Thomas Häber

  • Postal address:
    Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry
    Engesserstr. 20
    Campus South Bldg. 11.21
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

Education / Degrees

   

2000

PhD in Physical Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.)

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen

Thesis: “Ragout-Jet-FTIR-Spektroskopie – Eine neuartige Methode zur Untersuchung der Dynamik von Oligomeren und nanometer-großen Molekülclustern“

Advisors: M. A. Suhm, U. Buck

 

1997

MS in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.)

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Paderborn

Thesis: „Beobachtung des Mizellwachstums mit Hilfe zeitaufgelöster Fluoreszenz-Untersuchungen“

Advisors: P. Pollmann, H. Stegemeyer

 

Work History:

 

since 01/2015

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)

Research fellow with Rainer Suntz and Olaf Deutschmann

09/2009 – 12/2014

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Engler-Bunte-Institute (EBI), Combustion Division

Research fellow with Hennig Bockhorn

10/2005 – 08/2009

University of Düsseldorf

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Post-doctoral research scientist with Karl Kleinermanns

10/2004 – 09/2005

Radiant Dyes Laser Accessories GmbH

Research & Development

10/2003 – 10/2004

University of Düsseldorf

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation

Research Fellow with Karl Kleinermanns

11/2001 – 05/2003

University of Colorado, Boulder

Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)

Feodor-Lynen research fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation

Research Fellow with David Nesbitt

11/2000 – 10/2001

University of Göttingen

Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC)

Research Fellow with Martin A. Suhm

 

Honors/Achievements:

 

2019      Microsoft Professional Program, Data Science Certificate

2003      Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (German Research Foundation)

2001      Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)

2001      Richard Zsigmondy Award, University of Göttingen

 

Research:

 

  • Combustion

Planar optical tomography at laminar and turbulent flames

Laser-based diagnostics (LIF, PIV)

Flame-wall interaction (SFB 150, https://www.trr150.tu-darmstadt.de)

Ignition by mechanical sparks (FOR 1447, https://www.for1447.ptb.de)

Numerical simulation of ignition
 

  • Molecular spectroscopy

FTIR

High-resolution IR laser spectroscopy

UV laser spectroscopy (REMPI, IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy)

 

  • Catalysis

Laser based diagnostics of the gas phase above catalytic plates (LIF, Raman)

 

  • Computational tools
    Ray tracing in multiphase flows
    Machine learning

 

Publications

  1. F. Zhang, T. Zirwes, T. Häber, H. Bockhorn, D. Trimis, R. Suntz, Near Wall Dynamics of Premixed Flames, Proc. Combust. Inst. 38 (2021) 1955–1964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.058.

  2. T. Zirwes, T. Häber, F. Zhang, H. Kosaka, A. Dreizler, M. Steinhausen, C. Hasse, A. Stagni, D. Trimis, R. Suntz, H. Bockhorn, Numerical Study of Quenching Distances for Side-Wall Quenching Using Detailed Diffusion and Chemistry, Flow Turbulence Combust 106 (2021) 649–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-020-00215-0.

  3. S. Wan, Y. Guo, T. Häber, R. Suntz, O. Deutschmann, Spatially and Temporally Resolved Measurements of NO Adsorption/Desorption over NOx-Storage Catalyst, Chemphyschem 21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000765.

  4. Häber, Thomas; Bockhorn, Henning; Suntz, Rainer (2020): Two-Dimensional Tomographic Simultaneous Multi-Species Visualization—Part I: Experimental Methodology and Application to Laminar and Turbulent Flames. In: Energies 13 (9), S. 2335. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13092335.

  5. Häber, Thomas; Suntz, Rainer; Bockhorn, Henning (2020): Two-Dimensional Tomographic Simultaneous Multispecies Visualization—Part II: Reconstruction Accuracy. In: Energies 13 (9), S. 2368. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13092368.

  6. S. Wan, B. Torkashvand, T. Häber, R. Suntz, and O. Deutschmann. Investigation of HCHO Catalytic Oxidation over Platinum using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 264 (2020), 118473. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118473.

  7. T. Zirwes, F. Zhang, T. Häber, and H. Bockhorn. Ignition of combustible mixtures by hot particles at varying relative speeds. Combustion Science and Technology 191 (2019), 178–195. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2018.1435530.

