Claudia Herbers
About Claudia Herbers
Claudia Herbers serves as the Chief Engineer for Product and Process at Faurecia, where she has worked since 2019. She has extensive experience in engineering and chemistry, having held various roles at Faurecia and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.
Current Role at Faurecia
Claudia Herbers serves as the Chief Engineer for Product & Process at Faurecia, a position she has held since 2019. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing industrialization concepts for new products, specifically focusing on powertrain efficiency systems. Her leadership extends to managing a team of product and process engineers across tech centers located in both France and Germany.
Previous Experience at Faurecia
Claudia Herbers has extensive experience at Faurecia, where she worked in various capacities. She served as a Process Engineer from 2014 to 2017 and as a Product Engineer from 2012 to 2015, both roles based in the Augsburg Area, Germany. Additionally, she worked as a Process Expert for 11 months in 2018, also in Augsburg und Umgebung, Deutschland. Her roles involved significant contributions to product and process development.
Academic Background
Claudia Herbers has a solid academic foundation in chemistry. She studied at Franziskusgymnasium Lingen, where she achieved her Abitur from 1994 to 2003. She then attended Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, earning a Diplom in Chemistry from 2003 to 2008. Following this, she pursued a PhD in Physical/Polymer Chemistry at Technische Universität Darmstadt from 2009 to 2012, during which she also worked as a Chemist and PhD student at the Center of Smart Interfaces.
Research Experience
Claudia Herbers gained research experience as a Chemist and PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research from 2008 to 2009 in the Mainz Area, Germany. This role contributed to her expertise in polymer chemistry and provided a strong foundation for her subsequent work in the automotive industry.