C3-Konferenzzeitplan – Kassel Membrane Days 2026: Membrane separation

Kassel Membrane Days 2026: Membrane separation – an enabling technology

Tuesday – 02-03-2026

08:15

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Registration

Room : Foyer Gartensaal 1. OG

Duration : 55 Minutes

09:10

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Welcome Address

Room : Gartensaal 1. OG

Duration : 10 Minutes

09:20

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Plenary Lecture 1

Chair(s) Prof. Dr. Ingolf Voigt (Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS)

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

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Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 40 Minutes

09:20

Developing ceramic membrane filtration technology for harsh filtration conditions

Prof. Arian Nijmeijer | Shell Global Solution International BV | Netherlands

10:00

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Plenary Lecture 2

Chair(s) Prof. Dr. Ingolf Voigt (Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS)

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

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Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 40 Minutes

10:00

Electrochemical membrane reactors for sustainable fuels and chemicals

Dr. Marie-Laure Fontaine | SINTEF Industry | Norway

10:40

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Coffee Break

Room : Foyer Gartensaal 1. OG

Duration : 40 Minutes

11:20

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Session 1: NF Membranes

Chair(s) Prof. Dr. Ivo Vankelecom (KU LEUVEN)

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

Topic: S1: NF Membranes

Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 80 Minutes

11:20

Investigation of Layer-by-layer coated nanofiltration membranes for oligosaccharide concentration from fermentation broth treatment

Christiane Sander | RWTH Aachen University | Germany

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11:40

Covalently crosslinked polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes

Robert Niestroj-Pahl | University of Twente | Netherlands

12:00

Lithium recovery from monovalent / multivalent ion mixtures by polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes

Kerstin Wienkamp | RWTH Aachen University | Germany

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12:20

Polyelectrolyte complex nanofiltration membranes by two-step coating of polymeric ionomers and polyelectrolytes on porous polyacrylonitrile membranes

M.Sc Viktor Schaufler | Universität Duisburg-Essen | Germany

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11:20

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Session 2: Membrane Bioreactors (parallel to Session 1)

Chair(s) Dr. Bernhard Düppenbecker (Bayer AG)

Room: Saal Borovsky+Oldenburg 2. OG

Topic: S2: Membrane Bioreactors

Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 80 Minutes

11:20

Innovative MBR and water reuse schemes in chicken slaughterhouses

Dr. Ir. Peter Aerts | Blue Foot Membranes Bv | Belgium

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11:40

New treatment concept for the WWTP Lindau for improving effluent quality for discharge into Constance Lake (Bodensee)

Dr. Heike Burghard | Garten- und Tiefbaubetriebe Lindau (GTL) | Germany
Walter Lamparter | WTA UNISOL GmbH | Germany

12:00

Investigating the effect of membrane filtration on downstream ozonation in wastewater treatment

Maximilian Werner | University Duisburg-Essen | Germany

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12:20

Enhanced protein recovery from microalgae Tetraselmis chui using enzyme-grafted nylon membranes

Tim Schreiber | Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V. | Germany

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12:40

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Lunch Break

Room : Restaurant 1. OG

Duration : 80 Minutes

14:00

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Session 3: Applications 1, UF, NF, RO

Chair(s) Prof. Arian Nijmeijer (Shell Global Solution International BV)

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

Topic: S3: Applications 1, UF, NF, RO

Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 80 Minutes

14:00

Nanofiltration investigations for wastewater purification and metal recovery from the Linz-Donawitz Converter Slag

Dr. Rama Swami Kantamani | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. | Germany

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14:20

Recovery and desalting of homogeneous catalysts by nanofiltration membranes to produce platform chemicals from biomass

Leon Schidowski | University Hamburg | Germany

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14:40

High-recovery brine treatment using ultra-high-pressure membrane processes for enhanced industrial water recycling

Prof. Dr. Christine Kleffner | Bochum University of Applied Sciences | Germany

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15:00

A modified CCRO design for reduced OPEX and CAPEX

Dr. Áron Bóna | University of Pannonia | Hungary

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14:00

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Session 4: Membrane Fabrication (parallel to Session 3)

Chair(s) Prof. Mathias Ulbricht (Universität Duisburg-Essen)

Room: Saal Borovsky+Oldenburg 2. OG

Topic: S4: Membrane Fabrication

Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 80 Minutes

14:00

Process-specific membranes - how to turn polymeric materials into tailor-made membranes

Dr.-Ing. Murat Tutus | Faunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research | Germany

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14:20

Fabrication of free-standing PSS/PDADMAC ultra- and microfiltration membranes by incorporating cellulosic additives

Ang Zhao | RWTH Aachen University | Germany

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14:40

Ultra-porous biopolymer membranes from nanoparticle-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions

