In January 2024, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini started his tenure as president of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) for 2024-25. He was confirmed as FEMS president at the FEMS General Assembly that took place in Frankfurt, Germany, on 5th September 2023. Prof. Boccaccini has been a me...
The sun is one of the most important sources for renewable energy, solar energy is a central component of the energy transition. The most efficient solar module in the world at the current time has been developed by Dr. Andreas Distler at the Chair of Materials Science (Materials in Electronics and ...
Dr. Sarah Trockel, a graduate in materials science (materials in electronics and energy technology), has been awarded this year's female engineer prize for her outstanding doctorate. It was presented to her by Science Minister Markus Blume.
Every year, the State Ministry of Science and the Arts a...
The Germany chapter of the European Materials Day, organised by the German Materials Society (DGM), took place on 10th Nov. 2023, under the auspices of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS).
Markus Lorke, PhD student at the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), won one of the awards fo...
Their approach could solve many problems: Erlangen materials scientists Stefan Schrüfer, Ruben G. Scheuring, Janik Altenhöfer and Alexander Björk are jointly developing the first smart bioprinter to enable medical research and the pharmaceutical industry to develop and reproducibly produce meaningfu...
Dr. Luca Ghiringhelli has been appointed W2 Professor for "Data-based Materials Modeling" at the Institute of Materials Simulation in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at FAU.
His term of office starts on 1.10.2023.
We congratulate Professor Ghiringhelli and welcome him warml...
Prof. Dr. Erdmann Spiecker, holder of the Chair of Micro- and Nanostructure Research, ended his term as spokesman of the Department of Materials Science on September 30, 2023.
His successor is Prof. Dr. Mathias Göken, holder of the Chair of General Material Properties. Prof. Dr. Carolin Körner wi...
Ms Jessica Lippert, who carried out her Master thesis at the Chair for Biomaterials (WW7) has won the Society of Glass Technology (UK) Oldfield Award 2022 (2nd prize) for her Master thesis: “Study of the synergistic effects of bioactive glasses with Manuka honey”. The project was supervised by Marce...
Dr. Irem Unalan, alumna (former PhD student) and currently post-doctoral researcher in the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), has won the Best Doctoral Thesis Award 2023 of the German Society for Biomaterials (DGBM).
Irem earned her Dr.-Ing. degree in 2022 with a project that focused on the process...
