Dr. Richard Weinkamer
Main Focus
- mechanobiological systems like bone
- processes in living bone like bone remodeling, healing and mineralization
- porosity of bone on different length scales
- computer modeling of mechanics, growth and adaptation of biological materials
- structure-function relations and mechanical properties of hierarchically structured biological tissues
- use of scanning acoustic microscopy for a micromechanical characterization of biological materials
- phase transformation in natural and artificial materials
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Qualifications
Studies of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Vienna, 1985-1995
Master in Mathematics, University of Vienna, 1995
PhD in Physics, University of Vienna and Rutgers University, USA, 1995-2000
Doctoral Thesis: Diffusion und diffusional phase transformations in binary alloys
Academic Career
2000-2003
Postdoc at the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Leoben
Since 04/2003
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces
Since 06/2012
Associated Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory", Humboldt University Berlin
https://www.interdisciplinary-laboratory.hu-berlin.de/en
07/2012
Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, Humboldt University Berlin
Habilitation Thesis: Processes in living bone and the resulting structural changes - computational studies
Since 03/2014
Associated Investigator of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT)
https://www.bsrt.de/
Studies of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Vienna, 1985-1995
Master in Mathematics, University of Vienna, 1995
PhD in Physics, University of Vienna and Rutgers University, USA, 1995-2000
Doctoral Thesis: Diffusion und diffusional phase transformations in binary alloys
Academic Career
2000-2003
Postdoc at the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Leoben
Since 04/2003
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces
Since 06/2012
Associated Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory", Humboldt University Berlin
https://www.interdisciplinary-laboratory.hu-berlin.de/en
07/2012
Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, Humboldt University Berlin
Habilitation Thesis: Processes in living bone and the resulting structural changes - computational studies
Since 03/2014
Associated Investigator of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT)
https://www.bsrt.de/