Dr. Katja Heise | TU Bergakademie Freiberg | Germany

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15:00

From the cradle to the full grown – the path to a new product line

Dr. Christian Göbbert | Nanostone Water GmbH | Germany

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15:20

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Coffee Break

Room : Foyer Gartensaal 1. OG

Duration : 40 Minutes

16:00

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Poster Pitches

Chair(s) Dr. Torsten Brinkmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon)

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

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Form of presentation: Lecture

Duration: 60 Minutes

17:00

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Poster Session

Room: Gartensaal 1. OG

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Form of presentation: Poster

Duration: 120 Minutes

P01: Doubling permeability with sacrificial nanoparticles: Breaking the trade-off barrier

J. Roberto Andrade | University of Twente | Netherlands

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P02: Determination of PES-flat-sheet membrane and capillary membrane pore sizes using stabilized and coated spherical gold nanoparticles

Maurice Aps | Thermo Fisher Scientific BPG GmbH | Germany

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P03: Controlled structuring of PVDF membranes by variation of CCD substrate topography

Yannick Heckmann | Saarland University of Applied Sciences | Germany

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P04: Development of a double-layer fabrication method for multichannel capillary membranes

Daniel Rattinger | MCI - the entrepreneurial school, LFU - University of Innsbruck | Austria

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P05: Hollow fiber membrane contactors for direct air capture – Linking module performance to fiber morphology

Tilman Schiffer | RWTH Aachen University | Germany

P06: Application of layer-by-layer NF membranes prepared from end-of-life RO modules for micropollutant removal

Dr. Áron Bóna | University of Pannonia | Hungary
Girma Daba Deme | University of Pannonia | Hungary

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P07: An integrated NF-RO process for high quality irrigation water production from challenging wastewaters

Dr. Áron Bóna | University of Pannonia | Hungary
Abelneh Terefe Mekuria | University of Pannonia | Hungary

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P08: LbL-coated ceramic membranes for drinking water production - Examination of potential backwash stability

Julia Bennert | DVGW-Forschungsstelle TUHH | Germany

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P09: Development of process strategies for the temporary storage and extraction of hydrogen through the national natural gas network using inorganic molecular sieve membranes

Jan Philipp Poths | Fraunhofer IKTS | Germany

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P10: The impact of co-immobilization on enzyme-grafted nylon membranes employed in microalgae filtration

Marleen Nisser | Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V. | Germany

P11: Scalable fabrication of Ti4O7 reactive electrochemical membranes for PFAS remediation in water

Famke Sprakel | University of Twente | Netherlands

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P12: Development of a predictive pervaporation tool and modular experimental setup for early-stage process development

Felix Pasch | Ruhr-Universität-Bochum | Germany

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P13: Membrane upscaling at MTG@KU Leuven Belgium

Prof. Dr. Ivo Vankelecom | KU LEUVEN | Belgium

P14: HOW TO BE NATURAL - Test waters according to DIN 2001-3 to challenge water treatment systems

Dr. Jeldrik Moritz | WIS – Bundeswehr Research Institute for Protective Technologies and CBRN Protection | Germany

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P15: Comparative salt and micropollutant rejection of four NF membranes (modified vs. commercial) in real wastewater effluent

Dr. Ildikó Galambos | University of Pannonia | Hungary

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P16: Development of compatible membranes and catalysts for multifunctional catalytic membrane reactors – I-KaMeRa

Christian Pflieger | Fraunhofer IKTS | Germany

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P17: Solid-state assembly of a triazine-based polyimide-ceramic-polyimide sandwich membrane exhibiting near-perfect one-way water transport

David Magnus Wolf | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany

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P18: Design parameter optimization of a membrane reactor for methanol synthesis using a sophisticated CFD model

Theresa Hauth | Technische Universität München | Germany

P19: Bicontinuous zeolite-polymer composite membranes prepared by doctor-blade-assisted casting

Aleksandra Przybylska | Technische Universität Chemnitz | Germany

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P20: Cutting the cost of carbon capture for industry - Cool Planet’s Advanced Membrane Technology

Dr. Patrick Schiffmann | Cool Planet Technologies | Germany

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P21: Construction of a test rig for methanol synthesis in a membrane reactor

Lukas Anthofer | TU München | Germany

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P22: pH-responsive K+/Na+ selective hot-pressed saloplastic membranes

Hanxiao Zhou | University of Twente | Netherlands

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P23: Digital and experimental design of polymer-based membrane adsorbers for direct air capture

Emil Pashayev | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon | Germany

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P24: Low-swelling polyelectrolyte multilayers via hydrophobic copolymers for dense nanofiltration

Sina Rezaei | University of Twente | Netherlands

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19:00

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Dinner Buffet

Room : Restaurant 1. OG

Duration : 120 Minutes