Andreas Bund celebrated his 50th birthday at the end of February. Professor Bund has been head of the Department of Electrochemistry and Electroplating at TU Ilmenau since August 2010. His professorship was supported by the ZVO as an endowed professorship for the first five years. In the fall of 2015, the endowed professorship was transferred to a budget professorship at TU Ilmenau. Professor Bund has always remained closely associated with the ZVO and its member associations. His department conducts many application-oriented research projects with industry.
In the DGO, he is a volunteer member of the board and the research committee. He is particularly interested in promoting young scientists and international networking. He is a member of the scientific advisory board for electroplating technology. He is also chairman of the committee that awards the Heinz Leuze Prize.
Andreas Bund studied chemistry in Saarbrücken and completed his doctorate in the field of physical chemistry and electrochemistry under Prof. Günter Schwitzgebel. After his doctorate, he moved to the TU Dresden, where he completed his habilitation under Prof. Waldfried Plieth. After his habilitation, a Heisenberg scholarship from the German Research Foundation gave him the opportunity to conduct research for a time at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, USA) under Prof. Henry S. White. After replacing Prof. Ulrich Stimming in the Physics Department E19 at the Technical University of Munich, he was appointed to the ZVO endowed professorship in Ilmenau.
His wide-ranging research interests reflect the various stages of his scientific career. With Günter Schwitzgebel, he became acquainted with electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics de profundis. Waldfried Plieth brought him into contact with numerous companies involved in electrochemical surface technology and encouraged his interest in the field of electroplating. He also conducted research with Prof. Plieth on dispersion and alloy deposition, electrocrystallization, ionic liquids, the influence of magnetic fields on electrochemical reactions and numerous other areas of basic and applied electrochemistry. Under Henry White, he learned about the usefulness of numerical simulation methods for electrochemical processes. His interest in electrochemical energy storage and conversion stems from his time as deputy to Ulrich Stimming. When he took over the Chair of Electrochemistry and Electroplating from Professor Christine Jakob at TU Ilmenau, he was able to further sharpen his profile in the field of electroplating and establish many contacts with industry. His research work has resulted in over 150 international scientific publications, which have already been cited over 3000 times. His working group consists of around 20 research assistants at the TU Ilmenau. He also supervises around 10 external doctoral students.
Andreas Bund maintains many international contacts, including in the USA, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Peru, England, Italy, France, Belgium, Romania and Bulgaria. He has been working intensively with the University of Galati in Romania for almost twenty years, for which he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2013.
