Dieter Herlach
German Aerospace Center, Germany
Biography
Dieter Herlach as studied Physics at the RWTH Aachen and received Doctoral degree as Dr. rer. nat. at the same university. He became private lecturer upon a Habilitation at the Ruhr-University Bochum RUB. Presently, he is Group Leader at the Institute of Materials Physics in Space and Senior Scientist of the German Aerospace Center, Germany. He is a Full Professor of Physics at RUB. He has authored over 300 scientific publications in refereed journals. He is author and Editor of six books and Co-Editor of Advanced Engineering Materials. He leaded and leads projects of the German Research Foundation, the German Aerospace Center-Space Management, the European Space Agency and was the Principal Investigator of NASA during three spacelab missions. He is an Honorary Professor of three universities and received Chinese Friendship Award in Beijing in 2000 and the Lee Hsun Lecture Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. He has chaired the Division of Metal and Materials Physics of the German Physical Society DPG and was elected as Member of the Council of DPG. He was an elected Member of the General Review Committee of DFG and Deputy Chairman of the German Society of Materials Science and Engineering.
Abstract
Abstract : Crystal nucleation and growth in undercooled melts of metals and alloys