Klaus-Peter Schmitz (engineering scientist)

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Klaus-Peter Schmitz (born January 16, 1946 in Warnemünde ) is a German engineering scientist and professor of biomedical technology. Until 2014 he headed the Institute for Biomedical Technology, University Medicine Rostock. He is director and chairman of the board of the Institute for Implant Technology and Biomaterials e. V., affiliated institute of the University of Rostock and competence center for medical technology Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. He is a proven scientist in the fields of medical technology and applied mechanics.

Life

After studying applied mechanics at the University of Rostock from 1964 to 1969, he received his doctorate from 1968 to 1972 as a Dr.-Ing. in technical mechanics in the field of vibration theory. After receiving his doctorate, he worked as a development engineer at the shipbuilding combine in Rostock from 1972 to 1984. During his time at the Rostock Institute for Shipbuilding, he completed his habilitation in industry in 1980. Since 1984 he has worked as the head of the department "Assisted Circulation and Artificial Heart" in the research department of the Clinic for Internal Medicine at the University of Rostock. In 1992 he was appointed professor for biomedical technology at the University of Rostock. He headed the Institute for Biomedical Technology at the University of Rostock from its founding in 1995 until his retirement in 2014. In 1996, he founded the non-profit Institute for Implant Technology and Biomaterials e. V., which he heads as director until the present.

Klaus-Peter Schmitz is the son of the physicist and fluid mechanic Gerhard Schmitz , who did his doctorate at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Göttingen under Ludwig Prandtl and later worked as a professor for fluid mechanics at the Rostock Faculty of Shipbuilding . From 1946 to 1953 he and his parents were relocated to Kimry in the Soviet Union , as his father had worked as a development manager in aircraft construction at Heinkel and, like numerous other German scientists and engineers, had to work as a specialist for the Soviet Union after the Second World War.

Klaus-Peter Schmitz is married and has two children.

Act

After switching to medical technology in the mid-80s, Klaus-Peter Schmitz worked experimentally in the field of the application of artificial hearts and assist systems and was significantly involved in the realization of artificial hearts. The biomedical technician is recognized for his pioneering work in researching the biocompatibility of implants and especially the technology of stents through numerous publications and more than 50 patents nationally and internationally. He played a decisive role in the profiling of the Institute for Biomedical Technology at the Rostock University Medical Center in the field of cardiovascular implants, especially coronary stents in Warnemünde.

Research priorities

  • Stent technology
  • Electrostimulation electrodes
  • Eye implants
  • bioabsorbable materials
  • biofunctionalized implant surfaces and drug delivery systems
  • Implant coating

Research networks

  • BMBF joint project "RESPONSE - partnership for innovation in implant technology" within the framework of the BMBF program "Twenty20 - partnership for innovation" (chairman of the board)
  • BMBF joint project "REMEDIS - higher quality of life through novel micro-implants" within the framework of the BMBF program "Top Research and Innovation in the New States" (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
  • Collaborative Research Center Transregio 37 “Micro and nano systems in medical technology” Hannover-Aachen-Rostock

Memberships and honorary positions

  • Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
  • Secretary of the technical science class of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2012-2014)
  • Founding member of acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Chairman of the board of the BMBF project RESPONSE - partnership for innovation in implant technology as part of the Zwanzig20 initiative - partnership for innovation.
  • Member of the editorial board of the journal "Biomedical Engineering / Biomedical Engineering"
  • Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal "Biomaterialien"
  • Economic ambassador for the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Awards

  • Ring of Honor of the Association of German Electrical Engineers VDE (2008)
  • Ring of Honor of the City of Garbsen (for pioneering work in researching the biocompatibility of implants and especially the technology of stents) (2015)
  • Awarded the honorary title of Fellow of the German Society of Biomedical Technology ( DGBMT ) for outstanding scientific and technical achievements in the field of implant technology (September 26, 2018)
  • Federal Cross of Merit 1st class (November 15, 2018) for special commitment in the field of medical technology and for the common good

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus-Peter Schmitz: Forced oscillations of the dampened Timoshenko staff . University, Rostock 1972.
  2. ↑ Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Günther Schlottmann: Theoretical and experimental investigation of the vibration behavior of ship constructions. University, Rostock 1979.
  3. ^ Website of the Institute for Biomedical Technology. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Website of the Institute for Implant Technology and Biomaterials e. V. Accessed September 9, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Press release from the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Information Service Science (idw). Retrieved September 9, 2016 .
  7. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. July 22, 2015, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  8. ↑ High honor for Biomedical Technician in Rostock - German Society for Biomedical Technology honors Professor Klaus-Peter Schmitz. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Professor Klaus-Peter Schmitz awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Klaus-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineering scientist and professor for biomedical technology
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Warnemünde