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Academic training with a degree

07/1992Graduate degree in Engineering
01/1992 - 06/1992Diploma thesis at the University of Nottingham
10/1987 - 07/1992Study of Metallurgy at the Technical University of Athens

 

Scientific degrees

Habilitation:Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen, 2000
Promotion:Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen, 1996

 

Professional career since graduation

since 03/2023President of the German Ceramic Society (DKG)
since 07/2022Speaker of the DFG Research Training Group GRK 2802 "Refractory Recycling: A contribution to raw material, energy and climate efficiency in high-temperature processes"
since 10/2020Institute Director of the Institute of Ceramics, Refractories and Composites, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
since 01/2020Speaker of the DFG Research Unit FOR 3010 "Multifunctional, coarse-grained, refractory composites and material composites for large-volume key components in high-temperature processes"
05/2019 - 03/2023Deputy Chairman of the Board of the German Ceramic Society DKG e. V.V.
02/2019 - 09/2020Managing Director of the Institute for Ceramics, Glass and Building Materials Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
since 11/2018Honorary Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, School of Materials and Metallurgy
04/2016 - 03/2020DFG Review Board 405-2, Materials Engineering, "Ceramic and Metallic Sintered Materials"
since 2015Member of the Board of the Centre for High Temperature Material Conversion (ZeHS) and Head of the Competence Centre "High Temperature Materials - From Material to the component"
03/2014 - 03/2020Senate member at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
2013 - 2015Managing Director of the Institute of Ceramics, Glass and Building Materials Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
2013Guest Professor at the Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautical Industry Management, China
since 2012Member of the Board of Directors "Federation for International Refractory Research and Education based in Canada"
since 07/2011Speaker of the SFB 920, Multifunctional Filters for Molten Metal Filtration - a Contribution to Zero Defect Materials, DFG
04/2011 - 03/2016DFG Review Board 405-2, Materials Engineering, Materials Technology, "Ceramic and Metallic Sintered Materials"
01/2009 - 12/2015Spokesperson SPP 1418, Refractory Initiative for the Reduction of Emissions - FIRE, DFG
since 07/2008Deputy Spokesperson SFB 799, TRIP-Matrix-Composite, DFG
12/2006 - 10/2018Guest Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China
2004 - 2006Managing Director of the Institute of Ceramics, Glass and Building Materials Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
06/2003 - 06/2005Scientific Evaluation Board for the Master Programmes at the Technical University of Crete in Chania
01/2003 - 04/2006Dean of the Faculty 4, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
12/2001 - 03/2005Dean of Studies for the degree programme Ceramics, Glass and Building Materials Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
2008Guest of honour at the research centre of Krosaki Harima SA and the Japanese Refractories Society for the annual conference, Japan
12/2001 - 09/2020Professor (C4) for Ceramics, University Professor, Institute for Ceramics, Glass and Building Materials Technology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
11/2000Granted authorisation to teach ceramic components for steel production in the field of mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and appointed Privatdozent
04/1997Invited scientist at Manda Halla Hyundai Automotives and Hanseo University, Korea
02/1997 - 11/2001Senior Engineer (C2), Institute for Ceramic Components in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
02/1995 - 02/1997Scientific Assistant (C1), Institute for Ceramic Components in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
09/1992 - 01/1995Scientific Assistant, Institute for Ceramic Components in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen

 

Memberships:

  • Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering ACATECH
  • Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
  • Member of the selection committee for the award of the Wilhelm-Oswald-Medal of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
  • Board member of the German Ceramic Society DKG
  • FIRRE (Federation of International Refractory Research and Education based in Canada)
  • Member of the German Society for Materials Science DGM, Head of the Refractory Materials Committee of the DGM/DKG
  • Member of the European Ceramic Society
  • Member of the American Ceramic Society
  • Chairman of the Meeting of Refractory Experts-MORE e. V.

