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Wolfgang Knoll

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll hat Physik und Biophysik an der Technischen Universität Karlsruhe und der Universität Konstanz studiert, war u.a. Laborleiter für "Exotische Nanomaterialien" am RIken Institut (Japan), Professor an mehreren hochrangigen Universitäten, langjähriger Direktor am Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung (Mainz) und ist seit 2008 wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des Austrian Institutes of Technology (AIT). Forschungsgebiete: Eigenschaften polymerer und bioorganischer Systeme in dünnen Filmen und funktionalisierten Oberflächen, Biomimetik.

Knoll, wurde 1949 in Schwäbisch Hall, Deutschland, geboren.

Professional Career

1973 Diploma - Physics, Technical University of Karlsruhe
1976 Ph.D. - Biophysics, University of Konstanz
1976-1977 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz
1977-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ulm
1980-1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA
1981 Visiting Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
1981-1986 Assistant Professor, Technical University of Munich
1985 Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA
1986 Postdoctoral Degree: "Habilitation" - Physics, Technical University of Munich
986-1991 Young Investigator/Associate Professor, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
1988 Visiting Scientist, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ
1990 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Chem. & Nuc. Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1990-1991 Visiting Professor, University of Erlangen
1991-1999 Head of Laboratory for Exotic Nano-Materials, Frontier Research Program, RIKEN-Institute, Japan
since 1992 Consulting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993-2008 Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
since 1998 Professor (by Courtesy) Chemistry Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
since 1999 Adjunct Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
1999-2003 Temasek Professor, National University of Singapore
since 2004 Visiting Principal Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
since 2008 Scientific Managing Director, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien
since 2009 Honorary Professor, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Wien
since 2009 Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


Honours

  • Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1986
  • Merck Centennial Lecturer, University of Iowa, Ames, 1988
  • Heinrich-Welker-Award, Siemens/Universität Erlangen, 1990
  • Eugen-und-Ilse-Seibold Award of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2003
  • Exner Medal, Österreichischer Gewerbeverein, 2008
  • Regular Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2010