI Eoundation (DLM, ROE), the US National Science Foundation (ROF), the US Department of Energy (ROE), theEcole Centrale Paris (ROE), and the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University (ROF). The constant stimulus and financial support of numerous industrial collaborators (ENI, Italy BASF, Germany BP Chemicals, USA Conoco Phillips, USA and Univation Technologies, USA) are also deeply appreciated. 

Alexander KdppI was born in Vilseck, Germany, in 1970. He received his chemical education and his Ph.D. degree at the University of Bayreuth. His dissertation in the research group of Professor H. G. Alt dealt with new support materials for the immobilization of cocatalytically active alumoxanes and their application in ethylene homopolymerization and ethylene/a-olefin copolymerization. He is currently a chemist for BASF AG in Ludwigshafen, Germany. 

Finally, I would like to express my deep thanks to the University of Gottingen, the State of Lower Saxony, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Volkswagen Foundation, the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the European Gommunity and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie as well as the Alexander von Humbold Foundation, the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the German National Academic Foundation for their continuous support of our work on domino reactions and other topics. I am also very thankful to many Chemical Companies worldwide, in particular the BASF and the Bayer AG. 

Education 1986 MSc (Chemical Engineering) with honors, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Moscow 1989 PhD, Karpov Physico-Chemical Institute, Moscow 1999 Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Karpov Physico-Chemical Institute. Career 1986-1992 Karpov Physico-Chemical Institute 1992-1994 postdoctoral experience (Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland) 1995—2000 with BASF since 2000 Professor in Chemical Technology, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 

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