© G. Dehm
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Dehm
Main Focus
- Advanced Methods of der Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Experimental Methods of Micro- und Nanomechanics
- In situ Electron Microscopy and X-ray diffraction
- Interface and Defect Physics
- Mechanical Properties of metallic Materials and Thin Films
Curriculum Vitae
- Born in Ansbach (1965)
- Study of Materials Sciences, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen (1986-1992)
- PhD study at Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research (Stuttgart) and University of Stuttgart (1992-1995)
- PostDoc at Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart (1995-1996)
- Guest Scientist at the Technion / Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa (1996-1998)
- Scientist at Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart (1999-2005)
- Director of the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben, Austria (2005-2012)
- Full Professor (Chair and Head of Department) of Materials Physics, University of Leoben (2005-2012)
- Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and Professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum (since 2012)
Honours and awards
- ERC Advanced Grant Correlating the State and Properties of Grain Boundaries (2018)
- Elected as Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2011)
- Research Award of Styria for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (2009)
- Masing-Gedächtnispreis, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (2002)
- Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1996-1998)