Metal-Induced Crystallization

Zumin Wang obtained his PhD in condensed matter physics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005. He was a postdoctoral fellow (2005–2008) and since 2008 is a senior scientist in Department Mittemeijer at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany. His work contributed pronouncedly to the achievement of fundamental understanding and advanced applications of metal-induced crystallization.

Lars P. H. Jeurgens obtained his PhD in materials sciences at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, in 2001. After a postdoctoral period working for the Dutch Technology Foundation, Netherlands, he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in 2003 to lead a research group working on “reactions and phase transformations at surfaces and interfaces” within Department Mittemeijer. He joined the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, in 2012 and is the head of the laboratory for “Joining Technologies and Corrosion.”

Eric J. Mittemeijer was full professor of solid-state chemistry at the Delft University of Technology from 1985 to 1998. Since 1998, he is director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and a full professor of materials science at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He leads a research department in the field of phase transformations. He has co-authored more than 600 scientific papers in international scientific journals and has received numerous honors for his scientific work.