Dr. Martín Abadi
Peter Fratzl MEMBERS
Head of Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Vienna, Austria
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  • 2010
  • Mechanical Engineering (Materials) (M.M.E.)
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  • 2010
  • Mechanical Engineering (Materials) (M.M.E.)
Election Remark
Peter Fratzl has headed the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces since 2003 and is one of the pioneers in the field of biological and biomimetic materials.

His studies of natural materials such as wood, bones, mussel shells, glass sponges, protein fibers, and insect shells have provided materials scientists with clues for the development of new material concepts.

In addition, his work has also influenced medically-oriented work on osteoporosis and bone regeneration.

Due to his award-winning interdisciplinary research, Peter Fratzl is one of the most exposed representatives of modern science (listed as a materials scientist by Thomson Reuters in "highly-cited researchers").

Fratzl is the author and co-author of about 500 publications in journals and books.

In 2010, he was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering.
 
Corresponding member abroad of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 2007)
Member and PI of the Cluster of Excellence "Image-Knowledge-Design" at Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
Speaker of the Priority Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) "Biomimetic Materials Research: Functionality by Hierarchical Structuring of Materials".
Member of the editorial board of the journals Science and Nature.
Member of scientific advisory boards and supervisory boards of research institutions, e.g.: Review Board Materials Science, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Maier-Leibnitz Centre.