About me

CV

Until 2003: Studies of physics at the RWTH Aachen University
2004 to 2007: Ph. D. in physics at the Chair of Biophysics at the Ruhr University Bochum
2008 to 2009: Assistant to the CEO of S.A.G. Solarstrom AG at the location of the subsidiary meteocontrol GmbH in Augsburg, Germany
2010 to Feb. 2013: Head of technical operations management at meteocontrol GmbH
Since March 2013: Professorship "Technologies of Renewable Energy" at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld at Trier University of Applied Sciences.
Research Focus: Energy model development, sector coupling, energy consulting, energy efficiency in companies and processes.
Vice Dean of the department of Environmental Planning & Technology. Head of bachelor's program "Renewable Energy"
Since April 2021: Head of the Executive Board of the Institute for Operations and Technology Management (IBT)
Jan. to Dec 2021: Vice Dean of the Department of Environmental Planning/Environmental Engineering
Since Jan. 2022: Vice President for Research of the Trier University of Applied Sciences

Membership

Prof. te Heesen is a member of the following institutions and a registered energy auditor:

Energy Auditor according to the Energy Services Act (EDL-G) and Energy Consultant for Non-Residential Buildings as per Module 1 DIN EN 16247
Board member of the corporate network Ecoliance Rheinland-Pfalz e. V.
Member of the Reviewer Board of the journal "Energies"
German Solar Energy Society (DGS)
Scientists for Future, regional group Trier

Awards

Teaching Award of the Trier University of Applied Sciences 2018

Publikationen

The publications of Prof. te Heesen can be found in the publication overview in the research section.

Additionally, an overview can be found at:

Short-CV

Prof. Dr. Henrik te Heesen is a Professor of Renewable Energy Technologies at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of Trier University of Applied Sciences. After studying Physics at RWTH Aachen University, he completed his PhD in Physics at Ruhr University Bochum. He worked as an executive assistant at S.A.G. Solarstrom AG and later led the technical operations management at meteocontrol GmbH.

In 2013, he was appointed Professor at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, assumed the leadership of the Bachelor's program in "Renewable Energies," and has been the Director of the Institute for Operational and Technology Management since 2021. In 2021, he served as the Vice Dean of the Department of Environmental Planning/Environmental Engineering and has been the Vice President for Research at Trier University of Applied Sciences since 2022.

Prof. te Heesen's research focuses on energy model development, sector coupling, and energy efficiency in companies and manufacturing processes. He is a member of various professional institutions and was awarded the Teaching Prize of Trier University of Applied Sciences in 2018. His publications primarily focus on energy model development and studies on energy efficiency.