Professor Alexander Böker appointed to the GDNÄ Board of Directors
Press release Fraunhofer IAP | Professor Alexander Böker, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in the Potsdam Science Park, has assumed the office of Managing Director for the Business Division for the 133rd Assembly of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (GDNÄ). The event with several hundred participants will take place in Potsdam from September 12 to 15, 2024 under the motto “Science for our lives of tomorrow”.
Professor Böker was appointed Managing Director of Economics for the 133rd GDNÄ Assembly. With his extensive network in the regional economy, he bridges the gap between science and industrial application. The GDNÄ is the oldest German scientific association, founded in 1822. It focuses on the dialog between natural sciences, medicine and technology as well as between science and the public. GDNÄ members are researchers from various fields of science and medicine. However, it is also open to pupils, students and interested members of the public. The society promotes interdisciplinary exchange through scientific meetings, conferences and events. Companies and institutions have the opportunity to actively support the event with their personal participation and contributions to discussions as well as through financial donations.
“It is an honor for me to support the GDNÄ. It has been an important player in the German scientific community for decades and is a key driver of scientific dialog. I am particularly enthusiastic about the GDNÄ student program. It brings together young people with a keen interest in the STEM subjects and promotes their interaction with the scientific community at an early stage,” says Böker.
About Professor Alexander Böker and the Fraunhofer IAP
Alexander Böker has headed the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP since 2015 and holds the Chair of Polymer Materials and Polymer Technologies at the University of Potsdam. From 2008 to 2015, Alexander Böker was Deputy Scientific Director of the DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen. In 2015, he received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He is currently spokesperson for the Fraunhofer flagship project “Sustainable, simulation-based bio-based and biohybrid materials” and head of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence “Programmable Materials”. He is also co-spokesperson of the Fraunhofer Strategic Research Field “Bioeconomy”. In 2023 and 2024, Professor Böker is a member of the GDNÄ Board of Directors.
The Fraunhofer IAP specializes in the development and application of sustainable (bio)polymers, nanomaterials and composites to meet the challenges of the present and the future. Innovative materials, customized processes and efficient technologies along the entire value chain are developed at seven locations – from the initial idea to the industrial-ready prototype. The Fraunhofer IAP is a reliable partner to industry for application-oriented research in the fields of bioeconomy and sustainability, energy transition and mobility, health and quality of life as well as industry and technology.
About the GDNÄ
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte e. V. (GDNÄ) is the only scientific society in Germany that is open to all interested parties across scientific, technical and medical disciplines, including schoolchildren, students and scientific laypersons. The GDNÄ fosters scientific exchange, promotes science education with special programs for pupils, teachers and students and engages in dialogue with society – with public lectures and discussions as well as via its website.
Link to the Fraunhofer IAP press release
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