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Prof. Jörg Weißmüller has received a great appreciation for his work: he has been awarded the Heyn-Denkmünze, the highest award of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM). It attracts attention in Germany and internationally, as it is awarded for outstanding research achievements. Weißmüller conducts research as part of a joint appointment at the Institute of Hydrogen Technology at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and the Institute for Materials Physics and Materials Technology at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). The award ceremony will take place in fall 2025.
Prof. Weißmüller heads the Hybrid Materials Systems department at the Institute of Hydrogen Technology at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and, since 2010, the Institute of Materials Physics and Materials Technology at the TUHH. He has long been involved in the research field of metallic nanomaterials. One focus of his research is on hybrid nanomaterials, a composite of metal and water on an almost atomically fine scale. This innovative combination makes it possible, for example, to change the elastic behavior of solids. The state can be switched back and forth between metallic stiffness and spongy softness as required by the user. The material theory approaches developed by Weißmüller at Hereon suggest new strategies for the design of energy storage materials with improved switching times and a longer service life.
"The honored research results are largely based on the contributions of the young scientists in my team and the inspiring exchange with them. I am delighted that the importance of our joint research has been so prominently acknowledged," says Weißmüller.
Vita
Prof. Jörg Weißmüller studied materials science at Saarland University in Saarbrücken and at the University of Dundee in Scotland. After conducting research in Saarbrücken and as a PROCOPE scholarship holder at the Center de Recherche sur les Mécanismes de la Croissance Cristalline in Marseille, he received his doctorate from Saarland University in 1990. After holding various positions in science, including a Feodor Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg and a Heisenberg Fellowship at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, he accepted the current position as University Professor at the TUHH, where he teaches in addition to his work at Hereon. He spent research semesters at the Graz University of Technology and, as a Lady Davis Prize winner, at the Technion in Haifa.
Background
The Heyn-Denkmünze is the DGM's highest award. Named after the first DGM chairman Emil Heyn, it is awarded for achievements in the field of materials science and engineering that have led to significant scientific, technological or economic progress. The DGM also uses the Heyn-Denkmünze to draw attention to excellent developments in the field.
Cutting-edge research for a changing world
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon`s scientific research aims at preserving a world worth living in. To this end, around 1000 employees generate knowledge and research new technologies for greater resilience and sustainability - for the benefit of the climate, the coast and people. The path from idea to innovation leads through a continuous interplay between experimental studies, modeling and AI to digital twins that map the diverse parameters of climate and coast or human biology in the computer. This is an interdisciplinary approach that spans from the fundamental scientific understanding of complex systems to scenarios and practical applications. As an active member of national and international research networks and the Helmholtz Association, Hereon supports politics, business and society in shaping a sustainable future by transferring the expertise it has gained.
Prof. Jörg Weißmüller
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Mail: joerg.weissmueller@hereon.de
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