Address: 
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Heisenbergstraße 3
D-70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel.: 49-(0)711-689-3311 (secretariat) 
Fax: 49-(0)711-689-3312

Josef Bahle
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3377; room3Q-R9
email: j.bahle@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction measurements; various small equipment

Mostafa Biglari, M. Sc.
Ph.D. student
phone:49 (0)711 689-3369; room 3Q11
email:m.biglari@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Kinetics of phase transformations

Dr. Ewald Bischoff
scientist
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3370; room 3Q7
email:bischoff@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Microstructural Characterisation
Methods/Apparatus:
Transmission Electron Microscopy, Electron Probe Microanalysis, Orientation Imaging Microscopy

Yuantao Cui
diploma student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3354; room 3P5
email:y.cui@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in interstitial Fe-Me-N alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment; X-ray diffraction; Transmission Electron Microscopy

Hilda David
technician, Service Group X-ray Diffraction
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3366; room 3Q9
email:h.david@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction measurements

Maritta Dudek
technician, Service Group X-ray Diffraction
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3367; room 3Q9
email:m.dudek@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction measurements

Winfried Engelhardt
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3364; room 3Q5
email:w.engelhardt@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
Equipment for metal-gas reactions; general support mechanical construction

Dipl.-Ing. David Flötotto geb. Regniet
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3485; room 4Q15
email:d.floetotto@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Stress formation in thin film systems
Methods/Apparatus:
Surface analysis, X-ray diffraction

Matej Fonovic, M. Tech
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3327; room 3N20
email:m.fonovic@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Nitriding behaviour of iron, nickel and cobalt
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment, Metallography, X-ray diffraction, Mass Spectroscopy

Holger Göhring
diploma student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3358; room 3P4
email:h.goehring@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Nitrocarburizing of iron
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding / Carburizing equipment; X-ray diffraction

Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Haag
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3327; room 3N20
email:s.haag@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Interfacial reactions and diffusion in thin film systems
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; ellipsometry, Auger Electron Spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction

Gerd Hörner
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3368; room 3Q9
email:g.hoerner@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction measurements; splat cooling; density measurements

Matthias Kachel
diploma student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3360; room 3Q1
email:m.kachel@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Microstructure and mechanical properties of nitrided iron-based alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment, metallography, X-ray diffraction

Margaret Koker, M. Sc.
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3357; room 3P9
email:m.koker@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations under stress
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction, metallography

Dipl.-Ing. Paul Kreß
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3378; room 3Q-R9
email:p.kress@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding, equipment for metal-gas reactions, dilatometry

Dipl.-Ing. Silke Kurz
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3375; room 3Q-R7
email:s.kurz@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Nanocrystalline thin films
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy

Otto Lampmann
technician
phone: 49 (0) 711 689-3351 room 3P3
email:o.lampmann@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
Electronic support

Wolf-Dieter Lang
technician
phone: 49 (0) 711 689-3355; room 3P7
email:wd.lang@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
Development of small equipment and furnaces; specimen preparation

Dr.Andreas Leineweber
scientist
phone:49 (0)711 689-3365; room 3N12
email:a.leineweber@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in interstitial alloys; polymorphic phase transitions: structural, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects

Methods/Apparatus:

X-ray diffractometry; Guinier methods

Dr.Hans-Georg Libuda
coordinator International Max Planck Research School on Advanced Materials (IMPRS-AM)
phone:49 (0)711 689-3323; room 3N14
email:hg.libuda@imprs-am.mpg.de

Yazhu Ma
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3316; room 3N10
email:y.ma@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformation kinetics
Methods/Apparatus:
calorimetry, X-ray diffractometry

Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Maier
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3379; room 3Q-R11
email:g.maier@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction methods, diffractometers

Dr. Sairamudu Meka
Ph.D.student
phone:49 (0)711 689-3353; room 3P5
email:s.meka@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in interstitial (Fe-Me-N) alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment; microscopy, X-ray diffraction

Prof.Dr.Ir. Eric J. Mittemeijer
Director
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3310; room 3N8
email:e.j.mittemeijer@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in solids; metal-gas reactions;
X-ray diffraction; surface analysis; calorimetry; dilatometry

Marion U. Mittemeijer-Walter
secretary
phone:49 (0)711 689-3311; room 3N6
email:m.u.mittemeijer-walter@is.mpg.de

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Noah
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3373; room 3Q13
email:m.noah@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
diffusion in thin film systems
Methods/Apparatus:
auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction

Gayatri Rane, M. Sc.
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3376; room 3Q-R7
email:g.rane@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in deformed metals
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy

Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Rheingans
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3325; room 3N16
email:b.rheingans@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Kinetics of phase transformations
Methods/Apparatus:
Transmission electron microscopy; calorimetry; dilatometry

Jakob Schaab
diploma student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3358; room 3P4
email:j.schaab@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations under stress
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction, metallography

Dr. Ralf Schacherl
scientist
scientific assistant to the Chair ("Lehrstuhlangelegenheiten")
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3314; room 3N2
email:r.schacherl@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Nitriding of iron-based alloys
Methods/Apparatus:

Microscopy, X-ray diffraction; Electron Probe Microanalysis; nitriding equipment

Ute Schestag
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3352; room 3P3
Field/Method/Apparatus:
PC support; soft-and hardware problems
email:u.schestag@is.mpg.de

Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Schwarz
Ph.D. student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3357; room 3P9
email:b.schwarz@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in interstitial Fe-Me-N alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment; X-ray diffraction; Transmission Electron Microscopy

Dipl.-Ing. Holger Selg
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3360; room 3Q1
email:h.selg@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Microstructure and mechanical properties of nitrided iron-based alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, mechanical testing

Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Siegle
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3185/3484; room 1Q-R4/4Q13
email:b.siegle@is.mpg.de
Methods/Apparatus:
Auger Electron Spectroscopy; X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; method development

Dipl.-Ing. Jendrik Stein
Ph.D.student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3363; room 3Q5
email:j.stein@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Whisker formation
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffraction; metallography

Luis Straßberger
diploma student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3358; room 3P4
email:l.strassberger@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations in interstitial Fe-Me-N alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
Nitriding equipment; X-ray diffraction; Transmission Electron Microscopy

Dr. Zumin Wang
scientist
phone:49 (0)711 689-3479; room 4Q11
email: z.wang@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Reaction at interfaces in thin films
Methods/Apparatus:
Auger Electron Spectroscopy; X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Dipl.-Ing. Katharina Weller
Ph.D. Student
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3369; room 3Q11
email:k.weller@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Initial oxidation of metals and alloys
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Ellipsometry, Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Michaela Wieland
technician
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3484; room 4Q13
email:m.wieland@is.mpg.de
Field/Methods/Apparatus:
Auger Electron Spectroscopy; X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

PD Dr.Nikolay Zotov
scientist
phone: 49 (0)711 689-3328; room 3N22
email:n.zotov@is.mpg.de
Research Themes:
Phase transformations, stress development, nanomaterials X-ray diffraction analysis
Methods/Apparatus:
X-ray diffractometry