Prof. Dr. Jens Günster
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM)
Germany

Jens Günster is head of division "Ceramic Processing and Biomaterials" at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin and a professor for Advanced Ceramics at Clausthal University of Technology. He graduated from Clausthal University of Technology with a degree in physics 1995. He has worked as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with Ryutaro Souda at NIMS in Tsukuba, Japan, and as a postdoctoral fellow with Wayne D. Goodman at Texas A&M, USA. As a research assistant of Jürgen G. Heinrich he received his Venia Legendi in Materials Physics from Clausthal University of Technology in 2002 and joined 2003 the International Center for Young Scientists ICYS at NIMS as visiting member. From 2008 to 2010 he worked as laser and glass specialist for Oerlikon Solar in Switzerland. His current research interests include functional materials, laser processing and additive manufacturing of ceramics.