Prof Dr Norbert Willenbacher runs the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Among other things, he works on the development of new materials for solar cells and Li-Ion batteries. Prof Willenbacher is the author of way over a hundred scientific articles, book contributions, the head of the German Rheological Society and co-publisher of various scientific magazines. From 2006 to 2014 Prof Willenbacher was the head of the supervisory board of the juwi AG. Previously, he contributed to the implementation of wind and solar power plants as a freelance project developer. From 1990 to 2004 he worked as the leading scientist at the plastics research of the BASF SE.