Education and Professional Experience:
- 1966-1970: Studying Physics at the University of Stuttgart
- 1970-1971: Diploma work at the Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung/University of Stuttgart (Title: Electrochemical studies of oxygen solid solutions in high melting metals)
- 1971-1973: PhD degree at the Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung/University of Stuttgart (Title: Thermo- and electrotransport of oxygen and nitrogen in Va metals)
- 1979: post-doc at Rice University, Houston, Texas
- 1983: visiting professor at the University of Illinois
- 1988: Habilitation in the subject of metallurgy in the faculty of chemistry at the University of Stuttgart (Title: Measurements and modelling of hydrogen solubility and diffusivity in disordered metal lattices)
- 1993: visiting professor at the Ohio State University
- 1998: visiting professor at the Neutron Research Center, NIST, Gaithersburg
Research Areas and Interests:
Hydrogen in metals, Thermodynamics of alloys, Interstital solution and diffusion in glasses (metals, oxides, polymers and semiconductors),
Solute-atom segregation at and diffusion in internal interfaces, Mechanical properties and glass transition of polymers, Passivity of metals, Electromigration in metals.
Hydrogen in metals, Thermodynamics of alloys, Interstital solution and diffusion in glasses (metals, oxides, polymers and semiconductors),
Solute-atom segregation at and diffusion in internal interfaces, Mechanical properties and glass transition of polymers, Passivity of metals, Electromigration in metals.
Membership:
- German Physical Society (Chairman of the Metal Physics Committee, 1994-1998),
- German Society for Materials Research (Member of the Education Committee)
- Elected Member of the Academy of Science Göttingen (1998)
- Elected Member of the Academy of Science and Technology (acatech), Germany (2002)
- Honary Member of the German Materials Society, DGM, 2011
- Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, 2017.
Editorial Boards:
Acta Materialia (editor), Materials Transactions, Interfaces, Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, Materials Science Foundations
Acta Materialia (editor), Materials Transactions, Interfaces, Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, Materials Science Foundations
Honors and Awards:
- Scripta metallurgica outstanding paper award, 1987
- Chairman of the Gordon Conference on Metal Hydrogen Systems VI, Tilton, NH, July 1991
- Carl Wagner Prize, 1990
- Elected Member of the Academy of Science Göttingen (1998)
- Elected Member of the Academy of Science and Technology (acatech), Germany (2002)
- Highly Cited Author in Materials Science, (1980-2000)
- Honda Memorial Award, Tohoku-University, Sendai, 2003
- Heyn-Denkmünze (highest award of the German Materials Society, DGM), 2004
- International Award of Materials Engineering for Recourses, Akita, Japan, 2005
- Lee Hsun Lecture Award, IMR Shenyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007
- Senior-Professorship of Lower Saxonia, 2008
- Reinhart-Koselleck-Project of the DFG, 2008
- Staudinger-Durrer-Lecture, ETH-Zurich, 2009
- Hydrogen & Energy Award, H&E-Symposium 2010
- Member of the Max-Planck-Society and External Member of the Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research GmbH, Düsseldorf 2010
- Honary Member of the German Materials Society, DGM, 2011
- Member of the Advisory Board and Principle Investigator of the World Premier Institute I2CNER in Fukuoka, Japan, 2011
- Honoree at the International Conference on Hydrogen Materials Interactions, Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming, USA, 2012
- Leibniz-Medaille of the IFW Dresden,2013
- Talbot Distinguished Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA,
- Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering , Washington, DC, 2017.