Magnesium

Karl Ulrich Kainer is Director of the Institute of Materials Research at the GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht and Professor at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg. His research focuses on metal matrix composites and magnesium alloys, with a special emphasis on applications in the automobile industry. He cooperates in research projects with major European and American car manufactures as well as with research institutes in Asia, America and Europe. He was also Chairman of the three International Magnesium Conferences in Germany, organised by the DGM, and gave invited lectures at many international conferences, including the TMS Annual Meetings in the US.