Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery was born on March, 19th, 1972.

Position

since 09/2015            Professor for Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials at the
                                   Technical University Dresden, and

                                   Director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics at the
                                   Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research Dresden

Education

10/1990 - 01/1996    Physics, University of Konstanz
                                   Diplom (Master), Supervisor: PD Dr. Thomas Palberg
                                   (Group of Prof. P.  Leiderer)

Degrees        

2000                           Graduation: Condensed Matter Physics
                                   University Potsdam, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces Golm,
                                   Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald

2006                           Habilitation: Micromechanics and Adhesion of Colloidal Capsules
                                   University Potsdam, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces Golm,
                                  Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald

Career

01/2000 - 05/2000     PhD Physics at the Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces Golm,
                                    Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald/ Frank Caruso

05/ 2000 - 07/2001    Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute Curie
                                    Paris, France, Prof. Françoise Brochard-Wyart

08/2001 - 03/2007    Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces,
                                    Golm, Prof. Dr. helmuth Möhwald

03/2007 - 11/2008     Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry of Polymers/ Polymer Physics,
                                    University Bayreuth

11/2008 - 08/2015     Full Professor and Chairholder Physical Chemistry II,
                                    University Bayreuth

Selected Activites in the Research System

2012                              ERC Starting Grant METAMECH
                                      "Template assisted assembly of METAmaterials using MECHanical instabilities"

04/2022 - present         Spokesperson of the Research Training Group (RTG 2767)
                                       “Supracolloidal Structures: From Materials to Optical and Electronic Devices”

06/2022 - present        Spokesperson of the Leibniz-Research Alliance (LRA)
                                      "Advanced Materials Safety"

01/2026 - present         Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence (EXC 3035)
                                      “Responsible Electronics in the Climate Change Era (REC²)”

Honors

2000                             Award of the Leibniz Kolleg Potsdam for the best natural sciences/
                                    mathematical PhD thesis of the year

2005                             Richard Zsigmondy Stipend of the german Colloid Society

Other Positions

since 2010                  Member Advisory Board of the German Colloid Society

since 2012                  Member Editorial Advisory Board ACS Applied Materials and  
                                  Interfaces

since 2013                  Chairman Advisory Board of the Gerhard Schmidt Minerva Center
                                  Rehovot/ Israel

Publications