Jan Knippers

Jan Knippers is a Professor and Institute Director at the University of Stuttgart's Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, leading the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE). He co-founded Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering and established Jan Knippers Ingenieure in 2018 to focus on innovative fiber composite and timber structures.

• Key roles: Deputy Executive Director of Cluster of Excellence IntCDC, former Vice-Rector for Research (2019-2021), and Dean of Faculty of Architecture (2021-2023)
• Technical focus: Hybrid FRP-Timber systems, computational design, and biomimetic principles

His projects include the 2024 Hybrid Flax Pavilion, Urbach Tower (2024), and BUGA Fiber Pavilion (2019). He contributes to European standardization committees and serves as 2024 Leverhulme Visiting Professor at University College London.