Organization

Breaking boundaries between polymer chemistry, biotechnology, physics and chemical engineering

Those who want to make real progress in the field of materials development need more than knowledge of just one research discipline. Thus, at the DWI — Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, chemists, biotechnologists, physicists and chemical engineers are working together under one roof and, in interdisciplinary teams, are developing new active and interactive materials. All research projects are organized in five research programs that span work groups and pool the competencies of the individual scientists. The mixture of permanent work groups and temporary groups of young scientists results in an ambitious and lively research atmosphere.

The scientific board of the DWI comprises a group of five professors:

Scientific Board

Prof. Andreas Herrmann

Member of the Scientific Board at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Systems, Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Dr. Martin Möller

Director and Member of the Scientific Board of the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Chair for Textile and Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich 

Member of the Scientific Board at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Research Area Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwaneberg

Member of the Scientific Board at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials  
Chair for Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling

Member of the Scientific Board at the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials 
Chair for Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laura De Laporte 

Advanced Materials for Biomedicine

Junior Research Group