Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla

Scientific Director
Scientific Management

(030) 8062 - 43812, (030) 8062 - 14747

(030) 8062 - 42047

1995 PhD Thesis in Materials Science at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

1995 – 2001 Scientific staff member, Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin

2001 Habilitation Materials Science, Ruhr University Bochum

2001 – 2003 Scientific staff member, Institute of Materials Science and Technologies, Technische Universität Berlin

2003 – 2005 Full University Professor, Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), Austria

2005 – 2008 Scientific Member, Director and Chief Executive at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf

2006 Professor, Institute of Materials Science, Ruhr University Bochum

Since October 1, 2008 Scientific Director at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH

Since 2011 Full University professor at the Ruhr University Bochum

Memberships:
2012 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

2012 Member of the Steering Committee (STC) of the European Spallation Source (ESS)

2012 Member of the Standing Advisory Committee of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2012 Members of the Board of the Joint Initiative of Non-University Research Institutes in Adlershof (IGAFA)

2011 Member of the jury of the Houskapreis

2011 Member of the jury "Deutscher Zukunftspreis" (The Federal President’s prize for achievements in technology and innovation)

2011 Chairwoman of the supervisory board of the foundation “pearls - Potsdam Research Network”

2010 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold

2010 Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW)

2010 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement e.V. (ZWM) Speyer

2009 Member of the Scientific Commission of the Einstein Foundation

2008 Member academy acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering

2008 Member of the Senate of the DFG (German Research Foundation)

2005 Peer Reviewer of the DFG (German Research Foundation) and German Universities Excellence Initiative

Editorial Work:
Editor of the Journal “Journal of Applied Crystallography

Awards/ Honors:
2011 Member of the Academia Europaea

2008 Corresponding Foreign Member of the Austrian Academy of Science