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Biographical Details

Peter Fratzl is director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, and honorary professor at Humboldt University Berlin and Potsdam University. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, and a doctorate in Physics from the University of Vienna, Austria. His scientific interests include the relation between structure and mechanical behaviour of biological and bio-inspired materials, with a special focus on bone material structure and properties in osteoporosis treatment and bone regeneration. P Fratzl has been external member and advisor to the director of the Ludwig Boltzmann institute of Osteology in Vienna, Austria, for the last 20 years. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed research publications. He is Fellow of Acatech, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Materials Research Society (US), holds an honorary doctorate from Montpellier University and is recipient of the Leibniz Prize from the German Science Foundation.