Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wilde
Current affiliations
- Professorship of Materials Physics (Prof. Wilde)
- Münster Nanofabrication Facility (MNF)
- Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Materialphysik
- Nanostrukturierte und Nanokristalline Materialien
- Metallische Gläser
- Thermodynamik und Kinetik von Phasenumwandlungen
- Diffusion in Festkörpern
- Plastizität feinkristalliner Materialien
- Oberflächen-Nanostrukturen
Academic Education | |
| 1997 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Materials Science with Prof. H. J. Fecht, TU Berlin |
| 1993 - 1994 | Research Associate within the Euro-Russian Space mission EUROMIR |
| 1993 | University Degree (Diplom) in Physics, University of Cologne and German Research Center (DLR) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2007 | Scientific Member of the Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Münster |
| since 2006 | Professor and Director of the Institute of Materials Physics, WWU |
| 2004 - 2006 | Permanente Gruppenleiterposition im Rahmen des „Exzellenzprogramms für wissenschaftlich-technische Führungskräfte“ des Forschungszentrums Karlsruhe |
| 2004 - 2006 | Leiter einer zusätzlichen, externen Arbeitsgruppe an der Universität des Saarlandes, welche aus dem Impuls- und Vernetzungsfonds des Präsidenten der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft gefördert wurde |
| 2002 - 2006 | Gastdozent an der Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken im Fachbereich Physik |
| 2001 - 2006 | Group Leader within the Emmy-Noether Fellowship Programme of DFG, Research Center Karlsruhe and Saarland University |
| 2004 - 2005 | Lehrstuhlvertreter an der Universität des Saarlandes im Fachbereich „Experimentalphysik“ |
| 1999 - 2000 | Senior Researcher with Prof. H. Gleiter, Nanostructured Materials Group, Research Center karlsruhe |
| 1997 - 1999 | Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with Prof. J. H. Perepezko, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Materials Science, USA |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2010 | Member of the Editorial Board of Scientia Nanotechnology |
| since 2010 | Lifetime membership of TMS (offered by TMS) |
| 2010 | Elected member of the international Advisory Board of the ISRS-2010 Symposium, IIT Madras, India |
| 2010 | Elected member of the national Advisory Board of the RQ-13 Conference, Dresden |
| 2001 - 2006 | Gründungsmitglied des DFG-Forschungszentrums „Center for Functional Nanostructures, CFN“, Technische Universität Karlsruhe |
Publications
Dash K.; Vikram R.J.; Wilde G.; Phanikumar G. (2026) In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 348. Research article (journal) | |
Vaerst, Olivia; Rösner, Harald; Peterlechner, Martin; Wilde, Gerhard (2026) In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1051, 186051. Research article (journal) | |
Neelamegan Esakkiraja; Berndt, J; Klemme, S; Wilde, G; Paul, A; Divinski, SV (2025) In: Acta Materialia, 293. Research article (journal) | |
Wu S.; Chen X.; Shan G.; Lai Q.; Kou Z.; Liu Y.; Fu S.; Wang J.; Lan S.; Wilde G.; Feng T. (2025) In: ACS applied materials & interfaces, 17(23). Research article (journal) | |
Liu C.; Liu B.; Wang Z.; Wilde G.; Qiao Y.; Ye F. (2025) In: Applied Surface Science, 694. Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/05/2026 - 30/04/2029 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/03/2022 - 28/02/2025 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/04/2020 - 31/12/2023 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| Highly Regular AAO – From Micro- to Atomic-Structure Ostendorp S, Winkler N, Peterlechner M, Leuthold J, Wilde G (02/12/2013) MRS Fall Meeting 2013, Boston, USA Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Anodic-Aluminum-Oxide based surface nano-structuring Ostendorp S, Wilde G (23/10/2013) Kolloquium, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Niederlande Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Realizing advanced surface nano-structuring by utilizing porous anodic alumina
membranes: breaking the limits Ostendorp S, Lei Y, Wilde G (22/09/2011) 37th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, BCC Berlin, Deutschland Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Surface nano-structuring utilizing porous anodic alumina membranes; to the limits and beyond Ostendorp S, Lei Y, Wilde G (16/03/2011) DPG Frühjahrstagung 2011, Dresden, Deutschland Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| UTAM based Surface Nano-Structuring for
Functional Surfaces Ostendorp S, Lei Y, Heckel C, Wilde G (25/03/2010) DPG Frühjahrstagung 2010, Regensburg, Deutschland Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Elected member of the International NanoSPD steering committee Awarded by: International NanoSPD steering committee Award given to: Wilde, Gerhard Date of awarding: 01/01/2014 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Honorary Professor Awarded by: North-Eastern University, Shenyang, China Award given to: Wilde, Gerhard Date of awarding: 01/01/2013 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| “Outstanding reviewer of the year” – Award of Scripta Materialia Awarded by: Scripta Materialia Award given to: Wilde, Gerhard Date of awarding: 01/01/2012 Type of distinction: Best reviewer award (conference or journal) | |
| Honorar-Professur in Hyderabad, Indien Awarded by: University of Hyderabad, Indien durch Vice-Chancellor I/c. Award given to: Wilde, Gerhard Date of awarding: 15/02/2011 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Deutsch-Indischer Forschungspreis Awarded by: "Council of Scientific & Industrial Research" (CSIR), Indien, und Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Award given to: Wilde, Gerhard Date of awarding: 15/04/2010 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Highly ordered Aluminium Oxide Membranes as a Nano-structuring template for novel materials and their possible applications Candidate: Gabski, Mirko | Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Impact of micro-alloying on diffusion and thermodynamic parameters of metallic glasses Candidate: Hubek, René | Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskyi, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Shear Bands and affected Zones in Nanolaminates and bulk metallic glasses investigated by Fluctuation Electron Microscopy Candidate: Abdollahzadeh Davani, Farnaz | Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Atomic Transport in High Entropy Alloys: Diffusion Kinetics in Equiatomic Single and Bi-crystals and in Pseudo-Binary Couples Candidate: Gaertner, Daniel | Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskyi, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Korngrenzdiffusion und Mikrostrukturstablilität in stark plastisch deformiertem Nickel unter dem Einfluss variierter Deformationspfade Candidate: Trubel, Simon | Supervisors: Wilde, Gerhard; Divinskiy, Sergii Period of time: until 23/10/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |