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Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers 2026

Advancing In-Situ and ex-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy with Low Dose Focal Series Reconstruction and 4D‑STEM

  • Date: Apr 9, 2026
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Idan Biran
  • Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: BDS Seminar room
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Siyuan Zhang / Prof. Christina Scheu
Recent advances in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have pushed spatial resolution into the 0.5 Å regime, shifting imaging from an instrument-limited to an object-limited discipline and enabling ... [more]

Mechanical and Microstructural Control of Dendrite Initiation and Li Plating on Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes

  • Date: Mar 20, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Wendy Gu
  • Standard university, USA
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Yuwei Zhang / Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Lithium metal solid-state batteries have high potential for safety, energy density, and charging rate beyond that of Li-ion batteries. A major challenge for lithium metal solid-state batteries is the ... [more]

Problem found; problem mitigated: overcoming chemical instability in Mg-based thermoelectric materials

  • Date: Mar 3, 2026
  • Time: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Johannes de Boor
  • Jun. Professor for ‘Functional Materials and Joining Technologies for Thermoelectric Generators’ at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Group Leader at the German Aerospace Center of Köln (DLR), Institute of Materials Research.
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Eleonora Isotta and Prof. Christina Scheu
Devices from thermoelectric materials can directly convert heat flows into electrical energy powering autonomous sensors or providing reliable electrical power supply in remote areas, as successfully ... [more]

Plasticity and fracture behavior of high-strength steels at low temperatures

  • Date: Feb 6, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Fuhui Shen
  • Assistant Professor in the Soete Laboratory at Ghent University, Belgium
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
High-strength steels with a body-centered cubic (bcc) crystal structure are generally expected to exhibit limited ductility at low temperatures due to the ductile-to-brittle transition. In this talk ... [more]

Nanoengineering of high strength steels

  • Date: Jan 23, 2026
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Univ.-Prof. Wenwen Song
  • Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Kassel
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
The diversities in crystalline structure and the hierarchical features of the structures in steels lead to their distinguished deformation behaviour, elastic properties, magnetic properties ... [more]

Invited Speakers 2025

Sintering Fundamentals of Nano-Metallic Particle Interconnects

  • Date: Nov 5, 2025
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Leiming Du
  • Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Microelectronics at the Delft University of Technology, in Netherlands
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Anwesha Kanjilal and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Sintered copper (Cu) nanoparticles have emerged as a promising substitute for sintered silver (Ag) nanoparticles in power electronics packaging, offering comparable electrical and thermal ... [more]

Ancient craft, new perspective: Recovery and recrystallization of deformed metal nanoparticles

  • Date: Oct 29, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman
  • Postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Metallic nanoparticles are utilized in a growing number of applications due to their unique and tunable properties. However, one of the primary tools used to tune bulk metals properties ... [more]

Mesoscale Modeling of Crystalline Materials: Decoding Microstructure Evolution

  • Date: Jul 24, 2025
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Marco Salvalaglio
  • TU Dresden
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Comprehensive investigations of material properties in crystalline systems require information spanning atomistic to continuum scales. Mesoscale models play a crucial role in this context. They ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2024

Insights in Battery Materials by Electron Microscopy

  • Date: Nov 11, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Volz
  • Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Physics and Materials Science Center
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Solid-state batteries (SSBs) promise to meet the increasing demand for safe, high-power, and high-capacity energy storage. SSBs with solid electrolytes (SEs) offer potential advantages over ... [more]

In situ structure-property relationship studies of inorganic catalysts for the energy transition

In situ structure-property relationship studies of inorganic catalysts for the energy transition
  • Date: Aug 20, 2024
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Weidenthaler
  • Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis - Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203 / Online
  • Host: Prof. Christina Scheu
The energy transition requires the introduction of sustainable energy sources. Hydrogen is one of these options, but its efficient and sustainable production from water splitting as well as its ... [more]

Hydrogen effects on the deformation and fracture of alloys

MPI SusMat Colloquium
  • Date: Jun 18, 2024
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Christian Motz
  • Head of Chair of Experimental Methods in Material Science, Department of Material Science and Technology, Saarland University
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203 / Online
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
The increasing demand on lightweight structures requires high-strength materials. However, with increasing strength many materials show an increasing susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement. Hence ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2023

