Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Schabel

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h. c. Wilhelm Schabel (KIT) studied process engineering and is professor for Thin Film Technology at KIT. His doctoral thesis in the field of film drying was awarded with the Carl Freudenberg Prize by University of Karlsruhe in 2005. In 2007 he received the Arnold-Eucken Award (VDI) and in 2008 the Scriven Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Coating Science (ISCST). In 2007 he started in industry at Lonza Foils (LOFO/TAC Bright) in Basel/Taiwan in the R&D department for film casting and coating applications. In 2009 he was appointed to the first professorship for Thin Film Technology at KIT, initially funded by the KIT Elite Future Concept and a consortium of BASF, BAYER, and ROCHE with 3 million euros. Prof. Schabel is an international member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Coating Science & Technology and the European Coating Society and served as there Vice Presidents in terms. 2015 he refused a full Professorship offer to Excellence University TU Dresden and continued his research career at KIT. In 2021 he was honored by the University of Cambridge as an “EDWARDS FELLOW”. In 2022, the International Drying Symposium (IDS) community honored Schabel with the “EXCELLENCE IN DRYING AWARD” in recognition of his individual achievements in drying research. 2023 he was elected by his European colleagues as the new President of the European Coating Society (ECS) for the next term. Members of the TFT group have been honored for best posters, talks & innovations with more than 37 research awards (until 2024).

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Scopus Research ID:  6506921961

ResearcherID:  AAF-1045-2019

OCID ID:  0000-0002-3453-8242

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