Dirk Bosbach

Prof. Dirk Bosbach is a leading academic at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, holding a Professorship in the Nuclear Waste Management (IFN-2) department of the Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management (IFN). His research focuses on geochemical processes relevant to nuclear waste disposal, including radionuclide migration, mineral-water interactions, and spent nuclear fuel behavior. He leads projects like iCROSS (integrity of radioactive waste disposal systems) and contributed to the DISCO project on modern spent fuel disposal.

• Key affiliations: Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management
• Expertise in reactive transport modeling, synchrotron-based materials analysis, and lab-on-a-chip technologies
• Prominent work on radium retention in clays, uranium oxide microstructure characterization, and cementitious barrier performance

Recent research highlights include AI-driven geochemical experimentation, pore-scale modeling of diffusion in unsaturated media, and development of uranium oxide reference materials for nuclear safeguards. His team combines experimental methods (microfluidics, synchrotron XRD) with advanced computational tools to understand coupled hydrogeochemical processes in geological repositories.