-
Founder of the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK), TU Dresden
-
Holder of a Distinguished Senior Professorship at the ILK
Spokesperson for the Saxon Centre of Excellence ECEMP – European Centre for Emerging Materials and Processes Dresden
-
Spokesperson for the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre SFB 639 – Textile-reinforced Composite Components for Function-integrating Multi-material Design in Complex Lightweight Applications
-
Member of the Dresden Production Technology Centre (ProZeD)
-
Consultant to the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Institute of Construction Technology (DIBt) and a variety of other state and national level institutions and industrial companies
-
Coordinator of all activities engaged in as part of the cooperation agreement between TU Dresden and ThyssenKrupp AG
-
Professorship and teaching role (specialization: Modern Materials for Lightweight Vehicle Engineering) at the joint Chinese-German College (CDHK[PW1] ) at Tongji University, Shanghai
-
Member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
-
Member of the Scientific Alliance of Plastics Technology (WAK)
-
Member of the Dresden Materials Research Network (MFD)
Member of a variety of scientific bodies, including the German government’s National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE, appointed in his capacity as an expert on lightweight engineering), the advisory board of the Saxon Energy Agency (SAENA) and the Automotive Cluster of East Germany (ACOD).
-
Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), the German Ceramic Society (DKG), the German Materials Science Society (DGM), the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering SAMPE, the DECHEMA research committee for “Materials and Design Concepts for Chemical Apparatus Engineering” and the Dresden-based DIG Holz (an interest group for growers, processors and users of wood)
-
Member of strategic commissions at various large companies
-
Member of the Innovation Board at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, TU Dresden
Innovation consultant for businesses and industrial companies
-
Trustee of the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (MPIE), Düsseldorf
-
Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Materials Physics and Coating Technology (IWS), Dresden
-
Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), Darmstadt
-
Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI), Dresden
-
Co-Opted Board Member at CC Ost (a regional branch of Carbon Composites e.V. (CCeV))
-
Chairman of Akademischer Club Leichtbau (ACL) an der TU Dresden e. V. (an academic club for the ILK’s graduates, scientists and supporters