Prof. Dr. Ing. Frank Mücklich

Leiter

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

geboren am 17. August 1959 in Dresden, Deutschland

	Scientific background and professional career
since 2008	Chairman of the European School of Materials (EUSMAT) at Saarland University, Saarbruecken
since 2009	member of the Supervisory Board of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM)
2006 – 2008	Chairman of the Advisory Board of the DGM
since 2005	European Coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus elite master program “Advanced Materials Science and Engineering” - Saarbrücken(D)-Nancy(F)-Barcelona(E)-Lulea(S)
since 1998	Editor in Chief of Practical Metallography- International Journal for Preparation, Imaging and Quantification of Microstructures (Hanser Publishers)
since 1995	Full Professor and Head of the *Chair for Functional Materials* at Saarland University, Department Materials Science and Engineering
1991 – 1995	Head of the Research Group *Materials Characterization and Microstructure Design* at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart
1990 – 1991	Max Planck Fellowship at MPI for Metals Research, Stuttgart
1988 – 1990	Head of the Lab “Microstructure Analysis” at the Department of Physical Metallurgy, Mining Academy Freiberg
1988	Doctorate at the Mining Academy Freiberg (Thesis: X-ray Diffraction on point defects and stoichiometry effects in highly perfect GaAs single crystals
1980 – 1985	Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science at the Mining Academy of Freiberg


	Other Activities of Scientific and Social Leadership
2009	Topic Coordinator for the Materials Characterization symposia at the European Conference EUROMAT 2009, Glasgow
Since 2009	Member of Supervisory Board in Saarland Venture Capital Corporation
2008	Congress Chairman of the International Conference Materials Science and Engineering (MSE2008), Nuremberg, Germany
Since 2008	Member of Executive Board - Friends of the Saarland University
2007	Topic Coordinator for the Materials Characterization symposia at the European Conference EUROMAT 2007, Nuremberg
2006-2008	Guest Professorship at Dalian University, Dalian (China)
since 2006	Foreign Advisor for the Korean Society of Metallography
since 2006	Reviewer in charge for the Materials Science and Engineering for the *Humboldt Foundation* in the international elite program “Feodor Lynen”
2006	Medal of Honor from the Korean University of Technology
2002	*Congress Chairman of the German-American Frontiers of Science* Conference (GAFOS),** Potsdam
2000	Congress Chairman of the European Congress on Metallography *(EUROMET2000)*, Saarbruecken
Since 1996	Board member of several scientific Journals (Int. J. of Mat.Res., MST, ..)
since 1995	peer reviewer for the German Science Foundation and other science funding organizations (e.g. Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Krupp Foundation etc.)


	Scientific Awards
2009	*Morton Antler Award* - IEEE (USA)
2008	*Roland Mitsche Prize* - DGM (Germany), ASMET and the Non-ferrous Metal Industries Association (Austria)
2007	*Werner Koester Prize* - German Society of Materials Science and Engineering (DGM)
1998	*Alfried Krupp Prize* - Alfried Krupp Foundation
1995	*Georg Masing Memorial Prize* - German Society of Materials Science and Engineering (DGM)


	Fields of work and main scientific interests:
	3D analysis of materials microstructures in the micro, nano and atomic scale. New theoretical and experimental methods for microstructure classification and quantification
	High performing surfaces by microstructure design, surface structuring and functionalization using advanced Laser patterning techniques
	Advanced functional materials with tailored microstructures for electrical application.


	Publications:
	Number of scientific papers and book contributions: >240
	Number of patents: 10
	Book: *Statistical Analysis of Microstructures in Materials Science* (Ohser, Muecklich, 2000) John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 381 pages, 303 ref., 115 fig., 52 tab., 64 program codes

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