• since 03/2018 Professor of Building Materials at the FH Potsdam, Head of the Building Materials Laboratory
• 02/2014 ¨C 02/2018 Research assistant at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin, Department 7.3 "Fire Engineering"
• 2015 Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the TU Braunschweig
• 07/2011 Research stay at the Centre Scientifique et Technique du B?timent (CSTB) in Paris
• 01/2009 ¨C 01/2014 PhD student at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin, Department 7.1 "Building Materials"
• 09/2008 ¨C 12/2008 Research assistant at the TU Dresden, Institute for Building Materials
• WS 2007/08 ¨C WS 2008/09 Master's programme "Mineralogy and Materials Science" at the University of Leipzig (consecutive part-time study)
• 01/2008 ¨C 08/2008 Research assistant at the University of Leipzig, Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Materials Science
• 06/2005 ¨C 12/2007 Employee in the "Materials in Civil Engineering" division at MFPA Leipzig GmbH
• 2005 Diploma in Industrial Engineering (Civil Engineering) at the University of Leipzig

2024

• Pimienta, P. / McNamee, R. / Robert, F. et al.: Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on fire spalling assessment during standardised fire resistance tests: complementary guidance and requirements. Mater Struct 57, 3 (2024).

2023

• Pimienta, P. / McNamee, R. / Hager, I. et al.: Recommendation of RILEM TC 256-SPF on the method of testing concrete spalling due to fire: material screening test. Mater Struct 56, 164 (2023).
• Saliba, J. / Schultz, A. / Moye, J. / Pistol, K.: Mechanical characterization and durability of earth blocks, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, ISSN 2214-7853.

2019

• Pistol, K.: Huismann, S; Diederichs, U.; Pimienta, P.; Jumppanen, U.-M.; Mindeguia, J.-C. Stress-Strain-Relation, Compressive Strength and Modulus of Elasticity. In: Pimienta, P. et al. (ed.) Physical Properties and Behaviour of High-Performance Concrete at High Temperatures ¨C State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 227-HPB, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95432-5_5.

2018

• Pistol, K.: Hochtemperaturverhalten neuartiger Betone -Experimentelle Materialuntersuchungen als Grundlage f¨¹r die Hei?bemessung, Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, Jg. 113, Nr. 3, S. 194¨C200, 2018.
• Hothan, S. / Pistol, K. / H??ler, D.: Einfluss der Querdehnungsbehinderung auf das Trag- und Verformungsverhalten von Spannbeton-Hohlplatten im Brandfall, Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, Jg. 113, Nr. 3, S. 174¨C183, 2018.

2017

• Brecht, K. / Pistol, K. / Klemmstein, F. / Rogge, A.: Novel test setup for the quantification of the size effect in spalling tests, 5^th International Wokshop on Concrete Spalling (Proceedings), Boras, Sweden, S. 281-287, 2017.
• Hothan, S. / H??ler, D. / Pistol, K. / Klemmstein, F.: Einfluss der Querdehnungsbehinderung auf das Trag- und Verformungsverhalten von Spannbeton-Hohlplatten, 4^th Symposium Structural Fire Engineering ¨C TU Braunschweig (Tagungsband), S. 1-15, 2017.
• Pistol, K.: Betontechnologie und Brandschutz: Hochtemperatureigenschaften innovativer Betone als Grundlage f¨¹r die Hei?bemessung, 4^th Symposium Structural Fire Engineering ¨C TU Braunschweig (Tagungsband), S. 1-19, 2017.

2016

• Pistol, K. / Rickard, W. D. A. / Gluth, G. J. G.: Mechanische Hochtemperatureigenschaften von flugaschebasierten Geopolymerbetonen, Bautechnik, Jg.93, Nr.8, S. 521-530, 2016.
• Rickard, W. D. A. / Gluth, G. J. G. / Pistol, K.: In-situ thermo-mechanical testing of fly ash geopolymer concretes made with quartz and expanded clay aggregates, Cement and Concrete Research, Jg. 80, S. 33¨C43, 2016.
• Pistol, K.: Wirkungsweise von Polypropylen-Fasern in brandbeanspruchtem Hochleistungsbeton, Dissertation, TU Braunschweig, BAM-Dissertationsreihe, Band 146, Berlin, 2016.