     

  • Member of the European Ceramic Society
  • Member of the American Ceramic Society
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Awards:

2022Award of the Czech Silicate Society
2020Award of the Tammann Commemorative Coin of the German Society for Materials Science DGM e. V.
2018Member of the World Academy of Ceramics.V.
2018Member of the World Academy of Ceramics, Election 25.07.2017
2017Fellow of the European Ceramic Society, Election 07.02.2017
2017Distinguished Life Member of the International Executive Board of the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories - UNITECR
2016Guest of Honour of the Chinese Refractory Society, Keynote speaker 7th International Symposium on Refractories, Xian, China
2014Guest of Honour of the Indian Refractories Society, Plenary speaker Silver Plaque of Appreciation IREFCON 2014, India
2013Guest of Honour of the Chinese Refractories Society, Keynote speaker 6th International Symposium on Refractories, Zhengzhou, China
2011 - 2012Alfred W. Allen Award of the American Ceramic Society for the best published paper in refractories
2011Election German Academy of Science and Engineering ACATECH
2011Excellent Presentation Award, S. Schafföner, C. G. Aneziris, U. Klippel, 12th Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR), Kyoto, Japan
2011Award World Famous Scientists Lecturing in Hubei Province, China
2009Award Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
2008Guest of Honour of the Japan Refractory Society, plenary speaker, International Refractory Colloquium Himeji, Japan
2005First Poster Award, Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft
1997Guest of Honour of the Korean Ceramic Society, Plaque of Appreciation of the Korean Ceramic Society, "Product Innovation with Ceramic Components"
1996Borchers Plaque of the RWTH Aachen University for the dissertation
1992Konofagos award of the Greek Engineering Association for the diploma thesis

 

Editorial activities:

  • Editor Journal of European Ceramic Society (specialising in: Refractories, High Temperature Materials)
  • Chairman of Refractory World Forum
  • Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology
  • Member of the Editorial Board China's Refractories
  • Reviewer Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A and B
  • Reviewer Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
  • Reviewer Ceramics International
  • Reviewer Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Reviewer Carbon
  • Reviewer Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Reviewer Steel Research International
  • Reviewer Composite Materials
  • Reviewer Composite Structures
  • Reviewer Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • Reviewer Materials and Design
  • Reviewer Materials Science and Engineering A

     

Activities at national and international congresses:

  • CIMTEC International Ceramics Congress 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 International Advisory Board (IAB) in Refractories, 2018 Convener and Chairman in Refractories Session
  • ICC6 International Congress in Ceramics, International Advisory Board (IAB), Germany and ICC7 Chairman in Refractories, Brazil
  • Co-organiser of the International Colloquium on Concrete Materials and Refractories in Prague, Czech Republic 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019
  • Vice-Chairman of the Conference of the European Ceramic Society ECERS in Berlin 2007 and Dresden 2021, ECERS Topic member and chairman 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 in Refractories and high temperature materials
  • Scientific Board and Chairman in "Advances in Refractory Basic Science", "Nanoengineered Refractories" at the World Conferences on Refractories UNITECR 07 (Germany), IREFCON 08 (India), UNITECR 09 (Brazil), UNITECR 11 (Japan), UNITECR 13 (Canada), IREFCON 14 (India), UNITECR 15 (Austria), UNITECR 17 (Chile)
  • Member of International Advisory Committee, 5th International Symposium on Refractories ISR 2007, China, honorary quest 6th International Symposium on Refractories ISR 2013, China, and 7th honorary quest International Symposium on Refractories ISR 2016, China
  • Programme Committee Member Annual Meetings of the German Ceramic Society (DKG) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, chairman in 2016 in Freiberg, 2018, 2019; Head of Hans-Walter-Hennicke Votragswettbewerb 2004 to 2015
  • Co-organiser of the International Colloquium on Refractories in Aachen 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • World Foundry Congress 73, International Advisory Board (IAB), Chairman in Technology Session, 2018
  • Cellmat, Chairman of CRC 920 Special Sessions, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • International FIRRE coarses, Corrosion - Wettability, 2011 Osaka/Japan, 2013 Victoria/Canada, 2015 Vienna/Austria, 2019 Yokohama/Japan
  • International Postgraduates Seminar on Refractories and the Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 2nd (2019), 3rd (2020)

 

Patents

Patents granted and patent applications (search applicant/owner/inventor → Christos Aneziris)

 

Teaching areas

  • Basics of Ceramics
  • Ceramic Technology
  • Ceramic Materials
  • High-Temperature Materials
  • Ceramic Engineering
  • Refractory Ceramics
  • Introduction to Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials