Dr. Sylvia Schattauer
Sylvia Schattauer has been President of Clausthal University of Technology since November 2023. As a university focused on the circular economy, the resource-efficient circular economy, the highly international Clausthal University of Technology is actively involved in the energy transition and the development of a sustainable society in the digital age. The circular economy forms the overarching theme of the university's research, teaching, and knowledge transfer activities.
Previously, she was the acting director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (Fh-IWES). Before that, as deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (Fh-IMWS) in Halle/Saale, she was responsible for the "Hydrogen and Carbon Process Engineering" division on behalf of the Fraunhofer Executive Board. Prior to that, as deputy head of the "Materials/Life Sciences" department, she worked in the President's office at the Fraunhofer headquarters, in the area of research. This also included overall responsibility for the research coordination of the "Materials" division for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.
The mother of four studied electrical engineering with a focus on environmental technology/renewable energies in Berlin and earned her doctorate in experimental physics in the field of "Soft Matter Physics" at the University of Potsdam. As a postdoctoral researcher, she worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research Fh-IAP in the field of organic electronics in Potsdam, as well as on the development of methanol fuel cell and electrolysis systems at Heliocentris Energy Solutions AG in Berlin, and as a research associate at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in the area of material recovery from solar cells.
