The board of directors is organized into the executive board and the extended board. The society is legally represented by the three members of the executive board.
Executive board of directors
Prof. Dr. Franz Faupel,
1st Chairman NINa SH
Professor Faupel researches and teaches at Kiel University. He has led the Chair for Multicomponent Materials since 1994. His research is focused, amongst others, on functional multicomponent nanomaterials. Professor Faupel has already supervised and coordinated NINa since 2005.
Contact: Faupel@nina-sh.de
Prof. Dr. Horst-Günther Rubahn,
2nd Chairman NINa SH
Prof. Dr. Horst-Günter Rubahn is professor of Nanotechnology at Syddansk Universitet, Denmark, since 2004 and Director of the Mads Clausen Institute and Head of Campus Sonderburg since 2012. He conducts research into materials and photonics in the field of micro- and nanostructures and has founded several nanotechnology spin-offs. Professor Rubahn has been associated with NINa for well over ten years.
Contact: rubahn@mci.sdu.dk
PD Dr. Ralf Zimehl, Treasurer
Dr. Ralf Zimehl teaches and researches at several universities, applied universites and other research institutes. The habilitated chemist worked for 12 years with a reputed medical device manufacturer in Schleswig-Holstein. He is a national and international speaker at expert congresses. Before Dr. Zimehl became NINa SH’s treasurer he supported the initiative in the board of curators.
Contact: Zimehl@nina-sh.de
Extended board of directors
Prof. Dr. Rainer Adelung heads the Chair of Functional Nanomaterials at Kiel University. He has been a professor at the Faculty of Engineering since 2007 and researches nanostructures for a wide range of applications from nanoelectronics to nanomedicine.
Dr. Matthias Böttcher has been an innovation consultant at WTSH GmbH in Kiel since 2022. He previously worked for several years at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lippe zu Detmold as a technology transfer officer.
Prof. Dr. Regina Scherließ has been professor for pharmaceutical technology and biopharmacy at Kiel University since 2017 where she is head of the Institute of Pharmacy. She is deputy spokesperson of the CAU research focus KiNSIS. She works on (nano)particulate drug forms for use in the respiratory tract.
Wolfgang Werner is a physicist with long term experience in the development and industrialization of electronic components. He is responsible for the research and development activities at Vishay BCcomponents Beyschlag GmbH.
heads the Chair of “Functional Nanomaterials” at Kiel University.
has been an innovation consultant at WTSH GmbH in Kiel since 2022. He previously worked for several years at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lippe zu Detmold as a technology transfer officer.
has been professor for pharmaceutical technology and biopharmacy at Kiel University since 2017 where she is head of the Institute of Pharmacy. She is deputy spokesperson of the CAU research focus KiNSIS. She works on (nano)particulate drug forms for use in the respiratory tract..
is a physicist with long term experience in the development and industrialization of electronic components. He is responsible for the research and development activities at Vishay BCcomponents Beyschlag GmbH.