Function

Head Group Cement Chemistry and Thermodynamics

Area of interest

• Hydration mechanisms of cementitious materials
• Thermodynamic modeling
• Characterisation techniques
• Pore solutions
• Supplementary cementitious materials and non-Portland cement  binders

 Publications

• Online Publications

Member of national and international Committees

• Editorial board of Cement & Concrete Research
• Advances in Cement Research
• Materiales de Construccion
• RILEM and RILEM Technical Committees
• Member/coordinator of “CEMNET” since 2002: CEMNET is a joining of Swiss researchers in the field of cement and concrete

Teaching

•  Adjunct professorship at NTNU - Department of Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering

• Associate Professor, Institute of Geology, University of Berne, Switzerland

• Courses in thermodynamic modelling

Research projects

Various research projects in the field of cement hydration, alternative cementitious materials, and thermodynamic data.

Curriculum Vitae

2002 to date: at Empa, Laboratory Concrete & Asphalt

1996-2002: Project leader and consultant scientist for nuclear wastes at BMG Engineering Ltd, Schlieren, Switzerland: transport and retention of heavy metals and radionuclides in bentonite and cementitious liners, database development, waste management, representation of Switzerland 2000-2002 in the PRTR working group (Kiev protocol).

1993-1996: PhD. at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Soil Protection, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland on the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils.

1990-1991: Research assistant for conservation and environmental management projects at the University of Tasmania, Australia and at the Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Protection of endemic plants and environmental management systems.

1987-1988: Consultant for noise prevention at BMP Dr. Pelli + Co., Zürich, Switzerland

1986-1992: Diploma in Environmental Science, 1992 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland

Languages
German, English, French

Accepted versions of recently published papers:

• Monkman, S., Sargam, Y., Naboka, O., Lothenbach, B. (2022). Early age impacts of CO2 activation on the tricalcium silicate and cement systems. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 65, 102254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102254
• Ma, B., & Lothenbach, B. (2020). Synthesis, characterization, and thermodynamic study of selected Na-based zeolites. Cement and Concrete Research, 135, 106111 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106111

• Mancini, A., Wieland, E., Geng, G., Dähn, R., Skibsted, J., Wehrli, B., & Lothenbach, B. (2020). Fe(III) uptake by calcium silicate hydrates. Applied Geochemistry, 113, 104460

• Lothenbach, B., Kulik, D. A., Matschei, T., Balonis, M., Baquerizo, L., Dilnesa, B., Myers, R. J. (2019). Cemdata18: a chemical thermodynamic database for hydrated Portland cements and alkali-activated materials. Cement and Concrete Research, 115, 472-506

• Nedyalkova, L., Lothenbach, B., Geng, G., Mäder, U., & Tits, J. (2020). Uptake of iodide by calcium aluminate phases (AFm phases). Applied Geochemistry, 116, 104559

• Geng, G., Shi, Z., Leemann, A., Borca, C., Huthwelker, T., Glazyrin, K., Pekov, I.V., Churakov, S., Lothenbach, B., Dähn, R. and Wieland, E., 2020. Atomistic structure of alkali-silica reaction products refined from X-ray diffraction and micro X-ray absorption data. Cement and Concrete Research, 129, p.105958.

• Shi, Z., & Lothenbach, B. (2020). The combined effect of potassium, sodium and calcium on the formation of alkali-silica reaction products. Cement and Concrete Research, 127, 105914.

• Zajac, M., Skocek, J., Bullerjahn, F., Lothenbach, B., Scrivener, K., & Ben Haha, M. (2019). Early hydration of ye'elimite: Insights from thermodynamic modelling. Cement and Concrete Research, 120, 152-163.

• Shi, Z., & Lothenbach, B. (2019). The role of calcium on the formation of alkali-silica reaction products. Cement and Concrete Research, 126, 105898.

• Nedyalkova, L., Lothenbach, B., Renaudin, G., Mäder, U., Tits, J. (2019) Effect of redox conditions on the structure and solubility of sulfur- and selenium-AFm phases, Cement and Concrete Research, 123, 105803