
معرفی
Dr. Philipp Rehner is a Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zürich. He holds a master’s degree in process engineering from the University of Stuttgart and completed his Ph.D. there under Professor Joachim Gross, focusing on classical density functional theory and interfacial properties of nanodroplets. Since 2021, he has been a postdoctoral researcher and group leader of the Molecular Design Group at ETH Zürich’s Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group.
Research Interests:
- Development and application of classical density functional theory (DFT) for interfacial systems and adsorption modeling
- Thermodynamic modeling using equations of state (e.g., PC-SAFT, PCP-SAFT)
- Computer-aided molecular and process design
- GPU-accelerated computational methods for large-scale simulations
- Automated parameter prediction for molecular models using machine learning and SMILES representation
Key Contributions:
- Developed the open-source FeOs framework for equations of state and DFT
- Advanced group-contribution methods for binary interaction parameters in thermodynamic models
- Pioneered GPU-accelerated DFT calculations for adsorption in porous materials
Recognition:
- Recipient of the Walter Benjamin Fellowship (German Research Foundation)
Labs/Teams:
- Leader of the Molecular Design Group at ETH Zürich’s EPSE Group
- Collaborator on interdisciplinary projects involving chemical engineering, computational chemistry, and materials science
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