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Norbert Kuschnerus graduated with a university degree in physics from the University of Hamburg in 1978. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Karlsruhe in 1984 for his research in the field of supersonic rarefied gas flows. Joining Bayer in 1985 he worked in various departments as process control systems engineer and plant engineer. He was head of the Central Engineering group at Bayer in Japan from 1992 to 1995 and worked from 1995 to 2001 in the Engineering department of the business unit Polyurethanes in Germany for projects in Brazil, USA, Japan, Singapore and China.
From 2002 to 2011he lead the Division of “Process Management Technology” at Bayer Technology Services, since 2012 the division “Operation Support & Safety”. He was from 2003 to 2011 president of the association “NAMUR” and is still member of the advisory board, he is board-member of PROLIST International, Member of the board of trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute IOSB in Karlsruhe, member of the advisory board for the Hannover Fair “Process automation and co-editor of Automation Magazine “atp”.