Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettina Frohnapfel
- Head of Institute
- room: 611
- phone: +49 721 608-43031
- fax: +49 721 608-45147
- bettina frohnapfel ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Consulation hours:
Summer and winter semester: Wednesdays, 11:30 - 13:00Only by arrangement in the secretary's office.
CV
| since 11/24 | KIT-Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – Vice Dean and Dean of Studies |
| since 01/23 | Deputy spokesperson of CRC/TRR 150 "Turbulent, chemically reactive, multi-phase flows near walls" |
| since 06/20 | Member of DFG Review Board; since 2024 spokesperson of review board 4.22 Fluid Mechanics, Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Energy Engineering |
| since 05/12 | Full professor and head of the Institute of Fluid Mechanics (ISTM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
| 03/24 – 08/24 | Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada |
| 04/17 – 08/17 | Visiting Professor at KTH Stockholm, Sweden |
| 02/10 – 04/12 | Head of DFG funded Emmy Noether Group at TU Darmstadt |
| 12/08 – 04/12 | Research Coordinator “Drag and Circulation Control” at the Center of Smart Interfaces, TU Darmstadt (jointly with Sven Grundmann) |
| 11/07 - 11/08 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Turbulence and Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship) |
| 10/03 - 11/07 | Research Assistant, Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM-Erlangen), University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Education
| 03/2007 | PhD in Fluid Mechanics (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. F. Durst) |
| 10/98 - 08/03 | Studies in Chemical Engineering, University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Stays abroad in Argentina, Chile, USA, Sweden
Awards and Prizes
| 2022 | Teaching Award of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty (jointly with Prof. T. Böhlke) |
| 2021 | Henriette Herz Scout of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2017 | Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2016 | Teaching Award of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty |
| 2010 | Selected member of the AcademiaNet database |
| 2008 - 2010 | Fast Track-Program of the Robert Bosch Foundation |
| 2008 | Dissertation Award of the Technical Faculty at University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 2004 | ZARM Förderpreis (2nd place) |
| 2004 | Shell She-Study Award (3rd place) |