Heinz Wilhelm Siesler, Ph.D. Professor

Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen

University of Duisburg-Essen

Lecture for Students and Teachers

Topic: The Near-InFrared Region, A Plea for an Under＆#118alued Wavelength Range of Vibrational Spectroscopy

Time: Jun. 12, 2014, 9:00 pm.
Place: the No.3 lecture hall on the third floor of the conference center (OEC building)

Introduction to prof. Heinz Wilhelm Siesler :

Heinz Wilhelm Siesler is professor of Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Prof. Siesler holds a PhD in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria. He has more than 40 years of experience in Feasibility studies with handheld Raman, mid-/near-infrared spectrometers. During this period. He was won prizes, including Eastern Analytical Symposium Award in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Somerset, NJ, USA; Tomas Hirschfeld Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, PITTCON 2000, New Orleans, USA ; Büchi Award in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (shared with Prof. Dr. S. Tsuchikawa, University of Nagoya, Japan) for outstanding contributions in the field of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Essen, Germany.

Prof. Siesler has finished more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals (including three monographs) and more than 250 lectures worldwide (including many plenary, key-note and invited lectures)

Prof. Siesler is a member of numerous international conference committees and has organized several international congresses in the field of vibrational spectroscopy. In 2012 he has been appointed a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (USA) and a Member of the NIR Working Group of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission (Strasbourg, France).

Prof. Siesler has supervised 59 MSc students and 31 PhD students and hosted 15 post-docs and guest professors.

Prof. Siesler has raised more than 5 million Euros research/project funds from industrial and public sources.

(School of Food and Biological Engineering)