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Dr.-Ing. Joachim Knebel

Dr. Joachim Knebel

Chief Science Officer Bereich 4
room: Campus Nord, Geb. 433, Raumnummer 117
phone: +49 721 60 82 5511
fax: +49 721 60 82 5508
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Chief Science Officer 4

Dr.-Ing. Joachim U. Knebel

 

Curriculum Vitae

10/1983 - 01/1989

Studies of Theoretical Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH)

01/1993

Ph.D. thesis: “Experimental Studies in Turbulent Buoyant Jets in Sodium for Fast Reactors”

Grade: "Mit Auszeichnung"

02/1989 – 01/1993

Scientist at the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies (IKET), KIT

02/1993 – 12/1996

Head of Group “Long-term Containment Cooling” within European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) project, IKET

05/1997 – 04/2002

Head of Group “Studies of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS)”, IKET, KIT

Since 05/2002

Spokesperson of Helmholtz Nuclear Safety Research Program

05/2002 – 09/2010

Head of Nuclear Safety Research Program (NUKLEAR), KIT

10/2007 – 05/2009

Acting Head of Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR), KIT

06/2009 – 11/2010

Acting Head of Institute of Radiation Research (ISF), KIT

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 2011: Vice President)

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)