2014

• Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Meng, B. / Diederichs, U.: Polypropylene fibres and micro cracking in fire exposed concrete, Advanced Materials Research, S. 284¨C289. 2014.

2013

• Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Meng, B.: High temperature behaviour of self-compacting concrete with limestone powder, 7^th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Conrete (Proceedings), 2¨C4 September, Paris (Frankreich), S. 221¨C228. 2013.

2012

• Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Meng, B.: Polypropylen-Fasern in Hochleistungsbetonen ¨C Wirkungsmechanismen im Brandfall, Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, Jg. 107, Nr. 7, S. 476¨C483, 2012.
• Apitz, S. / Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Berger, J.: Untersuchung des Zw?ngungsverhaltens von selbstverdichtendem Beton bei instation?rer Hochtemperaturbeanspruchung bis 750¡ã?C, Forum Geo Bau, Beuth Hochschule f¨¹r Technik Berlin, S. 83¨C93, 2012.

2011

• Pereira, F. / Pistol, K. / Korzen, M. / Weise, F. / Pimienta, P. / Carr¨¦, H. / Huismann, S.: Monitoring of fire damage processes in concrete by pore pressure and acoustic emission measurements, 2^nd International  RILEM Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure  (Proceedings), Delft, Niederlande, S. 69¨C77, 2011.
• Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Meng, B. / Schneider, U.: The mode of action of Polypropylene fibres in High Performance Concrete at high temperatures, 2^nd International RILEM Workshop on Conc rete Spalling due to Fire Exposure (Proceedings), Delft, Niederlande, S. 289¨C296, 2011.
• Pistol, K. / Weise, F. / Meinel, D. / Meng, B.: Zur Wirkungsweise von Polypropylen-Fasern in brandbeanspruchten Hochleistungsbetonen, 52. DAfStb-Forschungskolloquium in der BAM Bundesanstalt f¨¹r Materialforschung und ¨Cpr¨¹fung (Tagungsband), Berlin, S.134¨C140,2011.

2010

• Pistol, K. / Weise, F.: Novel investigation of the behaviour of Polypropylene fibres in high strength concrete at high temperatures, 8^th fib PhD Symposium  (Proceedings), Kongens Lyngby, D?nemark, S. 407¨C412, 2010.
• Pistol, K. / Prinz, C. / Weise, F. / Klobes, P.: Analysis of thermal induced microstructural changes in self-compacting concrete using mercury porosimetry, XV. Workshop ¨¹ber die Charakterisierung von feinteiligen und por?sen Festk?rpern, Bad Soden.  (Poster), 2010.

2009

• Dehn, F. / K?nig, A. / Pistol, K.: Building materials, Technology Guide: Principles, Applications, Trends, S. 422¨C425, 2009.
• Brameshuber, W. / Beitzel, H. / Beitzel, M. / Bohnemann, C. / Dehn, F. / Graubner, C.-A. / K?nig, A. / Lingemann, J. / M¨¹ller, H.S. / Pistol, K. / Proske, T. / Stettner, C. / Zilch, K.: Schalungsbelastung durch Hochleistungsbetone mit flie?f?higer Konsistenz ¨C Materialuntersuchungen und Gro?versuche, Bauingenieur, Nr. 04, S. 150¨C162, 2009.

2008

• Dehn, F. / Orgass, M. / Pistol, K.: Influence of the geometry and reinforcement content of specimens on frost de-icing salt resistance of concrete, Concrete Repair,  Rehabi litation and Retrofitting II (Proceedings), Kapstadt  (S¨¹dafrika), S. 135¨C139, 2008.

2007

• Dehn, F. / Pistol, K.: Influence of ageing on the high temperature behaviour of cementitious materials, Fire design of concrete structures ¨C from materials modelling to structural performance (Proceedings), Coimbra (Portugal), S. 393¨C400, 2007.