Rate My Professor Klaus Hellgardt

Professor Klaus Hellgardt is Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at Imperial College London, where he has served since 2014. Prior to this promotion, he was Reader in Chemical Engineering from 2008 to 2014 at the same institution, having returned to Imperial in 2005. Earlier in his career, he held positions as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University from 2000. Hellgardt obtained his Dipl.-Ing.(TH) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in 1990. He then received a European Mobility Grant for his PhD and Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) studies at Imperial College London, completing them in 1994, followed by a postdoctoral associate position there.

Hellgardt's research centres on the interfaces between reaction and reactor engineering with chemistry, biology, and materials science to advance sustainable processes. Key areas include solar fuels, clean fossil fuels, flow chemistry, applied catalysis, kinetics, electrochemical processes, and bioreactor modelling, design, and application. As leader of the REaCT Group, he has attracted over £9.2 million in research grants. His contributions encompass more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles and 6 patents. Professionally, he serves as Secretary of the IChemE Applied Catalysis Subject Group, sits on the editorial board of the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, acts as Director and Board Member of Britest Ltd., Chairs the Advisory Board of CTI-LABS AG in Germany, and holds a Visiting Professorship at the University of Tokyo. He is a member of several societies including VDI, FEANI, EURSIS, and AIChE. Hellgardt has been honoured with the EurIng designation in 2003 by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations, as well as the Imperial College Award for Excellence in Teaching and the ExxonMobil Teaching Excellence Award, both in 2008. His work extends to industry spin-outs such as SOLVE Chemistry.