Profile
Prof. Dr. Erica Lilleodden, Director
Research activities
- nano and micromechanics of materials such as metals, ceramics, and composites
- materials properties, especially in terms of deformation, damage evolution and fracture, e.g. for nanoporous materials
- tailor-made materials for high performance applications and multi-scale materials systems
Academic/professional resume
Since 02/2022
Director, Fraunhofer IMWS
2020
Piercey Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
2014 – 2022
Professor for Experimental Nano- und Micromechanics, Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology
2010 – 2021
Department Head, Department of Experimental Materials Mechanics, Institute of Materials Mechanics, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon, Geesthacht
2006 – 2010
Group Leader, Nano and Micromechanics; Institute of Materials Research, GKSS Research Center (now Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon), Geesthacht
2004 – 2006
Guest Scientist & Humboldt Fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
2002
Ph.D., Stanford University, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Thesis: “Indentation-induced plasticity of thin metal films”, Stanford, CA, USA
2001 – 2004
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), Berkeley, CA, USA
2000
Visiting Student, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Livermore, CA, USA
1996 – 2001
Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford, CA, USA
1996
Bachelor in Materialwissenschaften, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN, USA
Awards
2019
DGM Preis (Award of the German Association for Materials Research)
2019
Awarded the 2020 Piercey Visiting Professorship in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
2005
Humboldt Fellowship