Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll hat Physik und Biophysik an der Technischen Universität Karlsruhe und der Universität Konstanz studiert, war u.a. Laborleiter für "Exotische Nanomaterialien" am RIken Institut (Japan), Professor an mehreren hochrangigen Universitäten, langjähriger Direktor am Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung (Mainz) und ist seit 2008 wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des Austrian Institutes of Technology (AIT). Forschungsgebiete: Eigenschaften polymerer und bioorganischer Systeme in dünnen Filmen und funktionalisierten Oberflächen, Biomimetik.
Knoll, wurde 1949 in Schwäbisch Hall, Deutschland, geboren.
Professional Career
| 1973 | Diploma - Physics, Technical University of Karlsruhe |
| 1976 | Ph.D. - Biophysics, University of Konstanz |
| 1976-1977 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz |
| 1977-1980 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ulm |
| 1980-1981 | Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA |
| 1981 | Visiting Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France |
| 1981-1986 | Assistant Professor, Technical University of Munich |
| 1985 | Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA |
| 1986 | Postdoctoral Degree: "Habilitation" - Physics, Technical University of Munich |
| 986-1991 | Young Investigator/Associate Professor, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz |
| 1988 | Visiting Scientist, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ |
| 1990 | Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Chem. & Nuc. Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1990-1991 | Visiting Professor, University of Erlangen |
| 1991-1999 | Head of Laboratory for Exotic Nano-Materials, Frontier Research Program, RIKEN-Institute, Japan |
| since 1992 | Consulting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1993-2008 | Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz |
| since 1998 | Professor (by Courtesy) Chemistry Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| since 1999 | Adjunct Professor, Hanyang University, Korea |
| 1999-2003 | Temasek Professor, National University of Singapore |
| since 2004 | Visiting Principal Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore |
| since 2008 | Scientific Managing Director, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien |
| since 2009 | Honorary Professor, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Wien |
| since 2009 | Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Honours
- Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1986
- Merck Centennial Lecturer, University of Iowa, Ames, 1988
- Heinrich-Welker-Award, Siemens/Universität Erlangen, 1990
- Eugen-und-Ilse-Seibold Award of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2003
- Exner Medal, Österreichischer Gewerbeverein, 2008
- Regular Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2010