  8. H. Kosaka, F. Zentgraf, A. Scholtissek, L. Bischoff, T. Häber, R. Suntz, B. Albert, C. Hasse, and A. Dreizler. Wall heat fluxes and CO formation/oxidation during laminar and turbulent side-wall quenching of methane and DME flames. Int. J. Heat Fluid Fl. 70 (2018), 181–192. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2018.01.009.

  9. T. Häber and R. Suntz. Effect of different wall materials and thermal-barrier coatings on the flame-wall interaction of laminar premixed methane and propane flames. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 69 (2018), 95–105. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2017.12.004.

  10. D. Roth, T. Häber, and H. Bockhorn. Experimental and numerical study on the ignition of fuel/air mixtures at laser heated silicon nitride particles. Proc. Combust. Inst. 36 (2017), 1475–1484. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.05.054.

  11. T. Häber, T. Zirwes, D. Roth, F. Zhang, H. Bockhorn, and U. Maas. Numerical Simulation of the Ignition of Fuel/Air Gas Mixtures Around Small Hot Particles. Z. Phys. Chem. 231 (2017), 1625–1654. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2016-0933.

  12. T. Häber, M. Gebretsadik, H. Bockhorn, and N. Zarzalis. The Effect of Total Reflection in PLIF Imaging of Annular Thin Films. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 76 (2015), 64–72. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.06.009.

  13. D. Roth, P. Sharma, T. Häber, R. Schiessl, H. Bockhorn, and U. Maas. Ignition by mechanical sparks: Ignition of hydrogen/air mixtures by submillimeter-sized hot particles. Combustion Science and Technology 186 (2014), 1606–1617. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2014.935606.

  14. M. Böning, B. Stuhlmann, G. Engler, M. Busker, T. Häber, A. Tekin, G. Jansen, and K. Kleinermanns. Towards a spectroscopic and theoretical identification of the isolated building blocks of the benzene-acetylene cocrystal. ChemPhysChem 14 (2013), 837–846. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201200701.

  15. T. Häber and K. Kleinermanns. Multiphoton Resonance Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules in Handbook of High-resolution Spectroscopy, edited by M. Quack and F. Merkt (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2011).

  16. L. Biemann, T. Häber, D. Maydt, K. Schaper, and K. Kleinermanns. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of 2’-deoxycytidine aggregates in CDCl3 solutions. The Journal of chemical physics 134 (2011), 115103. https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3557821.

  17. L. Biemann, T. Häber, and K. Kleinermanns. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of 1-cyclohexyluracil aggregates in CDCl3 solutions. Journal of Chemical Physics 130 (2009). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3098352.

  18. M. Busker, Y. N. Svartsov, T. Häber, and K. Kleinermanns. IR-UV double resonance spectra of pyrazine dimers: Competition between CH ⋯π, π ⋯π and CH ⋯N interactions. Chemical Physics Letters 467 (2009), 255–259. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.10.091.

  19. T. Häber, K. A. Seefeld, G. Engler, S. Grimme, and K. Kleinermanns. IR/UV spectra and quantum chemical calculations of Trp-Ser: Stacking interactions between backbone and indole side-chain. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 10 (2008), 2844–2851. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b718710f.

  20. M. Busker, T. Häber, M. Nispel, and K. Kleinermanns. Isomer-selective vibrational spectroscopy of benzene-acetylene aggregates: Comparison with the structure of the benzene-acetylene cocrystal. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 47 (2008), 10094–10097. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200802118.

  21. L. Biemann, T. Häber, D. Maydt, K. Schaper, and K. Kleinermanns. Structural assignment of adenine aggregates in CDCl3. Journal of Chemical Physics 128 (2008). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2912064.

  22. M. Busker, M. Nispel, T. Häber, K. Kleinermanns, M. Etinski, and T. Fleig. Electronic and vibrational spectroscopy of 1-methylthymine and its water clusters: The dark state survives hydration. ChemPhysChem 9 (2008), 1570–1577. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200800111.

  23. K. A. Seefeld, R. Brause, T. Häber, and K. Kleinermanns. Imino tautomers of gas-phase guanine from mid-infrared laser spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (2007), 6217–6221. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0715169.

