Curriculum Vitae
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10/1983 - 01/1989 |
Studies of Theoretical Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
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01/1993 |
Ph.D. thesis: “Experimental Studies in Turbulent Buoyant Jets in Sodium for Fast Reactors” Grade: "Mit Auszeichnung" |
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02/1989 – 01/1993 |
Scientist at the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies (IKET), KIT |
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02/1993 – 12/1996 |
Head of Group “Long-term Containment Cooling” within European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) project, IKET |
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05/1997 – 04/2002 |
Head of Group “Studies of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS)”, IKET, KIT |
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Since 05/2002 |
Spokesperson of Helmholtz Nuclear Safety Research Program |
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05/2002 – 09/2010 |
Head of Nuclear Safety Research Program (NUKLEAR), KIT |
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10/2007 – 05/2009 |
Acting Head of Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR), KIT |
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06/2009 – 11/2010 |
Acting Head of Institute of Radiation Research (ISF), KIT |
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Since 10/2010 |
Chief Science Officer (CSO-4), Bereich IV within Enlarged Executive Board, KIT |
Curriculum Vitae Dr. Knebel als Download (englisch, PDF-Format)
Other Duties and Honorary Functions
| Since 1993 | Author or co-author of more than 100 scientific publications More than 55 invited papers at scientific conferences, public hearings, specialist and project meetings in Europe, USA, Japan, Russian Federation, India, PR China and South Korea Organizer and co-organizer of various conferences in the field of nuclear energy and nuclear waste transmutation |
| Since 05/2006 |
Member of Federal Executive Board, German Nuclear Society (KTG) – re-elected in 2009 |
| Since 01/2008 | Vice President of European Nuclear Society (ENS) - re-elected in 2010 |
| Since 06/2008 | Chairperson of Steering Committee, International MEGAPIE Initiative |
| Since 07/2008 | Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Dresden-Rossendorf Research Centre (FZD) |
| Since 06/2010 | Member of the Nuclear Science and Technology Peer Review Committee, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) (in 2011: Chair of Peer Review Committee) |



