Dr. Manuel Clauss

Specialty wet-laid nonwovens and paper for high-performance applications. -Innovative technology company based on 150+ years of tradition in papermaking. -Member of AFBW Baden-Württemberg -Carbon fiber, high-temperature materials, mineral fiber, ceramic fiber, PEEK, PEI, ...

Shaping the future of paper and packaging in collaboration with PreZero (Schwarz Group). Former Scheufelen Paper Company -Paper from annual plants (silphium x perfoliatum) -Saving CO2 and energy by using chem-free pulped annual plant fiber instead of wood. -Several management tasks -Responsible for leading the R&D team (5-membered) and corporate project development -Project Finance and Funding

Renewable energy engineering company (PV, SC, Energy, HP-Materials) -Developing new business unit 'high performance fibers' -Process and furnace technology. -Developing & managing joint R&D and sales projects, CRM -Corporate market research & analyses and marketing strategies -Interdisciplinary requirements engineering -Contract negotiations with international clients

As a result of my work at the DITF i recieved my PhD in Chemistry and published my dissertation entitled: "Structural investigations on lignin-based carbon fibers" Within this work, I was fully responsible to lead my own R&D Project to success. Task was the development of new concepts for the synthesis of green carbon fibers (GCF) on the basis of lignin. I filed 3 international patent applications and held a various number of speeces at international conferences. Weekly report to the director in English.

Europes Largest Man-made Fibers Research Institution -Multiple R&D Project Management (up to 4.6 M € PPP EU Projects) -Leading of technical staff within projects -Developing new concepts for the value-added utilization of the abundant biopolymer lignin. -4 International patent applications (PCT) -PhD thesis honoured by 2020's AKK R&D award

Supervising and guiding Bachelor students within the organic chemical lab course. Impartation of good laboratory praxis and the synthesis of organic substances always in view of safety and GHS.

Preparing microbiological and bacterial cultures for human medicinal and analytical purposes. Night duty

Magna cum laude (1.0) Entwicklung neuer Methoden zur nachhaltigen Synthese von kostengünstigen Carbonfasern auf der Basis des Biopolymers Lignin. Analyse und Ausarbeitung von Struktur-Wirkungsbeziehungen. Patentrechtliche (IP) Verwertung von Forschungsergebnissen. Projektbetreuung (EU)

Schwerpunkte: Polymerchemie, Chemie von Biopolymeren und Fasertechnologie / Leichtbau