Roland Dittmeyer
@imvt.bsky.social
Director of the Institute for Micro Process Engineering (IMVT) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Leads research on green hydrogen and derivatives, sustainable electro-fuels, CO2 direct air capture, and chemical process intensification.
Es geht los…
Auftaktveranstaltung zur Hightech-Agenda der Bundesregierung in Berlin. Ich bin gespannt :-)
Auftaktveranstaltung zur Hightech-Agenda der Bundesregierung in Berlin. Ich bin gespannt :-)
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Es geht los…
Auftaktveranstaltung zur Hightech-Agenda der Bundesregierung in Berlin. Ich bin gespannt :-)
Auftaktveranstaltung zur Hightech-Agenda der Bundesregierung in Berlin. Ich bin gespannt :-)
Happy to share that IMVT got his next doctor 🙂.
Here is Benedikt Deschner after an outstanding defense today 💪.
Congrats Benedikt! This is well deserved. Thank you for all the work and all the best!
Here is Benedikt Deschner after an outstanding defense today 💪.
Congrats Benedikt! This is well deserved. Thank you for all the work and all the best!
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy to share that IMVT got his next doctor 🙂.
Here is Benedikt Deschner after an outstanding defense today 💪.
Congrats Benedikt! This is well deserved. Thank you for all the work and all the best!
Here is Benedikt Deschner after an outstanding defense today 💪.
Congrats Benedikt! This is well deserved. Thank you for all the work and all the best!
Happy to share that Siyu Zhong successfully defended her thesis today and is now Dr.-Ing. 💪
Great achievement, and well deserved! Many thanks, Siyu, for accepting the challenge to study CO2 electrochemical reduction at unconventional process conditions and establishing this research line at IMVT.
Great achievement, and well deserved! Many thanks, Siyu, for accepting the challenge to study CO2 electrochemical reduction at unconventional process conditions and establishing this research line at IMVT.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy to share that Siyu Zhong successfully defended her thesis today and is now Dr.-Ing. 💪
Great achievement, and well deserved! Many thanks, Siyu, for accepting the challenge to study CO2 electrochemical reduction at unconventional process conditions and establishing this research line at IMVT.
Great achievement, and well deserved! Many thanks, Siyu, for accepting the challenge to study CO2 electrochemical reduction at unconventional process conditions and establishing this research line at IMVT.
All‘s well that ends well! I am happy to share that Masoud Mahmoudizadeh successfully defended his doctoral thesis today. Well done! And all the best for the future!
September 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
All‘s well that ends well! I am happy to share that Masoud Mahmoudizadeh successfully defended his doctoral thesis today. Well done! And all the best for the future!
We have another new doctor from IMVT! Xiang Zhan successfully defended his thesis today 💪. The basis was 4 years of hard work on a novel microchannel membrane reactor for heterogeneous photocatalysis where the membrane acts as a flow-through catalyst or as a reactant distributor. Well deserved!
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We have another new doctor from IMVT! Xiang Zhan successfully defended his thesis today 💪. The basis was 4 years of hard work on a novel microchannel membrane reactor for heterogeneous photocatalysis where the membrane acts as a flow-through catalyst or as a reactant distributor. Well deserved!
Last week we got another new plant for our Energy Lab, a 500 kW anion exchange membrane electrolyzer from enapter. Adrenaline always goes high when expensive big components are to be moved with a massive crane in confined space and placed with centimetre accuracy on the foundations… Well done again!
August 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last week we got another new plant for our Energy Lab, a 500 kW anion exchange membrane electrolyzer from enapter. Adrenaline always goes high when expensive big components are to be moved with a massive crane in confined space and placed with centimetre accuracy on the foundations… Well done again!
Carbon dioxide removal from air in buildings: A massive crane places two containers accommodating a temperature-vacuum-swing #DAC unit from DACMA on the roof of our institute building. The unit will be integrated with the ventilation system and serve as a demonstrator for building-integrated DAC.
August 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Carbon dioxide removal from air in buildings: A massive crane places two containers accommodating a temperature-vacuum-swing #DAC unit from DACMA on the roof of our institute building. The unit will be integrated with the ventilation system and serve as a demonstrator for building-integrated DAC.
Just arrived in Bremerhaven, where we build up a complete PtL process chain starting with CO2 capture from air as well as sea water purification via pressurised high-temperature co-electrolysis, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and syncrude upgrading to kerosene on a floating platform for offshore testing.
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just arrived in Bremerhaven, where we build up a complete PtL process chain starting with CO2 capture from air as well as sea water purification via pressurised high-temperature co-electrolysis, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and syncrude upgrading to kerosene on a floating platform for offshore testing.
Nach etwas Regen ist die heimische PV Anlage immer einen Tick besser als bei lang andauerndem Sonnenschein…
7.9 kW bei einer Ost-West-ausgerichteten Anlage mit 11.6 kWp und mehr als der Hälfte der Panels nach Osten auf einem recht steilen Dach ist super 🌞💪
7.9 kW bei einer Ost-West-ausgerichteten Anlage mit 11.6 kWp und mehr als der Hälfte der Panels nach Osten auf einem recht steilen Dach ist super 🌞💪
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Nach etwas Regen ist die heimische PV Anlage immer einen Tick besser als bei lang andauerndem Sonnenschein…
7.9 kW bei einer Ost-West-ausgerichteten Anlage mit 11.6 kWp und mehr als der Hälfte der Panels nach Osten auf einem recht steilen Dach ist super 🌞💪
7.9 kW bei einer Ost-West-ausgerichteten Anlage mit 11.6 kWp und mehr als der Hälfte der Panels nach Osten auf einem recht steilen Dach ist super 🌞💪
2nd German-Chilean Academic Forum in Berlin. Panel discussion „Science Diplomacy and Excellence in Research“.
