2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

Networking with universities Basic research is a must for the applications of tomorrow. Thus the Fraunhofer IGB maintains close contacts with neigh- boring universities, both through scientiﬁc cooperation and through the professorial and other teaching commitments of Fraunhofer employees. Our project groups and the Attract group in particular have enabled us to extend our scientiﬁc network to locations outside of Stuttgart and as far away as the USA. The Fraunhofer IGB is also particularly closely allied to the In- stitute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technol- ogy IGVP at the University of Stuttgart, which is headed by IGB director Prof. Hirth. Here Ph.D. students carry out research that will form the basis of future projects and IGB staff are ac- tively involved in teaching. The IGVP was renamed as a result of the integration, in January 2013, of the Institute for Plasma Research IPF into the Institute for Interfacial Engineering IGVT (pages 58 and 59). Prof. Dr. Dieter Bryniok Professor of Environmental Biotechnology at Hamm-Lipp- stadt University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth Professor, chair and director of the Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP at the University of Stuttgart Dr. Petra Kluger Associate lecturer in the Faculty of Energy Technology, Process Engineering and Biological Engineering at the Uni- versity of Stuttgart Dr. Christian Oehr Associate lecturer in the Faculty of Energy Technology, Process Engineering and Biological Engineering at the Uni- versity of Stuttgart Priv.-Doz. Dr. Steffen Rupp Private lecturer in the Faculty of Chemistry and in the Fac- ulty of Energy Technology, Process Engineering and Bio- logical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland Professor of Biomaterials in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at the University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Medical Faculty/Department of Cardiology at the Uni- versity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA 16 THE FRAUNHOFER IGB’S NETWORKING ACTIVITIES The Fraunhofer IGB is an active participant in numerous national and international research networks. Cooperative ventures with various universities and non-university research institutes, as well as inter- disciplinary collaboration with other Fraunhofer Institutes complement our own competences and enable us to exploit synergies in developing new solutions for the needs of industry. We are also actively engaged in shaping research policy through championing strategic, economic and sustainable standpoints. PROFILE

2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

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