Education

• Bachelor study of Bioengineering at Zhejiang University from 2003 to 2007 (PR China)
• Master study of Chemical Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from 2007 to 2011 (Germany)

Ph.D. study

From 12/2011 to 04/2016 Ph.D. study of Chemical Engineering at Institute of Micro Process Engineering (IMVT) in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Supervisor: Prof. Roland Dittmeyer, PhD thesis: Simulation-assisted design of polycrystalline zeolite catalysts. Research interest: Renewable synthetic fuels.

Professional Activities

• From 08/2016 to 11/2016 Postdoc Fellow in Department of Thermal Process Technology (TPT) at Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics (TT) in DLR, Cologne
• From 12/2016 to 01/2019 Postdoc Fellow in TPT at Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics (TT) in DLR, Stuttgart
• From 02/2019 Project Manager / Principal Investigator (PI) in TPT at Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics (TT) in DLR, Stuttgart

Working fields

• Molten chloride salts as thermal energy storage (TES) materials / heat transfer fluids (HTF) for e.g., Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power Plants (CSP) and Carnot Battery
• Development of corrosion control system for structural materials in contact with molten salts
• Development of molten salts as electrolytes for molten salt batteries such as Liquid Metal battery (LMB) and liquid metal – halide salt battery

Literature

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wenjin_Ding