Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weißgärber

Studies/academic-professional stations

since 4/1/2022 Member of the Institute Management of Fraunhofer IFAM, Head of the Dresden site; holder of the professorship "Powder Metallurgy" at the Institute of Materials Science, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden  
2019-2022 Interim director of the Dresden branch of Fraunhofer IFAM  
2010-2019 Deputy Director of the Dresden branch of Fraunhofer IFAM  
2001-2019 Head of the department "Sintered and Composite Materials" at the Dresden branch of Fraunhofer IFAM  
1999-2001 Head of the "Composite Materials" Group at the Dresden branch of Fraunhofer IFAM  
1997-1999
Research associate at the Dresden branch of Fraunhofer IFAM  
1994-1998 Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.), topic "Production, microstructure and properties of dispersion strengthened copper alloys"  
1987-1994 Studies of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Dresden; diploma in materials engineering "Production and characterization of dispersion strengthened CuTi4 sintered alloys"  

Other positions/memberships

since 2004 Member of the Joint Committee on Powder Metallurgy of the DGM, DKG, VDI, VdEH, FV Powder Metallurgy  
since 2018 Head of the "Additive Manufacturing" expert group in the Powder Metallurgy Joint Committee of the DGM, DKG, VDI, VdEH, FV Powder Metallurgy  
since 2009 Member of the steering committee of the Dresden Fraunhofer Cluster Nanoanalytics