Ulrich Giese received his PHD in chemistry from the University of Paderborn/Germany in 1988. He started in 1989 working in rubber research and chemistry at the German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK e.V.). Currently he is Managing Director of the DIK e. V. and of the in 2017 founded “DIK Testing Laboratory” with overall 40 scientists and 35 technicians. Furthermore U. Giese developed the DIK activities in teaching and education. Since 2010 U. Giese is a distinguished professor at the Leibniz University of Hannover (faculty of natural science: resp.: “Applicated Polymer Chemistry”.) Since 2013 he is editor for the scientific part of the international Rubber Journal “Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe”.

Publications:  Articles on international journals and proceedings: more than190

Book chapters:  more than 3

Lectures on conferences: national and international more than 256

Patents: 3

Referee/Supervisor PhD -Theses 2011 – 2024: 76

(status  March /2024)

Awards:

· Awards: Best Paper Award IRC Bejing 2014;

· Harries Medal DKG, Nuernberg 2018;

· ACS Award “Georg Stafford Withby Award”, Cleveland, April 2019

· AFICEP Award, Paris, 2024