Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Emanuel Ionescu, opens an external URL in a new window has been affiliated with the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens in new window (E164) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry of the TU Wien as a University Professor of Chemical Materials Technology since January 1, 2026.

CV: Emanuel Ionescu is from Bucharest (Romania) and studied chemistry and physics there at the University of Bucharest. In 2000, he moved to the University of Bonn in Germany to complete his dissertation, where he earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2005 with a dissertation titled “Studies on synthesis and reactivity of a P-silyl substituted η1-E phosphaalkene complex and of a 2,3-dihydro-1,2,3-azadiphosphete complex, opens an external URL in a new window.” A postdoctoral position then took him to TU Darmstadt. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a visiting professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Cologne. In 2015, he received his habilitation (venia docendi) in inorganic chemistry at TU Darmstadt with a habilitation thesis titled “Ceramic Nanocomposites with Advanced Structural and Functional Properties.” From 2015 to 2024, he served as a private lecturer at the Institute of Materials Science at TU Darmstadt, and has held the position of associate professor since 2024. In addition, since 2021, Emanuel Ionescu has headed the “Digitalization of Resources” department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Cycles and Resource Strategy (Fraunhofer IWKS) in Alzenau/Hanau near Darmstadt, where he was appointed Deputy Director in 2023. Since 2024, he has held a visiting professorship at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering). Since 2018, he has also served as Secretary of the Rhein Ceramic Chapter of the American Ceramic Society. In 2022, he was awarded the Global Star Award by the American Ceramic Society and was named a Fellow of the same society in 2024.

His scientific home is in the Chemical Technologies Research Area (E164-03) at the aforementioned institute, where he focuses on the development of inorganic and ceramic materials with tailored structures, properties, and applications—including for energy, environmental, and biomedical technologies. His research focuses particularly on polymer-derived ceramics, nanocomposites, materials for extreme conditions, as well as concepts of the circular economy, sustainability assessment, and the digitalization of value chains.

Publications by Emanuel Ionescu in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window database and ReposiTUm.