Volker Mauer is currently a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant at the chair of Thermal Process Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Before starting his Ph.D. thesis in the field of energetic characterization of zeolites in 2019, he studied mechanical engineering with a focus on energy and process engineering at FH Aachen in 2014-2018 and at the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2018-2019.