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Working Party on Crystallization


Welcome to the website of the EFCE Working Party on Crystallization.
 

Principal activities of the Working Party

 

  • Organization of triennial International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization  and specialized scientific meetings and workshops
     
  • Exchange of information about activities of national working parties on crystallization of the EFCE member countries

  • Fostering links to other working parties within EFCE which are active in adjacent areas, such as mixing, reaction engineering, filtration and separation, drying, agglomeration, comminution and classification, characterization of particulate systems

  • Evaluation and standardization of methods of measurement; definition of terminology, symbols and units in the field of industrial crystallization
     
  • Development of training at undergraduate and postgraduate level


Events

Small Molecules Crystallization Workshop

Small Molecules Crystallization Workshop

18-19 September 2024, Torino, Italy 

sponsored by the European Research Council (949229) and the EFCE Working Party of Crystallization
Talks from industrial and academic speakers will highlight the current challenges, research trends and future developments in the field of crystallization of small molecules for the food, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, to name a few. Talks will focus on industrial applications of crystallization processes, multiscale modelling (e.g., from atomistic to continuous systems) and experimental design, synthesis & characterization of crystalline particles, formulations and processes at different scales.

Further information

Register now!

 


Spotlight Talks


25 March 2024
Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in industrial crystallization

> Recording (YouTube)


1 June 2023
Innovative characterization techniques for particulate and crystallization processes 
Working Parties on Crystallization and on Characterization of Particulate Systems

> Recording (YouTube)


29 April 2022
Role of crystallization in the production of battery materials and in battery recycling

> Recording (YouTube)


YouTube Channel of the WP

Here you will find some interesting lectures:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-Vd8hbXJA5zaXfMPenRLw
  


Award

Triennial Excellence Award in Crystallization

The 2023 Excellence Award in Crystallization was presented to DR. FRANCESCA BREVEGLIERI for her PhD thesis titled
"Deracemization via batch temperature cycles - combining racemization and crystallization for chiral resolution"
completed at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, under the supervision of Professor Marco Mazzotti.
The Award was presented during the 22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2023) which was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 5-8 September 2023.

> more


In Memoriam

With great sadness we announce the loss of Prof. dr. ir. Gerda Maria van Rosmalen who passed away on 18 January 2021. She will be tremendously missed.
 


Business Meeting

The recent business meeting of the WP was held on 19 October 2022.
minutes

 

Objective of the Working Party

 
Advancement of the theory and practice of crystallization as it relates to the production of bulk crystalline materials ....

Working Party members

Delegates

CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC

Prof.Ing. Zdenek Bubnik
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague,
Technika 5,
16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 220 443 112
Contact

 


DENMARK
DENMARK

Dr. Thomas Vetter  (Secretary)
H. Lundbeck A/S
Ottiliavej 9
2500 Valby (Copenhagen), Denmark
Tel.: +35 30 83 21 15
Contact

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-vetter-10b35420/


FINLAND
FINLAND

Prof. Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen
Aalto University
School of Chemical Engineering
Kemistintie 1
02150 Espoo, Finland
Tel: +358 50 3245 780
Contact

http://chem.aalto.fi/ ; http://cmet.aalto.fi/


FRANCE
FRANCE

Prof. Béatrice Biscans
Université de Toulouse
CNRS-Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
UMR 5503
4 Allée Emile Monso, BP 84234,
31432 Toulouse-Cedex 4, France
Tel: +33 5 34 32 36 38
Contact

Dr. Philippe Carvin
Solvay
Centre de Recherche de Lyon,
85 rue des Fréres Perret, BP62,
69192 Saint-Fons Cedex, France
Tel: +33 4 72 89 63 53
Contact


GERMANY
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Department of Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Engineering 
Sandtorstr. 1
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel: +49 391 6110 293
Contact
Website: https://www.mpimagdeburg.mpg.de/person/26648/842836 

Dr. Claudia Pudack  (Vice-Chair)
KBR, Technology Director, Inorganics
Plinke GmbH
Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 24
61348 Bad Homburg, Germany
Tel: +44 137 286 3843; +41 78 208 2064
Contact
Website: https://www.kbr.com/en
Twitter: @KBRincorporated 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-pudack-928b2858/


GREECE
GREECE

Prof. Dr. Petros G. Koutsoukos
University of Patras
Department of Chemical Engineering
26500 Patras, Greece
Tel: +30 2610 997 265
Contact


HUNGARY
HUNGARY

Dr. Ákos Borsos
Egis Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
30-38 Keresztúri Str, Budapest 1106
Mobile: +36 70 586 0009
Contact

Dr. Hajnalka Pataki
Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology
Budafoki Street 8, Budapest, F II. mezzanine 25.
Tel.: +36 (1) 463-4129
Mobile:+36 20 402 6877
Contact 


IRELAND
IRELAND

Dr. Steven Ferguson
University College Dublin
School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
Engineering and Material Science Centre
Belfield, Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 861541149
Contact
Website: https://people.ucd.ie/steven.ferguson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ferguson_ucd?lang=en
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ferguson-8164541a/