  24. T. Häber, K. A. Seefeld, and K. Kleinermanns. Mid- and near-infrared spectra of conformers of H-Pro-Trp-OH. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (2007), 3038–3046. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp070571e.

  25. E. S. Whitney, T. Häber, M. D. Schuder, A. C. Blair, and D. J. Nesbitt. High-resolution infrared studies in slit supersonic discharges: CH2 stretch excitation of jet-cooled CH2Cl radical. Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2208612.

  26. T. Scharge, T. Häber, and M. A. Suhm. Quantitative chirality synchronization in trifluoroethanol dimers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 8 (2006), 4664–4667. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b609868a.

  27. T. Häber, A. C. Blair, D. J. Nesbitt, and M. D. Schuder. CH stretch/internal rotor dynamics in ethyl radical: High-resolution spectroscopy in the CH 3-stretch manifold. Journal of Chemical Physics 124 (2006). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2140740.

  28. T. Scharge, C. Emmeluth, T. Häber, and M. A. Suhm. Competing hydrogen bond topologies in 2-fluoroethanol dimer. Journal of Molecular Structure 786 (2006), 86–95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2005.09.022.

  29. K. A. Seefeld, C. Plützer, D. Löwenich, T. Häber, R. Linder, K. Kleinermanns, J. Tatchen, and C. M. Marian. Tautomers and electronic states of jet-cooled 2-aminopurine investigated by double resonance spectroscopy and theory. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 7 (2005), 3021–3026. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b505954b.

  30. J. M. Bakker, C. Plützer, I. Hünig, T. Häber, I. Compagnon, G. von Helden, G. Meijer, and K. Kleinermanns. Folding structures of isolated peptides as revealed by gas-phase mid-infrared spectroscopy. ChemPhysChem 6 (2005), 120–128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200400345.

  31. R. Linder, M. Nispel, T. Häber, and K. Kleinermanns. Gas-phase FT-IR-spectra of natural amino acids. Chemical Physics Letters 409 (2005), 260–264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2005.04.109.

  32. B. G. Perkins, Jr., T. Häber, and D. J. Nesbitt. Quantum state-resolved energy transfer dynamics at gas-liquid interfaces: IR laser studies of CO2 scattering from perfluorinated liquids. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (2005), 16396–16405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0511404.

  33. T. Häber, R. Kevorkiants, W. Thiel, and M. A. Suhm. The performance of the semi-empirical AM1 method on small and nanometre-sized N2O clusters. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 6 (2004), 4939–4949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b409258a.

  34. T. Häber. FTIR-Spectroscopy of isolated and argon coated (HBR)n≤4 clusters in supersonic slit-jet expansions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5 (2003), 1365–1369. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b212435a.

  35. T. Häber, U. Schmitt, C. Emmeluth, and M. A. Suhm. Ragout-jet FTIR spectroscopy of cluster isomerism and cluster dynamics: From carboxylic acid dimers to N2O nanoparticles // Ragout-jet FTIR spectroscopy of cluster isomerism and cluster dynamics. From carboxylic acid dimers to N2O nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 118 (2001), 331–359. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B009312M.

  36. D. Zimmermann, T. Häber, H. Schaal, and M. A. Suhm. Hydrogen bonded rings, chains and lassos: The case of t-butyl alcohol clusters. Molecular Physics 99 (2001), 413–425. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268970010017009.

  37. N. Borho, T. Häber, and M. A. Suhm. Chiral self-recognition in the gas phase: The case of glycidol dimers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 3 (2001), 1945–1948. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b102382a.

  38. P. Raveendran, D. Zimmermann, T. Häber, and M. A. Suhm. Exploring a hydrogen-bond terminus: Spectroscopy of eucalyptol-alcohol clusters. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2 (2000), 3555–3563. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b003024o.

  39. H. Schaal, T. Häber, and M. A. Suhm. Hydrogen Bonding in 2-Propanol. The Effect of Fluorination. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104 (2000), 265–274. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp9928558.

  40. T. Häber, U. Schmitt, and M. A. Suhm. FTIR-spectroscopy of molecular clusters in pulsed supersonic slit-jet expansions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1 (1999), 5573–5582. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/a907264k.