Dr. Steffen H. Dürrstein

Faculty of Engineering Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics (IVG) University of Duisburg-Essen 47057 Duisburg

Room: Phone: Fax: E-mail:

MA 444a +49-(0)-203-379-3909 +49-(0)-203-379-3087 steffen.duerrstein@uni-due.de

Scientific development

Since 2010	Senior Scientist and group leader at IVG, University of Duisburg-Essen
09-12 2007	Research Scholar University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (AK Prof. Brezinsky)
2005-2009	Doctoral Student and Junior Researcher at the Institute for Physical Chemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), (Prof. M. Olzmann)
2000-2005	Study (Chemistry) at the University Karlsruhe (TH)

Area of research

High Temperature Chemical Kinetics of Komplex Reaction Systems Precursors for Nano-Particle Formation Formation of Soot in Combustion Processes Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOF-MS) Modeling of Komplex Reaction Systems

Methods used

Shock tube with time resolved mass spectrometry Single pulse shock tube experiments with GC/MS analytics Statistical rate theory Chemical modeling

Stipends and awards

2003-2005

Scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes