David Gurtner, BSc MSc

2022 - present
PhD student - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences | Management Center Innsbruck

2020 - 2021
PV technician - SYNECO tec GmbH

2018 - 2021
Project Assistant - Environmental, Process and Energy Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck

2013 - 2014
Thesis - KTM

2012 - 2018
Apprentice - SYNCRAFT Engineering GmbH, MIELE GmbH, Hörl GmbH, Step Four GmbH

2022 - present
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences | Management Center Innsbruck (Dr. techn.)

2019 - 2021
Environmental, Process and Energy Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck (M.Sc.)

2017
Chemical Engineering - Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea

2015 - 2018
Environmental, Process and Energy Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck (B.Sc.)

2009 - 2014
Maschinenbau - Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Ing.)

Chemical laboratory incl. instrumental analytics - Management Center Innsbruck

2020
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Merit-based scholarship

2017
Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol AG
Raiffeisen International Award 2017

• D. Bosch, J. Back, D. Gurtner, S. Giberti, A. Hofmann, A. Bockreis. Alternative Feedstock for the Production of Activated Carbon with ZnCl2: Forestry Residue Biomass and Waste Wood, Carbon Resources Conversion, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2022.09.001

D. Gurtner, M. Kresta, A. Hofmann, C.Pfeifer: Production of Sustainable Activated Carbon - Thermochemical Activation of Gasification Carbon in a Lab-scale Fluidized Bed Reactor. Poster at 7th Central European Biomass Conference (CEBC) 2023, Congress Graz, Austria, ISBN 978-3-9504380-6-2

M. Kresta, A. Hofmann, D. Gurtner, C.Pfeifer: Gasification of waste wood fractions in a fixed bed gasifier. 7th Central European Biomass Conference (CEBC) 2023, Congress Graz, Austria, ISBN 978-3-9504380-6-2

D. Gurtner: Herstellung von Pulveraktivkohle aus Vergaserkohle mittels thermochemischer Aktivierung. 22. Fachkongress für Holzenergie, 2022, Congress Würzburg, Germany

D. Gurtner, D. Bosch: Production of Black Gold out of Waste Wood - Gasification, Activation, Wastewater Treatment. XVI. BIOTECHNET SUMMER SCHOOL ON ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2022, Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), Austria

R. Nussbaumer, U. Schober, D. Gurtner, B. Hupfauf, A. Hofmann, C. Pfeifer: Characterization of pyrolysis charcoal from municipal waste wood chips. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (SEEP), 2021, BOKU, Vienna (Online), Austria

D. Bosch, J. Back, D. Gurtner, S. Giberti, A. Hofmann, G. Langergraber: Activation by means of chemical impregnation with ZnCl2 - a study on surface characteristics. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (SEEP), 2021, BOKU, Vienna (Online), Austria

Maurer Matthias Robert (2022): Thermochemische Aktivierung von Vergaserkohle mittels Wasserdampf