The aim of GUT is to improve continuously all environmental and consumer protection aspects throughout the life cycle of a textile floor covering (from production to installation, to use phase and recycling).The European carpet industry, has revolutionized environmental standards for the flooring industry, by creating GUT and continuously upgrading GUT's environmental goals.In Cooperation with officially recognized European test houses registered products are regularly controlled on the basis of GUT's test criteria.Furthermore GUT promotes environmentally friendly solutions for the installation of carpets and provides objective information on all aspects of carpets.The intensive product testing on chemicals and emissions is the basis for ensuring consumer safety.

My tasksResearch: Further development of batch processes to continuous flow. Especially for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions using the SILP (supported ionic liquid phase) concept. This research was part of the SYNFLOW Project (www.synflow.eu).Teaching: -Guiding graduate students in 6-week research projects-Supervision of trainees as a laboratory assistant-Training undergraduate students in practical courses (Wacker-Hoechst process - small pilot plant scale, Dimersol process - lab scale, reactor types - plug flow reactor, continuous stirred tank reactor, fluidised bed reactor)