Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank A. Müller

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank A. Müller

Professor for Colloids, Surfaces and Interfaces
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank A. Müller
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
  • Curriculum Vitae

    Müller, Frank A., Prof. Dr.-Ing.

    Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM)
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena
    Phone/Fax:     03641-9-47750/-47702
    E-mail:            frank.mueller@uni-jena.de
    Date of birth:   7. November 1967
    Place of birth:  Lauf/Germany
    Nationality:      German
    Martial status: married, 2 children

    Education and Professional Career

    • since 2008:   Professor for Colloids, Surfaces and Interfaces, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
    • 04/2008:        Habilitation, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • 2002-2008:   Head of Group “Biomaterials”, Department of Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • 05/2002:        PhD in Materials Science
    • 1997-2001:   Research Associate, Department of Materials Science (Prof. Dr. Peter Greil), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • 1990-1996:   Study of Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and CSIC-ICV, Madrid, Spain

    In 2008 Frank Müller received an appointment for a professorship for ‘Colloids, Surfaces and Interfaces’ (CSI) at the Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM) of the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena (FSUJ). He currently runs a research group of two postdocs, three PhD students and two technicians. The research in his group is mainly focused on ‘Laser Materials Processing’ including the synthesis of nanoparticles, surface modification, coatings, and additive manufacturing, and ‘Bio-inspired Materials’ including biomimetic surfaces, biomineralization, and hybride structures for applications in the fields of biomaterials, energy and environmental technology. Within the last ten years the CSI group attracted €5M of research funding from governmental and industrial sources.

    Frank Müller´s work led to 170 peer-reviewed publications, 160 conference contributions, 30 invited presentations, five patents, and four book chapters. The quality and recognition of his scientific work is proven by a Hirsch-index of 53, an accumulated impact factor of 828 and more than 9300 citations in total. 28 of his papers have had more than 100 citations.

  • The 10 most significant publications of the last 10 years

    FA Müller, C Kunz, S Gräf
    Bio-inspired functional surfaces based on laser-induced periodic surface structures
    Materials 9 (2016) 476.                                                                       (241 citations)

    S Gräf, FA Müller
    Polarization-dependent generation of fs-laser induced periodic surface structures
    Appl. Surf. Sci. 331 (2015) 150-155.                                                 (122 citations)

    A Tesch, C Wenisch, KH Herrmann, JR Reichenbach, P Warncke, D Fischer, FA Müller
    Luminomagnetic Eu3+- and Dy3+-doped hydroxyapatite for multimodal imaging
    Mater. Sci. Eng. C 81 (2017) 422-431.                                             (83 citation)

    S Gräf, C Kunz, FA Müller
    Formation and properties of laser-induced periodic surface structures on different glasses
    Materials 10 (2017) 933.                                                                   (82 citation)

    JF Bartolome, A Smirnov, HD Kurland, J Grabow, FA Müller
    New ZrO2-Al2O3 nanocomposite fabricated from hybrid nanoparticles prepared by CO2 laser co-vaporization
    Sci. Rep. 6 (2016) 20589.                                                                  (76 citation)

    AV Boehm, S Meininger, A Tesch, U Gbureck, FA Müller
    Mechanical properties of biocompatible apatite bone cement reinforced with chemically activated carbon fibers
    Materials 11 (2018) 192.                                                                   (55 citation)

    M Wu. T Wang, L Müller, FA Müller
    Adjustable synthesis of polydopamine nanospheres and their nucleation and growth
    Coll. Surf. A 603 (2020) 125196.                                                      (54 citations)

    S Gräf, C Kunz, A Undisz, R Wonneberger, M Rettenmayr, FA Müller
    Mechano-responsive colour change of laser-induced periodic surface structures
    Appl. Surf. Sci. 471 (2019) 645-651.                                               (50 citations)

    FA Müller
    „Synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles by laser vaporisation (LAVA)“
    Cfi/Ber. DKG 100 (2023) E1-E7.

    A Hartmann, K Hans, L Müller, M Liebelt, T Oberbach, FA Müller
    Influence of Y2O3 doping on the aging behavior and mechanical properties of ATZ ceramics
    Ceram. Intern. 50 (2024) 53987-53993.

  • 5 most cited publications

    P Heinl, L Müller, C Körner, RF Singer, FA Müller
    Cellular Ti-6Al-4V structures with interconnected macro porosity for bone implants fabricated by selective electron beam melting
    Acta Biomater. 4 (2008) 1536-1544.                                                 (978 citations)

    L Jonášová, FA Müller, A Helebrant, J Strnad, P Greil
    Biomimetic apatite formation on chemically treated titanium
    Biomaterials 25 (2004) 1187-1194.                                                  (580 citations)

    L Müller, FA Müller
    Preparation of SBF with different HCO3- content and its influence on the composition of biomimetic apatites
    Acta Biomater. 2 (2006) 181-189.                                                     (521 citations)

    A Dey, PHH Bomans, FA Müller, J Will, PM Frederik, G de With, NAJM Sommerdijk
    The role of prenucleation clusters in surface induced calcium phosphate crystallization
    Nature Mater. 9 (2010) 1010-1014.                                                  (490 citations)

    FA Müller, L Müller, I Hofmann, P Greil, MM Wenzel, R Staudenmaier
    Cellulose-based scaffold materials for cartilage tissue engineering
    Biomaterials 27 (2006) 3955-3963.                                                  (437 citations)