Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS

Scientific advice & Advisory Board

Scientific Consultants

 

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Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch

Permanent magnets for power applications, solid state energy efficient magnetic cooling, functional high entropy alloys, magnetic nanoparticles, additive manufacturing, recycling of rare earth elements.

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Prof. Dr. Liselotte Schebek

Professor at TU Darmstadt in the research field of Resource Efficiency & Industry 4.0, Renewable Energy Technologies & Critical Raw Materials, Urban Mining in Buildings, Bioeconomy and Biogenic Residues

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Advisory Board

The Advisory Board advises the Institute's management on matters of professional orientation and on strategic and structural changes to the Institute. Its members include representatives from science, industry and public life. The members are appointed by the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in agreement with the Institute's management.

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The Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer IWKS at the Board of Trustees meeting on 29.10.2025.

Members of the Advisory Board

Last updated: September 2025

Dr. Christian Hagelüken (Chairman of the Advisory Board)

former Director EU Government Affairs, Umicore AG & Co. KG, Hanau (retd.)

 

Ltd. MR Stefan Wimbauer

Senior Ministerial Councillor for Applied Research, Cluster Policy

Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Munich

 

Ophelia Lindemann

Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK), Wiesbaden

Department of Non-University Research Institutions, Supra-regional Research Funding

 

Sebastian Hummel

Advisor for Technological Innovation, Resource-Efficient Production

Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transportation and Housing (HMWEVW), Wiesbaden

 

Claus Kaminsky

Mayor of the City of Hanau

 

Dr. Alexander Legler

District Administrator of the District of Aschaffenburg

 

Stephan Noll

First Mayor of the City of Alzenau

 

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wachter

former Management Heraeus Amloy Technologies GmbH, Hanau (retd.)

 

Dr. Kerstin Schierle-Arndt

Vice President Research Inorganic Materials and Synthesis, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

 

Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl

President of Technical University of Darmstadt

 

Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein

Vice-President, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen

 

Prof. Dr. Stuart S.P. Parkin

Director Max-Planck-Institute for Microphysics, Halle

 

Prof. Dr. Dierk Raabe

Director, Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH, Düsseldorf

Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

 

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne

President of the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin

 

Dr. Silke Wagener

former Head of Technology Innovation Communication, Freudenberg Technology Innovation SE & Co. KG (retd.)