Distillation Fundamentals and Operations

Mirko Skiborowski holds a Dipl-Ing. in Computational Engineering Science (2009) and a Dr.-Ing. (PhD) in Process Systems Engineering (2015), both received from RWTH Aachen University. He received the EFCE Excellence Award on Computer-Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) in 2018 and was leading a research group on Process Synthesis and Intensification at the Laboratory of Fluid Separations of Andrzej Górak at TU Dortmund University until 2019. Since 2020, he has been heading the Institute of Process Systems Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology. His research focuses on the interface of Process Systems Engineering and Process Intensification, with specific emphasis on distillation, hybrid and reactive separation processes, as well as innovative contacting equipment for the development of energy-efficient, economic, and sustainable processes.

Eva Sorensen is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of Department at UCL. She holds an MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from NTNU and an MA in Higher Education from UCL. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering. She also holds fellowships of the UK Higher Education Academy and the European Society for Engineering Education. She is an Editor of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering journal Chemical Engineering Research and Design, having previously served as its Editor-in-Chief. In 2023, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours for services to chemical engineering and education. Her research focuses on the optimisation, control and process intensification of complex fluid separation processes, with particular emphasis on distillation.