Dr. Barbara Wood
SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER
APC LTD
Dublin, Ireland, D18 DH50
Contact 
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-wood-15b2741a 


ITALY
ITALY

Prof. Daniele Marchisio  (Chair)
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Applied Science and Technology
Institute of Chemical Engineering
MuSyChEn Research group - Multiscale Modelling Team
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino, Italy
Tel: +39 011 0904622
Contact
Website: https://www.disat.polito.it/it/personale/scheda/(nominativo)/daniele.marchisio
Twitter: @DanieleMarchis1
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielemarchisio/

Dr. Emanuele Tomba
Contact 


NETHERLANDS
The NETHERLANDS

Associate Prof. H. Burak Eral
Delft University of Technology
Process and Energy Department
Leeghwaterstraat 39
2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Contact 

Dr. Bart Zwijnenburg
Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V.
Senior R&D Expert Salt Technology
Zutphenseweg 10
7418 AJ Deventer, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 2750 7931
Contact
Website: www.nobian.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-zwijnenburg-8958b88/


SPAIN
SLOVAK REPUBLIK

Dr. Ivan Cervenansky
Slovak University of Technology
Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Radlinskeho, 9
81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
Contact


SPAIN
SPAIN

Dr. Jaime Gomes-Morales
Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalograficos,
CSIC-Universidad de Granada
Avda. de Las Palmeras 4
18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
Tel: +34 958 18 16 43
Contact
Website: https://www.lec.csic.es/index.php
Twitter: @JaimeGomezMora1
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/jaime-gómez-morales-8b3b4253


SWEDEN
SWEDEN

Dr. Michael Svärd
Docent
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Teknikringen 42
10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Contact


SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND

Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti
ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Institute of Process Engineering
Sonneggstrasse 3
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel: +41 1 632 2456
Contact
Website: https://istp.ethz.ch/people/persondetail.mmazzotti.html

Dr. Manfred Stepanski
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd.
Sustainable Solutions
Neuwiesenstrasse 15
8401 Winterthur, Switzerland
Tel: +41 52 262 3786
Contact
Website: www.sulzer.com
Twitter: @SulzerLtd
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manfred-stepanski-18627b199


UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM

Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy
Loughborough University
Chemical Engineering Department
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1509 222516
Contact
Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/chemical/staff/zoltank-nagy/


 
Elected members

GERMANY
GERMANY

Dr. Simon A. Schiele
Technical University of Munich
Process systems engineering
Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, Room: EG 34
85354 Freising, Germany
Tel: +49-8161-71-4187
Contact
Website: https://www.svt.wzw.tum.de/en/staff/simon-schiele/ 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-schiele-3a0765138/

Dr. Kerstin Wohlgemuth
TU Dortmund University
Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering
Laboratory of Plant and Process Design
Head of Crystallization and Product Design
Emil-Figge-Straße 70
44227 Dortmund, Germany
Tel: +49 231 755 3020
Contact
Website: http://www.apt.bci.tudortmund.de/cms/en/mitarbeiter_en/wissenschaftliche/kerstin-wohlgemuth.html 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-wohlgemutha45492113/


ITALY
HUNGARY

Associate Prof. Botond Szilágyi
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering
Budafoki Str. 8, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Contact
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/botond-szilagyi-5b997172/ 


ITALY
ITALY

Prof. Elena Simone
Politecnico di Torino
Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino, Italy
Contact
Website: https://www.disat.polito.it/personale/scheda/(nominativo)/elena.simone
Twitter: @elena_simone_
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-simone-87661246/


ITALY
SWITZERLAND

Dr. Elodie Verdurand
DSM Nutritional Products
Technology Support OPS/MT – Solid Processes
Hauptstrasse 4
4334 Sisseln, Switzerland
Tel: +41 628662955
Contact
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elodie-verdurand-8bb9a332/


UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM

Prof. Jan Sefcik
University of Strathclyde
Head of Department, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
75 Montrose Street
Glasgow, G1 1XJ, United Kingdom
Contact
Website: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/sefcikjanprof/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-sefcik-3a507bb/

Dr. Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan
The University of Manchester
Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Contact
Website:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ashwinkumar.rajagopalan
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash23win/



Permanent Guests (Guest members)

Assoc. Prof. Franca Jones
Curtin University
School of Molecular and Life Sciences
PO Box U1987, WA, Australia, 6845
Contact 
Website: https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/franca-jones-366fbb02/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franca-jones-621aa184/ 

Dr. Rob Geertman
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Companies of Johnson & Johnson
CTPS, Crystallization Technology Unit
Turnhoutseweg 30
2340 Beerse, Belgien
Contact

Prof. Marcelo Martins Seckler
Universidade de São Paulo
Escola Politécnica
Chemical Engineering Department
Tel: +55 11 99963 5142
Contact

Prof. Eli Korin
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Chemical Engineering Department
Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Tel: +972 8 6461 480
Contact

Dr. Kwang-Koo Kim
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
University of Science and Technology
National Research Laboratory for Crystallization Process & Engineering
PO Box 107, Yuseong, Taejeon 305-600, Korea
Tel: +82 42 860 7518 or 7539
Contact