International collaboration is vital in Science. And it is needed for solving any of the so many global challenges we are facing these days.
International collaboration is vital in Science. And it is needed for solving any of the so many global challenges we are facing these days.
June 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
2nd German-Chilean Academic Forum in Berlin. Panel discussion „Science Diplomacy and Excellence in Research“.
International collaboration is vital in Science. And it is needed for solving any of the so many global challenges we are facing these days.
International collaboration is vital in Science. And it is needed for solving any of the so many global challenges we are facing these days.
Some more impressions from the official inauguration event of INERATEC‘s PtL plant in Frankfurt Höchst. Well done, founders!
June 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Some more impressions from the official inauguration event of INERATEC‘s PtL plant in Frankfurt Höchst. Well done, founders!
Lago Grey in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Patagonia; Chunks of ice from the glacier floating on the water; South of Chile is the 3rd largest glacier area after Antarctica and Greenland; Nature is amazing! We are part of it. Act in a responsible way! #WorldEnvironmentDay
May 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lago Grey in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Patagonia; Chunks of ice from the glacier floating on the water; South of Chile is the 3rd largest glacier area after Antarctica and Greenland; Nature is amazing! We are part of it. Act in a responsible way! #WorldEnvironmentDay
Before heading back home we went up to Colorado Mines Peak from Berthoud Pass this morning. Great weather and amazing views up there!
April 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Before heading back home we went up to Colorado Mines Peak from Berthoud Pass this morning. Great weather and amazing views up there!
Had two amazing days of scientific exchange with our friends at NREL. Great facilities there and excellent people!
April 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Had two amazing days of scientific exchange with our friends at NREL. Great facilities there and excellent people!
Hydrogen and its derivatives is a big topic at the AIChE 2025 Spring Meeting combined with the Global Congress on Process Safety here in Dallas. Production, uses, safety… a large number of presentations impressively shows the industrial interest and triggers hope that things are finally moving.
April 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hydrogen and its derivatives is a big topic at the AIChE 2025 Spring Meeting combined with the Global Congress on Process Safety here in Dallas. Production, uses, safety… a large number of presentations impressively shows the industrial interest and triggers hope that things are finally moving.
IMVT at the AIChE Spring Meeting 2025 in Dallas:
Our colleague Dr. Mohit Singh got one of the best presentation awards :-)
Well done Mohit!
Our colleague Dr. Mohit Singh got one of the best presentation awards :-)
Well done Mohit!
April 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
IMVT at the AIChE Spring Meeting 2025 in Dallas:
Our colleague Dr. Mohit Singh got one of the best presentation awards :-)
Well done Mohit!
Our colleague Dr. Mohit Singh got one of the best presentation awards :-)
Well done Mohit!
A quote from the Global Congress of Process Safety panel discussion: „We want this transition to happen“
The panel highlights that the safety community is prepared to help companies starting to deal with widespread applications of hydrogen and derivates in the future.
The panel highlights that the safety community is prepared to help companies starting to deal with widespread applications of hydrogen and derivates in the future.
April 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A quote from the Global Congress of Process Safety panel discussion: „We want this transition to happen“
The panel highlights that the safety community is prepared to help companies starting to deal with widespread applications of hydrogen and derivates in the future.
The panel highlights that the safety community is prepared to help companies starting to deal with widespread applications of hydrogen and derivates in the future.
Opening keynote. Hope to get an update on the chemical industry‘s view on future trends. While it‘s pretty clear that modern civilisation won‘t work without chemistry, the challenge we face is how we can transform the classical fossil-based chemical industry into a more sustainable industry.
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Opening keynote. Hope to get an update on the chemical industry‘s view on future trends. While it‘s pretty clear that modern civilisation won‘t work without chemistry, the challenge we face is how we can transform the classical fossil-based chemical industry into a more sustainable industry.
Opening of the AIChE Spring Meeting 2025 in Dallas. Looking forward to the exchange with the U.S. colleagues!
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Opening of the AIChE Spring Meeting 2025 in Dallas. Looking forward to the exchange with the U.S. colleagues!
Ein paar bildliche Eindrücke von der Inbetriebnahmefeier heute morgen:
March 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ein paar bildliche Eindrücke von der Inbetriebnahmefeier heute morgen:
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Heute zu Besuch bei der EMPA in Dübendorf: Round table des Projekts reFuel.ch „Renewable fuels and chemicals for Switzerland“. Bin gespannt…
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Heute zu Besuch bei der EMPA in Dübendorf: Round table des Projekts reFuel.ch „Renewable fuels and chemicals for Switzerland“. Bin gespannt…
Dr. Strangelove - a cinematic masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick: which person alive today does this guy remind you of?
February 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Dr. Strangelove - a cinematic masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick: which person alive today does this guy remind you of?