LBF Management-Team

Management of the institute

Director of the institute

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Melz
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-1000
  • tobias.melz@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Assistant director of the institute

  • Dipl.-Ing. R. Heim
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-1000
  • ruediger.heim@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Steering team

Research Management

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Bein
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-463
  • thilo.bein@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Ultralightweight

  • Dr.-Ing. S. Biehl
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 282
  • saskia.biehl@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Scientific-technical company organisation

  • Dr. K. Burlon
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 8899
  • konrad.burlon@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Technology Marketing and Communications

  • H. Hahnenwald
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-8330
  • heiko.hahnenwald@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Organizational development

  • I. Langer
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-371
  • ilona.langer@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Smart Digital Solutions

  • Dr.-Ing. Ch. Thyes
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 8228
  • christian.thyes@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Health and Safety

  • R. Wirth
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-332
  • reinhard.wirth@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Central services

Administration and Strategic Controlling

  • Dipl.-Betriebswirt P. Betzholz
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 233
  • peter.betzholz@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Technical Management

  • Dr.-Ing. T. Hering
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 8514
  • thorsten.hering@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Structural Durability

Area Manager

  • Dipl.-Ing. R. Heim
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 283
  • ruediger.heim@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Materials and Components

  • Dr.-Ing. H. Kaufmann
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-345
  • heinz.kaufmann@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Assemblies and Systems

  • Dipl.-Ing. M. Wallmichrath
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-467
  • marc.wallmichrath@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Smart Structures division

Area Manager

  • Dr.-Ing. S. Herold
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 259
  • sven.herold@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Structure Dynamics and Vibration Technology

  • Dipl.-Ing. H. Atzrodt
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 349
  • heiko.atzrodt@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Lightweight Structures

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Büter
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-277
  • andreas.bueter@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Experimental Analysis and Electromechanics

  • Dipl.-Ing. M. Matthias
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-260
  • michael.matthias@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Plastics division

Area Manager

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. R. Pfaendner
  • Phone: +49 6151 705 - 8605
  • rudolf.pfaendner@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Polymer Processing and Component Design

  • Dr.-Ing. C. Beinert
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-8735
  • christian.beinert@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Polymer Synthesis

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. M. Döring
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-8675
  • manfred.doering@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Formulation Development and Durability

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. R. Pfaendner
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-8605
  • rudolf.pfaendner@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Associated department

System Reliability, Adaptive Structures, and Machine Acoustics SAM

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Melz
  • Phone: +49 6151 705-252
  • tobias.melz@lbf.fraunhofer.de