Dr. Gert Heinrich

Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
Hohe Strasse 6
Dresden Germany 01069
Email: gheinrich@ipfdd.de

Biographical Sketch: 1969 - 1973 Study of Physics at Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena 1973 -1978 Research Assistant at the Technical University (TH) Merseburg, Department of Polymer Physics, group of Prof. G. Helmis 1977 PhD in Polymer Physics 1979 -1986 Assistant Professor (Oberassistent) 1980 - 1990 Lectures in Polymer Physics, Experimental Physics and Theoretical Physics at the TH Merseburg 1984 Facultas docendi 1986 Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the TH Merseburg 1987 - 1990 Associate Professor for Theoretical Physics 1987 Visiting scientist at the Institute of Polymer Physics, Charles University of Prague 1990 - 2002 Continental AG, Hannover; Senior Research Scientist; Head of Materials Research/Strategic Technology since Jan. 2003 Full Professor for ''Polymer Materials Science'' at the Technical University Dresden, Institute of Materials Science; and Head of the Institute of Polymer Materials at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V. (IPF)

Papers:
Highly Reinforced blends Based on in-situ Synthesized Polyurethane-urea and Nitrile Butadiene Rubber George S. Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research - A Constitutive Tube Model of Rubber Elasticity: The Path from Polymer Network to the Rubber Component