Jens Noack recieved his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Since 2007, he has been working at the German Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology in the Department of Applied Electrochemistry, where he has mainly been involved in the development of redox flow batteries as a project lead, scientist and . He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney/Australia, at The University of Queensland in Brisbane/Australia, and a guest lecturer at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich.
His research and development focuses on all aspects of flow batteries and flow battery systems. He is Team Manager for flow batteries in the Department of Applied Electrochemistry at the Fraunhofer ICT, Deputy Director of the German-Australian Alliance for Electrochemical Technologies for Storage of Renewable Energy (CENELEST) and coordinator of the Marie-Curie Doctoral Networks PREDICTOR and SPACER.
Jens Noack is the author of over 100 publications, including 57 peer reviewed papers, 29 patent applications and three review articles. He has also given over 70 talks at conferences worldwide, including several invited talks. He is a member of the scientific committee of the International Flow Battery Forum since 2016 and a member of several national and international standardisation committees. He is chairman of the German national committee “Flow Batteries” in the German Commission for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology DKE AK 371.0.6, member of DKE K 371 “Batteries” and DKE K 384 “Fuel Cells”. He is also a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC in the groups TC 105/21 JWG 7 “Flow Batteries” and JWG 82 “Secondary cells and batteries for renewable energy storage”.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Flow Battery Forum
- Chairman DKE 371.0.6 “Flow Batteries”
- Member of DKE K371 „Batteries, DKE K384 „Fuel Cells“, IEC JWG 7 „Flow Batteries“, IEC JWG 82 “Secondary cells and batteries for renewable energy storage”
- Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
- Member of The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
- Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
- Member of The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
- Founding member of Flow Battery Europe
- Founding member of the Fraunhofer Network Australia
- Founding member of the Australia / New Zealand Flow Battery Network
