Heads of Department
apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Jordan
Head of Department
- Telephone
- +49 561 804-3876
- jordan[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
- Location
- Kurt-Wolters-Str. 3
34109 Kassel
- Room
- 3207
Professional background
Main research areas
- Thermal and systems engineering for the provision of renewable energy for buildings, neighborhoods and industrial processes
- Heat conduction planning & district heating systems
- Sorption processes
Curriculum vitae
- Since 2016: Associate professor in the Institute for Thermal Engineering at the University of Kassel, Germany
- Head of two International Research Training Networks of the European Union
- 2013 – 2017: “Solar Heat Integration NEtwork (SHINE)”, 13 PhD students
- 2006 -2010: “Advanced Heating and Cooling for Buildings (SolNet)”, 10 PhD students
- 2012 - 2017: Junior research group leader (BMBF funding initiative “Energy Storage”): “Liquid desiccant systems for residential buildings and for drying applications (OpenSorp)”
- 2005 -2012 Junior professor at the University of Kassel in the field of “Renewable process heat”
- 2002-2004: Research stay at the Technical University in Copenhagen, Denmark, Marie-Curie Post-Doc Fellowship Program of the EU. Project title: “Experimental and Computational Analysis of Flow Patterns at Inlet Devices of Solar Water Stores”
- 2001: Doctorate/PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) on the topic: “System comparison and modeling of a thermosyphonically operated hot water storage tank for solar combi systems”
- 1990 - 1996: Study of Physics at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
Current non-university climate protection activities (2024)
- Member of the Scientific Climate Advisory Board of the State of Hesse (according to HKlimaG 2023)
- Participation in the Climate Protection Council in the City of Kassel
- Founding member of the Scientists for Future - Kassel regional group
- Member of the federal working group on energy of the German section of the association “Friends of the Earth”