Speaker details

Péter Krüger

Since June 2006 Dr. Péter Krüger is heading the Bayer Working Group Nanotechnology with the responsibility for the coordination of all nanotechnology activities in Bayer Subgroups and Service Companies with a reporting line to the Coordination Board Technology, Innovation and Environment (CB TIE) within the Bayer Holding. In addition to that he is currently also the Head of the Physics unit within BMS-CAS-Innovation.

During his 13 years with Bayer he held several positions in R&D, starting as a re-search scientist for the polymer physics of thermoplastics within the Physics Depart-ment of the former Central Research. Later he took over the responsibility for the en-tire Polymer Physics group within the Central Research and in Bayer Polymers as well.

Péter Krüger was born in Budapest, has studied physics at the Technical University of Brunswick and finalized it with Master Thesis in theoretical quantum mechanics. He obtained his PhD in Brunswick for his research in the area of experimental phys-ics and material sciences on the field of the relaxation and crystallization of amor-phous metallic glasses.

He is married and has a daughter and two sons.