Prof. Dr. Piotr M. Synowiec
Silesian University of Technology
Chemical Engineering & Process Design Dept.
M. Strzody 7, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Contact
Website: www.polsl.pl 

Associate Prof. Dr. Lek Wantha 
Institute of Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology
School of Chemical Engineering
111 University Avenue, Muang District,
Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
Contact 
Website: https://sites.google.com/g.sut.ac.th/lekwantha/home
Linkedin: https://th.linkedin.com/in/lek-wantha-b68bb911a 

Prof. A.N. Bulutcu
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi
Kimya-Metalurji Fakültesi
Kimya Mühendisligi Bölümü, Turkey
Tel: +90 212 285 3354
Contact

Associate Prof. Dr. Sevgi Polat
Marmara University
Chemical Engineering Department
34854 İstanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 216 7773698
Contact
Website: https://avesis.marmara.edu.tr/sevgi.polat 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sevgi-polat-b12280285/

Dr. Mei Lee
GlaxoSmithKline
GSK Medicines Research Centre
Gunnels Wood Road,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, United Kingdom
Contact
Website: https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/
Twitter: @GSK
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mei-lee-b4052317

Mr. Ivan Marziano
Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development
Ramsgate Road
Sandwich CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1304 641497
Contact
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-marziano-87a94b12/

 

Working Party Events

 

International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC

 

ISIC2023

22nd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - (ISIC2023)

The recent International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization took place in Glasgow (UK) on 5-8 September 2023.

 

History of the ISIC Symposium


Summer School on Crystallization

26-28 June 2024, Stevenage, United Kingdom

 
Would you like to explore the fundamentals and practical applications of crystallization?
Join our summer school to connect with experts in the field and fellow emerging professionals.

Programme Flyer

Sign up for pre-registration to stay informed!

 


Small Molecules Crystallization Workshop

18-19 September 2024, Torino, Italy 

sponsored by the European Research Council (949229) and the EFCE Working Party of Crystallization
Talks from industrial and academic speakers will highlight the current challenges, research trends and future developments in the field of crystallization of small molecules for the food, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, to name a few. Talks will focus on industrial applications of crystallization processes, multiscale modelling (e.g., from atomistic to continuous systems) and experimental design, synthesis & characterization of crystalline particles, formulations and processes at different scales.

Further information

Register now!


Previous event:


Spotlight Talk: Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in industrial crystallization
online, 25 March 2024
> Recording (YouTube)

ECCE14 & ECAB7
Berlin, Germany, 17-21 September 2023
The WP on Crystallization is organizing a satellite event at the next European Congress on Chemical Engineering (ECCE) with the following title: The Pharma Challenge: a cross-cutting perspective from the WPs CAPE, Crystallization and Thermodynamics and Transport Properties.

28th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization - BIWIC 2023
Stockholm, Sweden, on 30 August - 1 September 2023

Spotlight Talk: Innovative characterization techniques for particulate and crystallization processes 
online, 1 June 2023, Working Parties on Crystallization and on Characterization of Particulate Systems
> Recording (YouTube)

21st International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC 2021
online, 30 August - 2 September 2021

Webinar Series of the Working Party on Crystallization, EFCE 2020
9, 10 and 11 September 2020, 15:00-17:00 CEST
INFORMATION BOOKLET (schedule, speakers and abstracts)

Summer school "FLUID DYNAMICS EFFECTS ON PARTICLE FORMATION INCRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES"
CISM, Udine, Italy, 2-6 July 2018
Under the auspices of EFCE's Working Parties on Crystallization and on Multiphase Fluid Flow

 

EFCE Excellence Award in Crystallization

 
Launched in 2007, this triennial award has been instituted to recognise a PhD thesis or paper(s) of a scientist in an early stage of his/her career, who has made excellent contributions to the understanding or the industrial application of crystallization.

Award winner 2020

Previous activities


WPC Business Meetings

Minutes of the WP meetings:
  • 2023 - Business meeting online, December 2023
      slides
  • 2023 - Business meeting, online, September 2023
      slides
  • 2022 - Business meeting, online, 19 October 2022
      minutes
  • 2022 - Business meeting, online, 10 March 2022
      minutes
  • 2021 - Business Meeting, online, 15 December 2021
      minutes
  • 2014 - 49th Annual Meeting, Loughborough, UK, 16 April 2014
      minutes
  • 2013- 48th Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 11 April 2013
       minutes
  • 2012 - 47th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, 10-11 May 2012
      minutes
  • 2011 - 46th Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 14 September 2011
      minutes
  • 2011 - 45th Annual Meeting, Porcheville, France, 5 April 2011
      minutes
  • 2010 - 44th Annual Meeting, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 24 March 2010
      minutes
  • 2009 - 43rd Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 24 March 2009
      minutes
  • 2008 - 42nd Annual Meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 16 March 2008
      minutes
  • 2007 - 41st Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 22 March 2007
      minutes
  • 2006 - 40th Annual Meeting, Toulouse, France, 6 April 2006
      minutes
  • 2005 - 39th Annual Meeting, Dresden, Germany, 11 September
      minutes

Events