Hartmut R Fischer

TNO Technical Sciences, The Netherlands

Biography

Hartmut R Fischer is a Senior Research Scientist in TNO Technical Sciences and monitors materials’ performance and as such connected with all kinds of materials, their testing and evaluation with a focus on materials under extreme environments and the high end equipment applications. His areas of current activities are the assessment of pavement durability as well as adhesion and surface studies, the study and design of self-healing systems, the investigation and understanding of the micro structure of building materials leading to the design of modern building materials for applications under extreme circumstances. He acts as co-Promoter for PhD students and Mentor of Post-Docs at the TU Eindhoven and Delft in the areas polymer nanocomposites, self-healing systems and transport in porous media. He is also a referee for the German and Dutch Research Council as well as for about 40 scientific journals. He has authored 185 refereed publications, 35 patents and 8 book chapters.