Prof. Dr. Jörg Acker is appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of BAM

"The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing is the leading scientific institution in the field of analytical chemistry," says Prof. Dr. Jörg Acker, head of the Chair of Physical Chemistry. "Therefore, I consider it an honor to have been appointed to this board."

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is a scientific and technical higher federal authority in the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. In accordance with its mission, BAM is dedicated to safety in technology and chemistry, the testing of substances and plants, the provision of reference methods and reference materials, and is involved in the development of legal regulations such as safety standards or limit values. BAM also advises the Federal Government, industry and national and international organizations in the field of materials technology and chemistry.

BAM's work focuses on the five subject areas of Energy, Infrastructure, Environment, Materials and Analytical Sciences. To ensure excellence and topicality of BAM's research program, it is advised by a board of trustees. In addition, each thematic area is supported by a technical advisory board in its technical orientation, in particular in the evaluation of existing and the identification of new fields of work and topics. These advisory boards are made up of top-class representatives from politics, academia and industry.

The work in the cross-sectional subject area Analytical Sciences is divided into the activity fields "Trace Analysis and Chemical Composition", "Surface and Interface Analysis", "Non-destructive Testing and Spectroscopy", "Structural Analysis and Materialography", "Sensor Technology" and "Quality Assurance and Data Science". In these areas, solutions to fundamental and applied problems at the interface between chemistry, physics, biology and the materials sciences are developed at BAM.

About the scientist

Prof. Dr. Jörg Acker develops analytical methods for the elucidation of reaction mechanisms, for the analysis of complex materials and for precision and trace analysis. These are used, for example, in process analytics or in the development and optimization of new industrial processes. His current research focuses on battery materials and new ways to recycle lithium-ion batteries.

Curriculum Vitae

1995 Diploma thesis at Daimler Benz Research Center Ulm (topic on lithium ion battery) 1999 PhD (thermodynamics and calorimetry),
2004 Habilitation (reactions of silicon chemistry) at TU Bergakademie Freiberg
2001 Postdoc at Princeton University as Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (elastic scattering of helium atoms, laser spectroscopy)
2002-2006 Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden as group leader "Wet Chemical Analysis"
2006-2013 Professorship for Physical Chemistry, Lausitz University of Applied Sciences Since
2013 University Professor (W3) BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Head of Department Physical Chemistry