Objective of the Working Party

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

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

Working Party members

Delegates

CROATIA

Assist. Prof. Antonija Čelan
University of Split
Faculty of Chemistry and Technology
Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21000 Split, Croatia
Tel: +385 21 329453
Contact
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonija-celan-95b96b39/

FINLAND

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

Ms. Paula Katariina Översti, MSc
Stora Enso Oyj
Biomaterials business area
Katajanokanlaituri 4
00160 Helsinki, Finland
Contact 

FRANCE

Dr. Philippe Carvin
Syensqo
Research & Innovation, Process and Chemical Engineering
85 rue des Frères Perret
69190 Saint-Fons Cedex, France
Contact 

Dr. Laurent Cassayre
Université de Toulouse
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, UMR 5503
4 allée Emile Monso, BP 84234
31432 Toulouse cedex 4, France
Contact 

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
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

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

HUNGARY

Dr. Ákos Borsos
Egis Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
30-38 Keresztúri Str
Budapest 1106, Hungary
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., Hungary
Tel.: +36 (1) 463-4129
Mobile:+36 20 402 6877
Contact 

IRELAND

Dr. Steven Ferguson
University College Dublin
School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
Engineering and Material Science Centre
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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

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
FIS, Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici, R&D,
Montecchio Maggiore
Vicenza, Italy
Contact 

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/

POLAND

Dr. Magdalena Stec

1) Silesian University of Technology
Chemical Engineering & Process Design Dept.
M. Strzody 7, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Tel: + 48 32 237 29 92 (SUT)
Contact

2) Lukasiewicz Research Center – New Chemical Syntheses Institute
Sowinskiego 11, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
+48 32 231 30 51 (LRC – NCSI)
Contact

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magdalena-stec-599721170/ 

SLOVAK REPUBLIK

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

SPAIN

Dr. Jaime Gomes-Morales
Laboratory of Crystallographic Studies, Andalusian Institute Earth Sciences
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

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

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/

Prof. Dr. Thomas Vetter
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Institute of Pharma Technology and Biotechnology
Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 228 56 14
Contact
Website: https://www.fhnw.ch/en/life-sciences/about/portrait-organisation/people/thomas-vetter 

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

FRANCE

Associate Prof. Antonello Raponi
MINES Saint-Étienne
Centre SPIN
Laboratoire Georges Friedel (CNRS UMR 5307)
Department of Processes for Environment and Georesources (PEG)
158 cours Fauriel, CS 62362,
42023 Saint-Étienne Cedex 2, France
Tel: +33 4 77 42 66 54
Contact
Website: https://www.mines-stetienne.fr/author/antonello-raponi/

GERMANY

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Wohlgemuth
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institute for Pharmazeutics & Biopharmaceutics
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel: +49 211 81 11392
Contact
Website: https://www.pharmazie.hhu.de/en/institute-of-pharmaceutics-and-biopharmaceutics/research-groups/prof-dr-ing-k-wohlgemuth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-wohlgemuth-a45492113/

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

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/

SWITZERLAND

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 

Prof. Emerit. Marco Mazzotti
ETH Zürich
Clausiusstrasse 33
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Contact

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)

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.

Working Party Events

International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC

23rd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - (ISIC2026)

Budapest, Hungary, 6-9 September 2026.

Thank you for your contribution and participation!

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History of the ISIC Symposium

Previous event:

Small Molecules Crystallization Workshop
18-19 September 2024, Torino, Italy 
sponsored by the European Research Council (949229) and the EFCE Working Party of Crystallization

Summer School on Crystallization
26-28 June 2024, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Programme Flyer (report see below)

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

Summer School on Crystallization 2024 - Report

From June 26th to June 28th, 2024 the WP on crystallization organized its biennial Summer School. The summer school was hosted by GSK and held in the Stevenage site (UK). The list of lecturers included: Dr. Kevin Back, Leif-Thore Deck, Prof. Heiko Briesen, Prof. Wim Noorduin, Prof. Gabriele Sadowski, Prof. Daniele Marchisio, Dr. Kerstin Wohlgemuth, Dr. Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan, Dr. Mei Lee and Dr. Nick Henley. The lectures covered different topics from fundamentals to applications: crystal forms and thermal characterization, nucleation, growth, aggregation and breakage, population balance modelling, thermodynamics, crystallization equipment, process design and control and industrial case studies.

On the very last day, thanks to the help of professional GSK facilitators, the students worked on some simple practical crystallization challenges. Informal exchanges were eased by numerous coffee breaks, common lunches and dinners and one social event (bowling night!)

The school was attended by 29 participants both from academia and industry. The WP is particularly grateful to Dr. Mei Lee from GSK for hosting the school, to Dr. Ashwin Rajagopalan, Dr. Thomas Vetter, Dr. Simon Schiele for the organization and to all the lecturers. 

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.

call for nominations

The call for nominations for the 2026 EFCE Excellence Award in Crystallization is closed. The next call will open in 2028 for presentation in 2029.

Award Winner 2026

The 2026 Excellence Award in Crystallization was presented to Dr. Leif-Thore Deck on 9 September 2026 during the 23rd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2026) which was held in Budapest, Hungary on 6-9 September 2026.
Press release

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General Information & Award winners

Previous activities

WPC Business Meetings

Minutes of the WP meetings:

• 2025 - Business meeting, 4 Decmber 2025
    minutes slides
• 2025 - Business meeting, 11 June 2025
    minutes summary
• 2024 - Business meeting, Turino, Italy, and online, 18 September 2024
    minutes slides
  
• 2023 - Business meeting online, 4 December 2023
    minutes slides
• 2023 - Business meeting, online, September 2023
    minutes 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

• 2024 Summer School on Crystallization

  26-28 June 2024, Stevenage, United Kingdom
  Programme Flyer

• 2022 Summer School on Crystallization

  TU Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday June 29th – Saturday July 2nd, 2022
  Program Flyer
   

• 21st International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization - ISIC 2021

  online, 30 August - 2 September 2021

Spotlights Talks

29 April 2022: Role of crystallization in the production of battery materials and in battery recycling
> Recording (EFCE YouTube Channel)

26 November 2020:  Electrification of the chemical industry
> Recording (EFCE YouTube Channel)