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Dr. Heinz Werner Höppel, academic advisor and deputy head of the Chair of General Material Properties (WW1), was appointed associated professor. The President of FAU officially presented him with the certificate on 26.02.2024. Prof. Höppel will give his inaugural lecture in the summer semester...

Prof. Dr. Sannakaisa Virtanen, Chair of Materials Science (Corrosion and Surface Engineering), was awarded the Association for Materials Protection & Performance (AMPP) Willis Whitney Technical Achievement Award. The ceremonial award ceremony will take place on March 6, 2024. The award recognize...

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 ...

and a happy New Year

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...

The world's first system with regionally produced diamond electrodes as a research project.

Prof. Dr. Luca Ghiringhelli is W2 Professor for Data-Based Material Modeling at the Chair of Material Simulation since 01.10.2023. What is your research focus? "Data-based material modeling. It combines traditional and modern physical and chemical knowledge of materials (quantum mechanics, statist...