Topic: A Bio-inspired Perspective on Materials Sustainability

Lecturer: Peter Fratzl

Time: October 12, 2026, 10:00, UTC+8

Venue: Room 201, Conference Center, Mafangshan Campus

Biography: Peter Fratzl is a biomaterials scientist, Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Leopoldina (German National Academy of Sciences), and International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He currently serves as Director of the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany.

Born in Vienna, Austria in 1958, he obtained his Engineering Diploma from École Polytechnique in 1980, his PhD in Physics from the University of Vienna in 1983, and his Habilitation in Solid State Physics at the University of Vienna in 1991. From 1998 to 2003, he held the Chair of Metal Physics at the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. Since 2003, he has served as Director of the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

His long-term research focuses on the hierarchical structure and physical properties of biological and bio-inspired composite materials. He conducts fundamental and clinically oriented research in osteoporosis and bone regeneration. He is a leading scholar in the field of biomaterials mechanics and bioinspired materials worldwide. He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (2010) and the Max Planck Research Award (2008). He was elected a Fellow of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (EAMBES) in 2017, and an an International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2021, and a Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2025. He also holds academic positions at many research institutions across Germany, Austria, the United States and other countries.

Rewritten by: Lin Qiaochu

Edited by: Li Huihui

Source: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology For Materials Synthesis and Processing