Aktuelle Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter

• lead-free piezoceramics and energy storage
• dislocation-based functionality
• mechanical properties of ceramic materials
• sustainability crisis in broad context of society and history

1991 – 1993 Research Associate at Institute for Materials Engineering, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

1989 – 1991 Postdoc at National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

1992 Habilitation, Institute for Materials Engineering, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

1988 PhD, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, UC Berkeley, USA

1983 Diplom, Institute for Materials Engineering, University Erlangen, Germany

1981–1982 Visiting student at Leeds University

2017 – 2020 Specially appointed professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

2016 – 2019 Distinguished Visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2014 – 2017 Guest professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2011/12Guest professor at University of New South Wales, Australia

2004 Visiting professor at University of Leeds, UK

1998 Visiting professor at University of Washington at Seattle, USA

2020 Seger commemorative medal of Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG)

2020 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (mrs)

2019 Heyn commemorative medal of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde

2018 Sosman award of the American Ceramic Society

2017 Honorary Professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing

2017 Best paper award from Journal of the European Ceramic Society

2016IEEE Ferroelectrics Recognition Award

2014 Member of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)

2009 Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

2007 Member of World Academy of Ceramics

2003 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society

1992 Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Prize of ministry of research and technology

2019 – Liaison Officer for University to Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

2017 – 2024 Member of Scientific Council to the President, TU Darmstadt/ Germany

2014 – 2017 Vice President for Research, TU Darmstadt/ Germany

2011 – 2014 Member of Scientific Council to the President, TU Darmstadt/ Germany

2003 – 2012 Director of Collaborative Research Center (CRC) “Electrical Fatigue in Functional Materials”, (23 positions) in total 26 Mil. €

2002 – 2004 Coordinator of Sino-German research program co-financed by DFG and NSFC (5 double projects)

1995 – 2001 Coordinator of DFG Priority Program “Graded Materials” (76 projects)

in total 12 Mil. €

1994 – 2008 Member of the Faculty Committee, TU Darmstadt/ Materials Science/ Germany

1994 – 2000 Dean of studies, TU Darmstadt/ Materials Science/ Germany

2012 – 2015 Member of grants committee for collaborative research centres for DFG (annual budget: 560 Mil. €)

2010 – 2013 Member of A.-von-Humboldt fellowship selection committee

2008 – 2012 Member of Board of Directors for German Materials Society (DGM) / Germany

2004 – 2012 Member of DFG review panel and chairman (2004-2008) Materials Science (FK 406) / Germany

2001 – 2004 Member and Chairman (2003-2004) of publication committee of Am. Ceramic Soc. / USA

2000 – 2014 Associate Editor of J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. / USA

2020: Co-Chairman of mrs symposium at spring meeting in Phoenix (EL11)

2016: Co-Chairman of International Symposium on Applied Ferroelectrics

2003: Chairman of Gordon Research Conference on Ceramics

1998: Chairman of International Conference on Functionally Graded Materials

German Ceramic Society, German Materials Society, American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society, IEEE

370 refereed publications, h-factor of 77 (WoS), more than 25 000 citations in total.

Supervised 60 Ph.Ds, 6habilitations, more than 100 Diploma, M.Sc. and B.Sc. students and 13 postdocs, hosted 18 AvH fellows, 7 AvH awardees. More than 20 former students went on to take faculty positions in five different continents in countries such as: Germany, Austria, Norway, China, India, Japan, S.-Korea, Australia, South Africa, USA.