Peter Fratzl

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Peter Fratzl (born September 13, 1958 in Vienna ) is an Austrian physicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam .

Life

After studying in Strasbourg and Paris with a degree in engineering from the École polytechnique in 1980, he received his doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna (1983). After his habilitation in the field of solid state physics (1991) he worked as an assistant and associate professor at the Institute for Materials Physics at the University of Vienna (1986–1998). Fratzl is also an external employee of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Osteology in Vienna (since 1993). He was visiting researcher at the Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (1993-1994), visiting professor at the University of Munich (1997), full professor for metal physics at the University of Leoben and director of the Erich-Schmid-Institute for material science of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1998 -2003). He is Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces (since 2003), Honorary Professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin (since 2004) and at the University of Potsdam (since 2009). From 2017 to 2020 Peter Fratzl is chairman of the chemical-physical-technical section of the Max Planck Society.

Peter Fratzl has headed the “Biomaterials” department at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces since 2003 and is one of the pioneers in the field of biological and biomimetic materials. The study of natural materials such as wood, bones, mussel shells, glass sponges, protein fibers or insect shells provide the materials scientist with tips for developing new material concepts. There is also medically oriented work on osteoporosis and bone regeneration. Due to his multi-award-winning interdisciplinary research, Peter Fratzl is one of the most prominent representatives of modern science (listed as a materials scientist by Thomson Reuters in “highly-cited researchers 2014”). Fratzl is the author and co-author of around 500 publications in specialist journals and books.

further activities

  • Corresponding member abroad of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 2007)
  • Member and PI in the “Image-Knowledge-Design” cluster of excellence at the Humboldt University in Berlin
  • Speaker of the priority program 1420 of the German Research Foundation (DFG) "Biomimetic Materials Research: Functionality by Hierarchical Structuring of Materials".
  • Member of the editorial committee of the journals Science and Nature .
  • Member of scientific advisory boards and supervisory boards of research institutions, e.g. E.g .: Fachkollegium Materialwissenschaft, the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research (FWF) in Austria and the Maier-Leibnitz Center.

Awards

literature

  • Nanotechnology in bones, wood and teeth: Peter Fratzl , in: Yearbook of the Max Planck Society 2004, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-927579-18-1 , pages 55–56. (Article about Fratzl)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Organizational structure of the Max Planck Society . Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Accessed on September 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Publications . Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Accessed on September 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Member entry of Peter Fratzl at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
personal data
SURNAME Fratzl, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna