Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Buller

Senior Vice President Research Planning

Academic/Professional Career

1968-1971 Student of chemistry at the University of Münster, Westphalia
1971-1977 Student of chemistry at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen
1977-1980 Doctorate studies in the Department of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry, RWTH Aachen
1980-1984 Research associate in the raw-materials project management section of the fusion research institute Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH
1984-1999 Executive employee in the central administrative staff of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
1991-1992 In charge of establishing a permanent office in Brussels to represent the interests of the Fraunhofer Institutes vis-à-vis the institutions of the European Union
06/1997-02/1999 Concurrently with the above posts, acting Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Teltow-Seehof
03/1999- 05/2006 Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm
10/2005-09/2006 Concurrently with the above posts Chairman of the Fraunhofer Materials and Components Alliance
since June 1, 2006 Member of the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, department Research Planning
since Jan. 2007 Honorary professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Potsdam

Honorary functions and membership of associations

Member of the Brandenburg State University Council
Member of the Governing Board of the 'Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM'
Member of the Advisory Council of the Environmental Technology Cluster 'Umwelttechnologien NRW'
Member of the 'Council for Technology  Rhineland Palatinade'
Member of the Presidial Board of the German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. – DIN)
1. Chairman of the Forum Electromobility (Forum Elektromobilität e.V.)

Kontakt

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Buller

    Senior Vice President Research Planning, Legal Affairs

    Headquarters of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ZV

    Hansastraße 27C
    80686 München, Germany

    • Phone +49 89 1205-4000
    • Fax +49 89 1205-774000