Team

Currently, 5 professors teach and conduct research in biomimetics in Bremen. They are supported by a team of about 20 staff members who manage the secretariat, conduct scientific or technical research (and some of whom are pursuing a PhD), teach, supervise student work and projects, make biomimeitcs accessible to the public, and keep the study program and research running organizationally.

Professors

Professor:innen

Prof. Dr. Antonia B. Kesel

Chair of Technical Biology and Biomimetics (B. Sc. and M. Sc.)

Director:

  • Study course Biomimetics at the City University of Applied Sciences Bremen 
  • Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre

Executive Board:

  • Chairwoman of the Board of BIOKON e.V.
  • Member of the VDI Presidium
  • Chairwoman of the professional policy advisory board of the VDI
  • Chairwoman of the VDI advisory board in biomimetics

Teaching areas:

  • Biology
  • Biomimetics
  • Physiology
  • Animal locomotion
  • Statistics
  • Project management

Research:

  • Functional surfaces
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Animal locomotion
  • Lightweight construction

Contact:

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2525

Telefon: +49 421 5905 2731

Prof. Dr. Albert Baars

Chair of Fluid Mechanics (B. Sc. and M. Sc.)

Teaching areas:

  • Theoretical and numerical biofluid mechanics

  • Physics

Research:

  • Fluid mechanical phenomena in nature and their implementation in technology

Contact:

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2749

Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Dirks

Chair of Biological Structures and Biomimetics (B. Sc. and M. Sc.)

Head of the working group "Biological Structures and Biomimetics"

Teaching areas:

  • Biology
  • Biomimetics
  • Physiology
  • Biophysics

Research:

  • Principles and possible applications of exoskeletal structures of arthropods

Contact:

Telephone: +49 421 5905 6010

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Susanna Labisch

Chair of Biomechanics and Construction (B. Sc. and M. Sc.)

Teaching areas:

  • Technical mechanics
  • FEM
  • Biomechanics
  • Technical drawing
  • CAD

Research:

  • Lightweight construction and statics
  • Synectics in the construction process

Contact:

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2926

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Müssig

Chair of Biological Materials (B. Sc.)

Head of the working group "The Biological Materials Group"

Teaching areas:

  • Materials Science
  • Biological Materials
  • Material characterization
  • Chemical basics of the materials

Research:

  • Development of sustainable material concepts
  • Structural and property relationships of materials, natural fibers and natural fiber composites

Contact:

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2747

Office

Stefanie WEidemann

Administrative staff

Fields of work: 

Secretariat and administration of the biomimetics course and Biomimetics-Innovation Centre B-I-C

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2525

Staff

RAjA BADE (M. Sc.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Biological Materials

Project: 

Bio-based fiber composite materials

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 6015

Alexander Behrens

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Biological Materials

Project: 

RePlaFlax

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 5905

Dr.-Ing. Nina graupner

Mitarbeit im Studiengang ISB & in der AG Biological Materials

Fields of work: 

Biological Materials

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 3560

Regine Hirschberg

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Fields of work: 

Biological Materials

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2720

Florian Hoffmann, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

Wissenschaftlich-technischer Mitarbeiter

Fields of work: 

Technical facilities Wind tunnel, PIV measurement, 3D printing, project support

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2593

Hiva Hormozi (m. Sc.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Numerische Strömungsmechanik, Simulation

PhD: 

Simulation der hydrodynamischen Effekte von biologischen Vorbildorganismen für Filtersysteme

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2523

Daniel Matz (M. Sc.)

Technical employee

Fields of work: 

Technical facilities Server and system administration, numerical simulation

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 6009

Raman (M. Tech.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Biological Structures and Biomimetics

PhD: 

Bio-inspired joint structures

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2718

Jan-Marten Sprenger (M. Sc.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Biological Materials

Project: 

Greenbox

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2720

René Sonntag (dipl.-Biol.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Technical facilities water channel, module supervision for the ISB

PhD: 

Alternative drive systems based on the trout model

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2595

Maria von Einem (M. Sc.)

Scientific staff

Fields of work: 

Modulbetreuung Internationaler Studiengang Bionik, Statistik, Oberflächenanalytik

Contact: 

Telephone: +49 421 5905 2595

Lehrbeauftragte

Simon Lenz (M. Sc.)

Lehraufgaben: 

Informatik

Contact: