Jörg Weissmüller

Jörg Weissmüller is a Professor and Head of the Institute of Materials Physics at Hamburg University of Technology. He also leads the Hybrid Materials Systems group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. His research focuses on nanomaterials, emphasizing thermodynamics, continuum mechanics, electrochemistry of interfaces, phase transformations, magnetism, magnetic neutron scattering, and plastic deformation mechanisms.

Education:

• Materials Science at the Universities of Saarbrücken, Germany and Dundee, Scotland
• PhD in Engineering from Saarbrücken (1990)

Research Interests:

• Nanomaterials
• Thermodynamics
• Continuum Mechanics
• Electrochemistry of Interfaces
• Phase Transformations
• Magnetism
• Magnetic Neutron Scattering
• Plastic Deformation Mechanisms

Scientific Awards:

• Feodor Lynen Fellow
• PROCOPE Fellow

Leadership Roles:

• Head of the Institute of Materials Physics at TUHH (2010–present)
• Head of Hybrid Materials Systems group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (2010–present)
• Coordinator of DFG Research Unit FOR 714 'Plasticity of Nanocrystalline Metals and Alloys'
• Member of the Board, DFG Coordinated Research Area SFB 986 'Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems – M3'
• Head of Studies for the TUHH Master program on 'Materials Science'