K. Doctorate. Hungenberg studied Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen and then received his Diploma in Anionic polymerization in 1979. Later, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1982 in the group of Friedhelm Bandermann at the University of Duisburg-Essen with research projects focusing on anionic living free radical polymerization.
He is well recognized for his contribution in the field of reaction kinetics for polymerization processes. He has been honored Professorship for his contributions in the field of reaction chemistry at the Institute for Polymer Material and Process(Project Management Professional), University of Paderborn. From 1983-1987 he worked in process development for blood diagnostic devices with Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, now Roche Diagnostics.
In 1987 he joined Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik’s Polymer research group.
Since then, he has led diverse product and process development projects ranging from new Polyvinyl chloride modifiers, polyolefin processes, catalysis, super absorbent polymers, emulsion polymers ABS, polyamides, et cetera His main research emphasis is polymer reaction engineering modeling, simulation and optimization of polymer processes.
He is (co-)author of about 100 scientific articles, editorials and patents. He is also (co-)author of a book chapter in process modelling and optimization of Styrene polymerization with focus on Polystyrenes and its co-polymers.
K. Doctorate. Hungenberg has been at different leadership positions in Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik Southeast for many years.
In 2004, he was named Research Director of Polymer Reaction Engineering at Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik Southeast. In 2012 Hungenberg received an Honorary Professorship at the institute of Polymer, Materials and Processes (Project Management Professional), University of Paderborn. There he regularly gives lectures within the of Polymer Reaction Engineering and Modeling of Polymer Processes. He is highly networked in the area of Polymer Reaction Engineering and is known globally for his contributions in this field
He is engaged in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Working Party "Modeling of Kinetics and Processes of Polymerization", the Working Party “Polymer Reaction Engineering” of EFCE and acts as Deputy Chairman of the Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) Technical Committee "Polyreaktionen".
In addition, he is lecturer in Dechema and responsible for the training course "Polymerisationstechnik".
K.D. Hungenberg has won numerous awards at different talks and conferences during his professional career including honorary professorship at the University of Paderborn. With this appointment, the university paid tribute to his many years of dedication to research and teaching in the field of polymer reaction technology. K. D. Hungenberg had already established initial contacts with Paderborn in the late 1990s in the form of a research co-operations. Since 2004, he has been giving lectures on polymerization techniques and modeling of polymerization processes at the department of Technical Chemistry, University Paderborn.
Furthermore, he is an Editorial Board member of several international journals and acted as chairman and member for Scientific Committees of various conferences.
