Dr. rer. nat. Volkmar Schröder

Curriculum Vitae

• Born 1955 in Liebenwalde
• Abitur 1973
• Study of chemistry at Technical University Leuna-Merseburg
• Scientific assistant at physico-chemical institute of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1980 - 1984)
• Dr. rer. nat in the field of magneto-optical spectroscopy (1985)
• Scientist and head of a working group at Amt für Standardisierung Messwesen und Warenprüfung (ASMW) (1985 - 1989)
• Head of a division at ASMW (1989 - 1990)
• Start working at Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM) (1991)
• Head of laboratory/working group „Safety Related Properties of Gases“ (2000 - 2007)
• Head of division "Gases, Gas Plants" (2007)
• Lectureship in Chemical Safety Engineering at the Freie Universität Berlin (2009 )

Research and work ares (selection)

• Safety related properties of gases and characteristics of gas explosions
• Properties of chemically unstable gases, e.g. Acetylene, Tetrafluoroethylene und Ethylene oxide
• Safety related aspects of Hydrogen and Biogas technologies
• Expertise on filling and transport of gases and gas mixtures
• Expertise on explosions in gas plants and in the process industries
• International, European and national standardization in the field of safety characteristics
• Co-author of „Handbook of Explosion Prevention and Protection“, Wiley-VCH Verlag and data book „Sicherheitstechnische Kenngrößen“, NW-Verlag

Honorary positions (selection)

• Member of ProcessNet(DECHEMA) committee “Safety characteristics”
• Member of working group class 2 „Gases“ at the Board of Transportation of Dangerous Goods of the German Federal Ministry of Transport Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS)
• Special expert of explosion prevention and protection at „Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften“
• Member of CEN TC 305, Working Group „Flammability Characteristics – Determination Methods"

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