

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"
Education and Professional Experience
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 |
Recognitions, Awards and Memberships
- 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
Reviewer Activities for Research Proposals and Journals
- Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation
- L'Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)
- STW (The Netherlands)
- FWO (Belgium)
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
- Journal of Physical Chemistry
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Chemical Physics Letters
- Fuel
- Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
- International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
- Combustion and Flame
- Energy & Fuels
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
- Shock Waves
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Flow Turbulence and Combustion
- Thermochimica Acta