Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Gerhard A. HOLZAPFEL Full Professor and Chair of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology; Adjunct Full Professor and Chair of Biomechanics, Department of Solid Mechanics, School of Engineering Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm; Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Graz
CV
| 1985 | MSc. Civil Engineering (with distinction), Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria |
| 1986-1987 | National Service at Red Cross |
| 1987-1997 | Assistant and Docent at the Institute of Strength of Materials, TU Graz |
| 1990 | PhD in Mechanical Engineering (with distinction), TU Graz |
| 1991 | Visiting Scholar at University of Shenyang, P.R. China |
| 1993-1995 | Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Division of Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University; with late Prof. JC Simo |
| 1996 | Habilitation in "Mechanics" Vienna University of Technology |
| 1998-2004 | Associate Professor and Head of the Research Group "Computational Biomechanics", Institute of Structural Analysis, TU Graz |
| 2003 | Visiting Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain |
| Offer of a Chair (C4) in Continuum Mechanics, University of Kassel, Germany (not accepted) | |
| 2004-2007 | Full Professor and Chair of Biomechanics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain |
| since 2007 | Full Professor and Chair of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology; Adjunct Full Professor and Chair of Biomechanics, Department of Solid Mechanics, School of Engineering Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm |
| since 2009 | Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
Mitgliedschaften
| ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) | |
| ESB (European Society of Biomechanics) | |
| EUROMECH (European Mechanics Society) | |
| ÖGBMT (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Biomedizinsche Technik) |
Publikationen
| "Nonlinear Solid Mechanics. A Continuum Approach for Engineering" John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2000 | |
| Holzapfel G.A., Humphrey J.D. (eds.): Journal "Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology" Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, New-York, since 2002 | |
| Holzapfel G.A., Ogden R.W. (eds.): "Mechanics of Biological Tissue" Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 2006 | |
| Holzapfel G.A., Ogden R.W. (eds.): "Biomechanical Modelling at the Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Levels" Springer: Wien, New York, 2009 |
Auszeichnungen
| START-Award 1997 granted by the Austrian Federal Minister for Science and Research | |
| Josef-Krainer Würdigungspreis 2003 for exceptional achievements in the field of Biomechanics | |
| Member of the young curia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, since 2007 | |
| Research Award 2008 of the Federal State of Styria, Austria, for Simulation and Modeling - Basic Research and University Research |
