Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers 2026

Invited Speakers 2025

Precision Epitaxy in Nanocrystalline Thin Films: Defect‑Tailored Platforms for Electrocatalysis

  • Date: Jul 23, 2025
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Myoung Hwan Oh
  • Department of Energy Engineering, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH)
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Christina Scheu and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Topological defects—dislocations, grain boundaries, and related features—play an essential role in determining the properties of crystalline materials. When crystallite or functional domain sizes ... [more]

Big data microscopy: Machine learning-driven statistical characterization of shape evolution in nanoparticle growth

  • Date: Jul 23, 2025
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Min Gee Cho
  • National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Christina Scheu and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Understanding the geometry of nanomaterials at the atomic scale provides critical insights into local structural heterogeneities and their impact on functional properties. Since shapes vary from ... [more]

Visualizing Atomic Vibrations: A New Frontier in Electron Microscopy

  • Date: Jul 22, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof Xiaoqing Pan
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy UC Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Recent groundbreaking developments in aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) combined with advanced vibrational electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) techniques have ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2024

Materials grown by electrochemical techniques: The route towards sustainable materials for energy

  • Date: Jun 7, 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Cristina Vicente Manzano
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. James Best and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
In recent decades, extensive efforts have been done to develop new and more efficient alternative energy sources, which can substitute conventional sources like gas, petrol, and carbon, have been ... [more]

H in thin films: size and stress effects on the system thermodynamics and kinetics

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: Apr 23, 2024
  • Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Pundt
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Big Seminar Room / Online
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Due to its high diffusivity hydrogen atoms alloy with metals even at room temperature. At this temperature, the materials microstructure remains rather stable. When the system size is reduced to the ... [more]

Sustainability and raw materials: do we have them enough?

  • Date: Apr 18, 2024
  • Time: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Janez Zavašnik
  • Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; MPIE-SN External Group Leader
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Jazmin Duarte and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Materials play a crucial role in driving the twin transition, a key strategy of the European Union to address current and future environmental challenges. Currently, improving the efficiency of solar ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2023

There’s plenty of Room at the (Grain) Boundary

  • Date: Aug 31, 2023
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Sutatch Ratanaphan
  • King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Dr. James Best
There’s plenty of room at the grain boundary (GB), in which we can manipulate its energy and structure for particular properties in polycrystalline materials. Recently, we observed that the aesthetic ... [more]

Uncovering the Mechanisms that Lead to Bone Fragility as the Disease Progresses in a Type-2 Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) Rat

  • Date: Jul 31, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ms. Genna Monahan
  • Finishing Ph.D. candidate at the University of Galway, Ireland
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Rajaprakash Ramachandramoorthy and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
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Micro-mechanisms of deformation and failure in advanced high strength steels unraveled through full-field strain mapping

  • Date: Jul 12, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Associate Professor Nagamani Jaya Balila
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Indian Institute of InTechnology Bombay
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
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Invited Speakers 2022

Mechanistic View on Electric Current Induced Kinetic Enhancement and its Various Examples in Materials

  • Date: Sep 26, 2022
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Heung Nam Han
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Seminar Room 1
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Sung Gyu Kang and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
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Grain boundary-based plasticity: shear coupling migration and disconnections

  • Date: Jul 12, 2022
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Nicolas Combe
  • Centre d’Élaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales" (CEMES/CNRS) in CNRS
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Tobias Brink and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Tribologically Induced Deformation Mechanisms and Friction as a Function of Crystal Orientation in Copper

  • Date: Jun 27, 2022
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Christian Haug
  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Institute for Applied Materials (IAM-ZM)
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]
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Invited Speakers 2021

STZ vortex unit – the key to understand and control shear banding in metallic glasses

  • Date: Jul 6, 2021
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Daniel Şopu
  • Group Leader at the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science in Austria
  • Location: Online
  • Room: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Dr. Tobias Brink
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Transition to a Group Leader position at a German University

  • Date: Jul 5, 2021
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Ing Xufei Fang
  • Athene Young Investigator at Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Micromechanics of large deformations

  • Date: Jun 10, 2021
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Ing. Napat Vajragupta
  • Group Leader Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Location: Online
  • Room: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Dr. Maria Jazmin Duarte-Correa
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Invited Speakers 2020

Invited Speakers 2019

 

Close Packed Phases in Nickel-Based Superalloys - Investigation by Diffusion Multiples

Close Packed Phases in Nickel-Based Superalloys - Investigation by Diffusion Multiples
  • Date: Sep 30, 2019
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Uwe Glatzel
  • Metallische Werkstoffe, Universität Bayreuth
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Christian Liebscher
Precipitation of close-packed phases is a common problem of modern nickel-based superalloys, containing refractory or higher melting point elements such as Re, Ru, Cr, Mo and W. Thus, a fundamental ... [more]

Lessons learned from nano scale specimens tested by MEMS based apparatus

Lessons learned from nano scale specimens tested by MEMS based apparatus
  • Date: Sep 24, 2019
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Taher Saif
  • Mechanical Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Materials at small scale behave differently from their bulk counterparts. This deviation originates from the abundance of interfaces at small scale. Quantifying the properties and revealing the ... [more]

Molecular dynamics simulations and beyond for plasticity and wear of metals

Molecular dynamics simulations and beyond for plasticity and wear of metals
  • Date: Aug 27, 2019
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Tobias Brink
  • EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
While the general principles underlying the plastic response of metals are mostly understood—especially for the crystalline state—advanced tailoring of their properties and the development of novel ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2018

Predicting phase behavior of grain boundaries with evolutionary algorithms and machine learning

  • Date: Jul 9, 2018
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Timofey Frolov
  • Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Christian Liebscher
  • Contact: liebscher@mpie.de
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Quantum Chemistry in Position Space and Chemical Bonding in Intermetallic Compounds

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: May 8, 2018
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Yuri Grin
  • Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Frank Stein
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
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High Temperature Materials - Recent Developments for Future Challenges

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: Apr 17, 2018
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Manja Krüger
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Jülich
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Frank Stein
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
The introduction of the talk provides an overview on materials research in IEK-2 (Institute for Energy and Climate Research, Materials Characterization) in Forschungszentrum Jülich. Selected examples ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2017

Size Effects in Metals: On the Role of Internal Boundaries across the Scales

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: Jul 4, 2017
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Marc Geers
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
Size effects are a key ingredient to control and improve the mechanical behaviour of metallic microstructures and miniaturized components. The analysis of size effects in metals has received ... [more]

Phase Transformations under Rapid Heating in Metallic Micro- and Nanolaminates

Phase Transformations under Rapid Heating in Metallic Micro- and Nanolaminates
  • Date: Jun 19, 2017
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Karsten Woll
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Emmy-Noether-Group Leader „Pulsed Metallurgy on Metallic Thin Films“
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: merten@mpie.de
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Publishing in Material Science - and how to Maximize your success

  • Date: May 22, 2017
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Jörn Ritterbusch
  • Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of Wiley-VCH Publishing House
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: merten@mpie.de
Publishing your research results is an integral – if not the most important – part of your research. In this talk, some insight in the publishing process at the inhouse editorial offices of the ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2016

Investigation of Nanostructural Materials by means of X-Ray Powder Diffraction

Investigation of Nanostructural Materials by means of X-Ray Powder Diffraction
  • Date: Nov 16, 2016
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Oleg Prymak
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE) Facility for X-ray Diffraction at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Nanostructured materials represent a well-established part of nanoscience today due to their tunable electrical, optical, magnetic and catalytic properties, and their potential in nanomedicine. There ... [more]

Predicting solute segregation kinetics and properties in binary alloys from a dynamical variational gaussian model

Predicting solute segregation kinetics and properties in binary alloys from a dynamical variational gaussian model
  • Date: Nov 9, 2016
  • Time: 02:00 PM c.t. - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Chad Sinclair
  • The University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminarraum 1
  • Host: Prof. Dierk Raabe
The thermodynamics and kinetics of solute segregation in crystals is important for controlling microstructure and properties. Prime examples are the effects of solute drag on interface migration and ... [more]

Doping Induced Properties of Nanocrystalline CVD Diamond Films and Particles

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: Nov 8, 2016
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Ken Haenen
  • Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO), Diepenbeek, Belgium; and IMEC vzw, IMOMEC, Diepenbeek, Belgium
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Baptiste Gault / Prof. Dierk Raabe
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
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Invited Speakers 2015

KopfSalat: Warum fürchten wir, was uns nicht umbringt?

KopfSalat: Warum fürchten wir, was uns nicht umbringt?
  • Date: Nov 25, 2015
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer
  • Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer ist Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung in Berlin und leitet dort die Abteilung "Adaptives Verhalten und Kognition". Zudem ist er Direktor des Harding Zentrums für Risikokompetenz. Seine Forschungsinteressen umfassen unter anderem die Themen: Begrenzte Rationalität und soziale Intelligenz; Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit und begrenzter Zeit; Entscheidungsverhalten von Managern, Richtern und Ärzten.
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminarraum 1
  • Host: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Contact: kopfsalat@mpie.de
Wie treffen wir Entscheidungen? Wie können wir mit Unsicherheiten rational umgehen? Wie können Ärzte und Patienten durch eine bessere Risikokompetenz unsere Gesundheitsversorgung verbessern? Diesen ... [more]

Career Talk: BASF Coatings GmbH

Career Talk
  • Date: Nov 18, 2015
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Anastasia Milchin & Dr. Patrick Keil
  • Anastasia Milchin: Human Resources Dr. Patrick Keil: MPIE Alumni and now working at BASF
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: PhD representatives
  • Contact: wengert@mpie.de
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Understanding fatigue crack initiation in Ni superalloys: a study with HR-EBSD, HR-DIC and CP-FEA

  • Date: Nov 17, 2015
  • Time: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Ben Britton
  • Imperial College London
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
The lifetime of aerospace engineering components is often limited by fatigue. Traditional management strategies presuppose an existing defect length and estimate time to failure through short crack ... [more]
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