Atomistic Dynamics of Deformation, Fracture and GB Migration in Oxides

  • Date: Dec 12, 2023
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Yuichi Ikuhara
  • Professor, Director of Nano Technology Center Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering The University of Tokyo
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
In order to clarify the deformation and fracture mechanism in oxides such as Al2O3 and STO, TEM in situ nanoindentation experiments were conducted for their single crystals and bicrystals. We ... [more]

Local Phase Transformations: A New Creep Strengthening Mechanism in Ni-Base Superalloys

  • Date: Nov 13, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Professor Michael J. Mills
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Polycrystalline Ni-based superalloys are vital materials for disks in the hot section of aerospace and land-based turbine engines due to their exceptional microstructural stability and strength at ... [more]

High-resolution micro-plasticity in advanced high-strength steels

  • Date: Nov 6, 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Professor Marc Geers
  • Mechanics of Materials, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
The persistent demand for green, strong and ductile advanced high strength steels, with a reduced climate footprint, calls for novel and improved multi-phase microstructures. The development of these ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2022

Transport and thermal measurements in the IMW-PPMS Lab

Transport and thermal measurements in the IMW-PPMS Lab
  • Date: Dec 16, 2022
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Perez Rodriguez
  • IFW Dresden
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Seminar Room 1
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Siyuan Zhang / Prof. Christina Scheu
Where: Seminar room 203 [more]

Unraveling the structures of nanocrystalline materials by combining TEM and XRPD

Unraveling the structures of nanocrystalline materials by combining TEM and XRPD
  • Date: Dec 16, 2022
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Magdalena Ola Cichocka
  • IFW Dresden
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Seminar Room 1
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Siyuan Zhang / Prof. Christina Scheu
Where: Seminar room 203 [more]

Bringing metal casting to microfabrication: process development and plastic deformation

  • Date: Nov 28, 2022
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Luciano Borasi
  • Laboratory of Mechanical Metallurgy, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]
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Invited Speakers 2021

Academic career and Professorship in France

  • Date: Nov 2, 2021
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr Matteo Ghidelli
  • CNRS researcher, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM) - CNRS UPR3407, France
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Towards a Predictive Theory of Grain Growth: Experiments and Simulations

  • Date: Oct 25, 2021
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Katayun Barmak
  • Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Hanna Bishara
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Exploring the limits of metal strength

  • Date: Sep 13, 2021
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Eugen Rabkin
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion 3200003 Haifa, Israel
  • Location: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]
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Invited Speakers 2020

Reliable extraction of deformation activation parameters from transient and high strain rate micromechanical tests

In-situ Nano-/Micromechanics Summer Seminar Series 2020
  • Date: Sep 10, 2020
  • Time: 04:00 PM c.t. - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Gaurav Mohanty
  • Assistant Professor, Engineering Materials Science, Tampere University, Finland
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Dr. James Best
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Evaluating electro-mechanical reliability using in-situ methods

In-situ Nano-/Micromechanics Summer Seminar Series 2020
  • Date: Aug 27, 2020
  • Time: 04:00 PM c.t. - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Megan Cordill
  • Vice Director, Eric Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austria
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Virtual Lecture
  • Host: Dr. James Best
Where: virtual on Zoom (link follows) [more]

Invited Speakers 2019

 

Pushing the boundaries of micro and nanomechanics

Pushing the boundaries of micro and nanomechanics
  • Date: Oct 22, 2019
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Rajaprakash Ramachandramoorthy
  • Laboratory of Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA, Thun, Switzerland
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Current level of miniaturization in everyday devices indicates that micro and nano architectures have become functional elements in electronics and diminutive mechanical-based systems. Yet, the ... [more]

Manipulation of individual defects in 2D and layered Materials

Manipulation of individual defects in 2D and layered Materials
  • Date: Oct 18, 2019
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr.-Ing Peter Schweizer
  • Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Defects decisively influence the properties of virtually any material. It is therefore desirable to control the occurrence and properties of defects down to the atomic scale. While many methods have ... [more]

Multi-scale design and analyses of advanced materials: Experimental approaches

Multi-scale design and analyses of advanced materials: Experimental approaches
  • Date: Oct 17, 2019
  • Time: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. James P. Best
  • IMM, RWTH University Aachen
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
When a 100-tonne steel forging die fails during industrial processing; the root causes are often localised to small length scales. Advanced materials therefore need to be designed at the ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2018

Atomic Electron Tomography Using Coherent and Incoherent Imaging in (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy

