Prof. Dr. Daniel Matthias Meier

Personal profile

Management role

Head, Laboratory of Process Engineering

Position at the ZHAW

Prof. for Process Engineering

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/impe/laborbereiche/verfahrenstechnik/

Expertise and research interests

CO2 Capture and Use (CCU); heterogeneous catalysis; development of continuous processes; 
Material analysis and online process monitoring; material separation, conversion or enrichment; Power-to-Liquid / Fuel Processing; Gas, Waste Gas, Water, Waste Water Treatment

Educational background

Dipl. Chem. ETH Zürich
Dr. sc. ETH Zürich
CAS in Higher Education University of Zurich

Professional milestones

2009-2011 Research and Development, Ozonia, Dübendorf
2011-2016 Lecturer for Process Engineering, ZHAW, Winterthur
2011-2014 Application Chemist, Büchi Labortechnik AG, Flawil
2014-2017 Head Laboratory, Büchi Labortechnik AG, Flawil

Membership of networks

• SGVC, Swiss Process and Chemical Engineers
• SPIN, Swiss Power-To-X Collaborative Innovation Network

Projects

• ISOPINE – Capturing Isoprene from Untouched Renewable Resources / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Carbon Capture on algorithm based highly efficient three-dimensional ceramic surfaces / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Development of an effective extraction method of insect-pathogenic granuloviruses for innovative and sustainable plant protection / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Impulse: New Constant Quality JunFunori® / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Improved distillation of bio-based acetic acid / Project leader / Project completed
• HONDA MES 2 / Project co-leader / Project completed
• IR-cell for inline-monitoring of extractions with supercritical CO2 / Project leader / Project completed
• In situ IR spectroscopic approach to elucidate reaction mechanisms of exhaust gas purification catalysts / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Härtung von Weichholz durch Imprägnation mittels überkritischem CO2 / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung eines experimentbasierten Designtools für kontinuierliche Reaktoren / Project leader / Project completed
• Effiziente und nachhaltige Astaxanthinextraktion / Project leader / Project completed
• Production and application of novel 3D printed ceramic structures for highly efficient mass transfer in separation columns / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Sterchi, Robert; Maeda, Nobutaka; Keller, Stefan; Zehnder, Beat; Meier, Daniel M.,

  2023.

  In situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopic monitoring of supercritical CO2 extraction for green process applications.

  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

  62(8), pp. 3828-3832.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03558

• Hack, Jannis; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel M.,

  2022.

  Review on CO2 capture using amine-functionalized materials.

  ACS Omega.

  7(44), pp. 39520-39530.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03385

• Steinemann, Finn Lorenz; Rütti, David Paul; Moser, Marlies; Georg, Alain; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2022.

  Simultaneous determination of enthalpy of mixing and reaction using milli-scale continuous flow calorimetry.

  Journal of Flow Chemistry.

  12(4), pp. 389-396.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41981-022-00237-x

• Hack, Jannis; Frazzetto, Seraina; Evers, Leon; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel M.,

  2022.

  Branched versus linear structure : lowering the CO2 desorption temperature of polyethylenimine-functionalized silica adsorbents.

  Energies.

  15(3), pp. 1075.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031075

• Moser, Marlies; Georg, Alain G.; Steinemann, Finn Lorenz; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Rütti, David,

  2021.

  Continuous milli-scale reaction calorimeter for direct scale-up of flow chemistry.

  Journal of Flow Chemistry.

  11(3), pp. 691-699.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41981-021-00204-y

• Gau, Alina; Hack, Jannis; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2021.

  Operando spectroscopic monitoring of active species in CO2 hydrogenation at elevated pressure and temperature : steady-state versus transient analysis.

  Energy & Fuels.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02592

• Wang, Xianwei; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2021.

  Synergistic effects of bimetallic AuPd and La2O3 in the catalytic reduction of NO with CO.

  Catalysts.

  11(8), pp. 916.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11080916

• Rütti, David; Moser, Marlies; Georg, Alain G.; Spier, Eyal S.; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2021.

  Kinetic data for continuous processes from liquid‐liquid loop reactor experiments.

  Chemie Ingenieur Technik.

  93(8), pp. 1267-1272.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202100005

• Weisshar, Florian; Gau, Alina; Hack, Jannis; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2021.

  Toward carbon dioxide capture from the atmosphere : lowering the regeneration temperature of polyethylenimine-based adsorbents by ionic liquid.

  Energy & Fuels.

  35(10), pp. 9059-9062.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00392

• Wang, Xianwei; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Baiker, Alfons,

  2021.

  Bimetallic AuPd@CeO2 nanoparticles supported on potassium titanate nanobelts : a highly efficient catalyst for the reduction of NO with CO.

  Catalysis Letters.

  151(9), pp. 2483-2491.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03502-7

• Waheed, Ammara; Wang, Xianwei; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Ishida, Tamao; Murayama, Toru; Haruta, Masatake; Baiker, Alfons,

  2021.

  Influence of the support in aqueous phase oxidation of ethanol on gold/metal oxide catalysts studied by ATR-IR spectroscopy under working conditions.

  Catalysis Communications.

  148(106183).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106183

• Baiker, Alfons; Wang, Xianwei; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2020.

  Potassium titanate nanobelts : a unique support for Au and AuRh nanoparticles in the catalytic reduction of NO with CO.

  ChemCatChem.

  13(1), pp. 438-444.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202001401

• Waheed, Ammara; Shi, Quanquan; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Qin, Zhaoxian; Li, Gao; Baiker, Alfons,

  2020.

