Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Fecht
Chaired Professor and Director “Institute of Micro and Nanomaterials” at Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Senior Scientist, Institute of Nanotechnology INT, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

Scientific Vita

• Date of Birth: March 8, 1957
  Nationality: German
• 1981 Diplom-Ingenieur Materials Science, Univ. Saarbrücken, Germany
• 1984 Ph.D. Materials Science, Univ. Saarbrücken
• 1984 - 1987 Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• 1987 - 1990 Senior Research Associate
  Department of Materials Science
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
• 1990 - 1993 Professor of Metal Physics (C-3)
  University of Augsburg, Germany
• 1993 - 1997 Chaired Professor of Materials Science (C-4), Technical University Berlin, Germany
• 1997 Chaired Professor of Materials Sci. & Engg. (C-4), Director Institute of “Nano- and MicroMaterials”, University of Ulm, Germany
• 2001 Senior Scientist, Institute for Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Awards & Activities:

• 2009: Dep. Head of Kuratorium FhG ENAS Electronic Nanosystems, Chemnitz
• 2008: Adjunct Professor World Premier Institute, Tohoku Univ. Sendai, Japan
• 2008: Panel Chair Materials Science of ESSC at European Science Foundation
• 2007: Overseas Professor, Anna University, Chennai, India
• 2006: Member of Board ESF European Space Science Council
• 2005: Head of Nanomaterials activity of DGM
• 2004: Materials Innovation Award, German Engineering Association VDI
• 2003: Pioneer of Nanotechnology (Deutsche Bank AG)
• 2002: Stv. Sprecher Kompetenznetz Funktionelle Nanostrukturen UUlm
• 2001: Director Center of Excellence „Werkstoffe der Mikrotechnik“ WMtech
• 2000: Vorstandvorsitzender „Institute of dynamic materials testing“ UUlm
• 2000: Speaker NanoMat Network (BMBF) at UUlm
• 1998: G.W. Leibniz-Award (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• 1994: Honorable Professor, University of Southern China, Guangzhu
• 1987: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (California Institute of Technology)
• 1984: Fellow of Max-Kade-Gesellschaft (New York)