Atomic Electron Tomography Using Coherent and Incoherent Imaging in (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Date: Oct 18, 2018
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Colin Ophus
  • NCEM, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: on invitation of Dr. Christian Liebscher and Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
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Exploring Surface Interactions at the Molecular Scale in Tribological Applications

  • Date: Sep 25, 2018
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Daniele Dini
  • Imperial College London
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Dr. Steffen Brinckmann
  • Contact: brinckmann@mpie.de
In this talk the contribution of molecular simulations and in particular non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) modelling techniques providing unique insights into the nanoscale behaviour of ... [more]

Iron Nitrides and Carbides: Phase Equilibria, Crystallography, and Phase Transformations

MPIE Colloquium
  • Date: Aug 7, 2018
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Andreas Leineweber
  • Institute of Material Science, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Dr. Christoph Kirchlechner, Dr. Frank Stein, Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
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Invited Speakers 2017

Synthesis and characterization of tungsten-based composites for high-temperature applications

Synthesis and characterization of tungsten-based composites for high-temperature applications
  • Date: Nov 20, 2017
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Petra Jenus Brdnik
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
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Diffusion and segregation of solutes in grain boundaries: from pure metals to high-entropy alloys

Diffusion and segregation of solutes in grain boundaries: from pure metals to high-entropy alloys
  • Date: Oct 19, 2017
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr Sergiy V Divinski
  • University of Münster | WWU · Institute of Material Physics
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: BDS Seminar room
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Christian Liebscher
  • Contact: merten@mpie.de
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Spatially Resolved Texture and Microstructure Evolution of Additively Manufactured and Gas Gun Deformed 304L Stainless Steel; Investigated by Neutron Diffraction and Electron Backscatter Diffraction

Spatially Resolved Texture and Microstructure Evolution of Additively Manufactured and Gas Gun Deformed 304L Stainless Steel; Investigated by Neutron Diffraction and Electron Backscatter Diffraction
  • Date: Sep 14, 2017
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Shigehiro Takajo
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA and JFE Steel Corporation, Kurashiki, Japan
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Room 1034 Hall 9
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm
  • Contact: merten@mpie.de
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Invited Speakers 2016

The Search For Charge Density Based Structure-Property Relationships

The Search For Charge Density Based Structure-Property Relationships
  • Date: Dec 7, 2016
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Mark Eberhart
  • Molecular Theory Group, Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: BDS Seminar room
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe
  • Contact: stein@mpie.de
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Workshop: Status and Future Challenges in Characterisation of Interfaces for Electrochemical Applications

  • Date: Dec 5, 2016
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Mira Todorova, Karl Mayrhofer, Michael Rohwerder, Christina Scheu
  • Contact: todorova@mpie.de
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Unraveling the mysteries of faculty applications (in the US)

Unraveling the mysteries of faculty applications (in the US)
  • Date: Nov 29, 2016
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Michael Titus
  • Humboldt research fellow at the MPIE
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: PhD representatives
  • Contact: phdstudents-owners@mpie.de
The application process for tenure-track university faculty positions in the US is often opaque and unclear. Job listings can be broad and vague and are sometimes difficult to find; clear guidelines ... [more]
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Invited Speakers 2015

Mathematical and physical simulation of a funnel thin slab continuous casting machine of a Mexican plant

  • Date: Dec 18, 2015
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Gerardo Barrera Cardiel
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Metalurgicas / Metallurgical Research Institute, Morelia (México)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminarraum 1
  • Host: Prof. Dierk Raabe
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Measurement of fracture toughness by nanoindentation methods: recent advances and future challenges

  • Date: Dec 14, 2015
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Marco Sebastiani
  • Roma TRE University, Engineering Department, Rome (Italy)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Prof. Gerhard Dehm / Dr. Christoph Kirchlechner
The analysis of deformation and failure mechanisms in small-scale devices and thin films is a critical issue, not yet solved. In this presentation, we describe recent advances and developments for the ... [more]

Atomistic Studies on Dislocation – Interface Interactions:

  • Date: Dec 7, 2015
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Erik Bitzek
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute 1 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Dr. Mira Todorova / Prof. Jörg Neugebauer
Interfaces play a decisive role in the deformation of any polycrystalline metal or precipitate-strengthened alloy. Perhaps best known is the role of grain boundaries (GBs) as obstacle to dislocation ... [more]
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