Peter Fratzl

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Peter Fratzl is Director of the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. He is also Chair of the Chemistry-Physics-Engineering Section of the Max Planck Society as well as a Member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Centre for Cultural Techniques, Humboldt University Berlin. In 2015, he was elected as Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His research focus includes biomimetic materials and bone and mineral research with biomedical applications. Up to date, he has published more than 450 articles and books. He was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2010.