Prof. Dr. Bernd Mayer

Studies/academic-professional stations

since 2010-today Director at  Fraunhofer IFAM, Division of Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces as well as Professorship of Polymeric Materials, Faculty Production Engineering, University Bremen 
 
2000-2010 Head of product development „Automotive adhesives" in Europe at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Heidelberg. Responsible for management, finance, global coordination of product development activities, new technologies  
1998 -2000 Head of research group „Technical surfaces“ at Henkel  AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf  
1992 -1998 Chemist in corporate research  with core activities in the areas of „Metall treatment for corrosion protection and paint adhesives” at Henkel  AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf  
1991-1992 Postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA),
„Transition metal catalysis to build new ceramic matrerials“
 
1988-1990 PhD at the University of Karlsruhe,
„Thesis on inorganic and metal-organic phosphorus chemistry“
 
1982-1988 Academic studies in chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe  

Other positions/memberships

 

since 2010

Representation of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as shareholder of R & D Technologiebroker Bremen GmbH  

 

since 2017

Member of the Scientific Council of the U Bremen Research Alliance    

 

since 2017

Deputy Spokesman of the Fraunhofer Group MATERIALS

 

since 2020

Member of the Advisory Board of the Technology Center Nordenham (TZN)

 
since 2022 Spokesman of the Fraunhofer alliance AVIATION & SPACE for the Business Unit Aviation