Andreas Dreizler

Andreas Dreizler(born 27 March 1966 inFreiburg im Breisgau,Germany)is a Germanphysicist,professor of mechanical engineering at theTechnische Universität Darmstadtand heads the division of reactive flows and measurement technology.

In 2014, he received theGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,the highest award for researchers in Germany, for his achievements in quantitative laser diagnostics of reactive flows. His scientific achievements include, for example the world's first measurements of carbon water concentrations and temperatures in flames usingnonlinear optics.

Life

Andreas Dreizler studied physics at theUniversity of Kiel,where he received his intermediate diplom in 1988. He continued his studies at theRuprecht-Karls-University Heidelbergand received hisdiplomin 2002. During this time, he had research stays at theUniversity of Oxfordsupported by aDAADscholarship. In 2005 he received his doctorate inphysical chemistryunder Jürgen Wolfrum with a thesis on polarization spectroscopy. The title of his dissertation was "Einsatz von Vierwellenmischug und Polarisationsspektroskopie zur Diagnostik reaktiver Strömungen" (Use of four-wave mixing and polarization spectroscopy for the diagnosis of reactive flows).He then worked as a technology consultant for laser technology at theAssociation of German EngineersinDüsseldorfand as a university assistant and working group leader at the Institute for Technical Combustion at theUniversity of Stuttgart.In 2002 he completed his habilitation in combustion technology with Johannes Janicka at theTechnische Universität Darmstadt.The title of hishabilitation thesiswas "Über Experimente zur Entwicklung und Validierung von Modelle für die Beschreibung turbulenter Flammen" (On Experiments for the Development and Validation of Models for the Description of Turbulent Flames).

He is married and has four children. He is a member of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, theOptical Societyand the German Section of theCombustion Institute.

Publications

• Schneider, Ch.; Dreizler, A.; Janicka, J.; Hassel, E.P. (2003). "Flow field measurements of stable and locally extinguishing hydrocarbon-fuelled jet flames".Combustion and Flame.135(1–2): 185–190.doi:10.1016/S0010-2180(03)00150-0.ISSN0010-2180.
• Brübach, Jan; Pflitsch, Christian; Dreizler, Andreas; Atakan, Burak (2013). "On surface temperature measurements with thermographic phosphors: A review".Progress in Energy and Combustion Science.39(1): 37–60.doi:10.1016/j.pecs.2012.06.001.ISSN0360-1285.
• Dreizler, A.; Böhm, B. (2015). "Advanced laser diagnostics for an improved understanding of premixed flame-wall interactions".Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.35(1): 37–64.doi:10.1016/j.proci.2014.08.014.ISSN1540-7489.