Head of Department 3.3

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ravi Xavier Fernandes

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ravi Xavier Fernandes
Director and Professor

born 6. August 1975 in Goa (India)

Function

Head of Department 3.3 "Physical Chemistry"

1995 - 1998	Master of Science in Physical Chemistry, Goa University, India
2000 - 2003	PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physical Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe now KIT (Supervisor: Prof. Horst Hippler)
2004 - 2007	Postdoctoral Researcher at Max-Planck Institute in Göttingen and University of Göttingen (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Troe und Prof. Dr. Klaus Luther)
2007 - 2009	Postdoctoral Appointee at the Combustion Research Facility (CRF), Sandia National Laboratories, California, USA (Supervisor: Dr. Craig Taatjes)
2009 - 2013	Professor (W1), "Physico Chemical Fundamentals of Combustion" Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
since 2013	Head of Department "Physical Chemistry" Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
2014 - 2016	Head of Working Group "Reactive Flows" Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
since 2014	Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig
since 2019	Director and Professor (B2) Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
since 2021	Honorary Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India

Visiting Professor at IIT-Madras, India (2016)
JSPS Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo (Nov. 2012- Nov. 2013)
Visiting Professor at the University of Princeton, USA (2011)
Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (2011)
Visiting Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, USA (2010)
Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer Award (2016)
Distinguished Paper on Reaction Kinetics at the 32nd International Combustion Symposium (2009)
Chairman of the Technical Committee TC 20 „Measurement of Energy and Related Quantities“ of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
Member of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG)
Member of the German, Indian und Portuguese Section of the Combustion Institute
Member of the International Energy Agency - Technology Network on Combustion Chemistry
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the SDEWES Conference on "Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems" Dubrovnik, Croatia
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Contact

Prof. Dr. Ravi Fernandes

Phone: +49 531 592-3300
Email:
ravi.fernandes(at)ptb.de

Jutta König

Phone: +49 531 592-3302
Email:
jutta.koenig(at)ptb.de

Dorothea Fabeck

Phone: +49 531 592-3301
Email:
dorothea.fabeck(at)ptb.de

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig