Dr. sc. nat. Leif Steuernagel

Administrator of the “Plastics engineering” chair

Work topics

Dean of studies for physics, chemistry, and materials science academic advisor for materials science and materials engineering sustainable raw materials

2022 – present	Administrator of the “Plastics engineering” chair
2013–present	Head of the “Renewable raw materials” department
2006–2011	Group leader of the FNR junior research group “Natural fibers”
2003–2022	senior engineer at PuK and the Chair of Plastics Engineering
2002–2022	Research assistant at the Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology (PuK)
2004	Ph.D. at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) under Prof. Dr. A. Wokaun Topic: “Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of alpha-substituted styrene derivatives for the preparation of oxidation-stable membranes in fuel cells”
1998–2002	Research associate at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
1990–1998	Studied chemistry at Clausthal University of Technology, graduating with a degree in chemistry