  Strong activity enhancement of the photocatalytic degradation of an azo dye on Au/TiO2 doped with FeOx.

  Catalysts.

  10(8), pp. 933.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080933

• Ito, Shizuka; Wang, Xianwei; Waheed, Ammara; Li, Gao; Maeda, Nobutaka; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Naito, Shuichi; Baiker, Alfons,

  2020.

  Support effects in iridium-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol studied by modulation-excitation attenuated total reflection IR spectroscopy.

  Journal of Catalysis.

  393, pp. 42-50.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.11.010

• Maeda, Nobutaka; Hack, Jannis; Gau, Alina; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2021.

  Operando spectroscopic monitoring of active species in catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol at elevated pressure and temperature : steady-state versus transient analysis [paper].

  In:

  Materials Research Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 13-16 December 2021.

• Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2020.

  Identifying pure and applied JunFunori® : an algae-based consolidant [paper].

  In:

  Acta Artis Academica 2019.

  7th interdisciplinary ALMA conference focused on research, technology, history and conservation/restoration of the fine art, Bratislava, Slovakia, 16-18 October 2019.

• Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2020.

  Künftige Ingenieure absolvieren den Forschungszyklus : Prozessanalytik forschend erlernt [poster].

  In:

  Abschlusskolloquium, Weiterbildung – CAS Hochschuldidaktik, Zürich, 12. Juni 2020.

• Jordi, Sara; Inauen, Jan; Blaser, Monika; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2019.

  Identifying JunFunori(R) consolidation material on paintings [poster].

  In:

  7th Interdisciplinary Alma Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, October 16-18 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19223

• Steinemann, Finn Lorenz; Rütti, David Paul; Moser, Marlies; Georg, Alain; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2023.

  Flow calorimetry evaluation software [poster].

  In:

  DECHEMA Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 15-17 May 2023.

• Rütti, David Paul; Steinemann, Finn Lorenz; Moser, Marlies; Georg, Alain; Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2023.

  Simulate chemical reactions and derive kinetics from milli-scale flow calorimetry.

  In:

  25. Kalorimetrietage, Braunschweig, Germany, 31 May - 2 June 2023.

  Available from: https://www.kalorimetrietage.ptb.de/fileadmin/documents/kalorimetrietage/25Kaltage_2023/Vortragsabstracts/Ruetti_-_230417_Abstract_Ruetti.pdf

• Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2022.

  Den Energieverbrauch bei Carbon Capture reduzieren.

  In:

  Swiss Green Economy Symposium (SGES), Winterthur, Schweiz, 7.-8. September 2022.

• Meier, Daniel Matthias,

  2022.

  Catch me if you can – Herausforderungen der CO2-Abscheidung und CO2-Umwandlung in Treibstoffe.

  In:

  Tagung "Retten alternative Treibstoffe das Klima?", Smart City Vereinigung Bern, Schweiz, 16. Juni 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

"Copper metal–organic framework: Structure and activity in the allylic oxidation of cyclohexene with molecular Oxygen", Dongmei Jiang, Tamas Mallat, Daniel M. Meier, Atsushi Urakawa, Alfons Baiker. J. Catal, 270, 1, Pages 26-33, 2010.

"Continuous catalytic oxidation of solid alcohols in supercritical CO2: A parametric and spectroscopic study of the transformation of cinnamyl alcohol over Pd/Al2O3", Matteo Caravati, Daniel M. Meier, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Alfons Baiker. J. Catal, 240, 2, Pages 126–136, 2006.

"Conformational Behavior of Cinchonidine Revisited: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study"
Atsushi Urakawa, Daniel M. Meier, Heinz Rüegger, Alfons Baiker. J. Phys. Chem. A, 112 (31), Pages 7250–7255, 2008.

"In Situ PM-IRRAS Study of Liquid-Phase Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on Palladium"
Daniel M. Meier, Atsushi Urakawa, Alfons Baiker. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113 (52), Pages 21849–21855, 2009.

"Molecular insight into the dynamics of chiral modification of Pt/alumina"
Daniel M. Meier, Davide Ferri, Tamas Mallat, Alfons Baiker. J. Catal., 248, 1, Pages 68-76, 2007.

"Adsorption behavior of salicylic, benzoic, and 2-methyl-2-hexenoic acid on alumina: an in situ modulation excitation PM-IRRAS study"
Daniel M. Meier , Atsushi Urakawa, Alfons Baiker. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, Pages 10132-10139, 2009.

"Competition of chiral modifiers on platinum: A transient catalytic and in situ ATR-IR study in continuous reactors"
Daniel M. Meier, Davide Ferri, Tamas Mallat, Alfons Baiker. J. Catal, 244, 2, Pages 260-263, 2006.

"Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in Cinchonidine−2-Methyl-2-Hexenoic Acid Complexes: A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study"
Daniel M. Meier, Atsushi Urakawa, Natascia Turrà, Heinz Rüegger, Alfons Baiker. J. Phys. Chem. A, 112 (27), Pages 6150–6158, 2008.

"Design and performance of a flow-through polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy cell for time-resolved simultaneous surface and liquid phase detection under concentration and temperature perturbations"
Daniel M. Meier, Atsushi Urakawa, Roland Mäder, Alfons Baiker. Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 094101, 2009.

"Polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy affording time-resolved simultaneous detection of surface and liquid phase species at catalytic solid–liquid Interfaces"
Daniel M. Meier, Atsushi Urakawa, Alfons Baiker. Analyst, 134,Pages 1779-1780, 2009

2009-2017: Numerous application notes, application guides and books, posters and conference contributions for OZONIA and BUCHI Labortechnik AG.

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