!!Peter Neumann - Curriculum vitae
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1939	born in Ratibor, Upper Silesia\\
Since 1969	married to Dr. med. Heide Neumann, born Commichau, two daughters
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__Professional career__
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*1958 - 1963	study of physics at the university of Göttingen.
*1958 - 1966	member of the „Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes“
*1966 - 1970	assistant professor at the Institute for Metal Physics, Göttingen
*1967	Dr.rer.nat. after completing the thesis "Initiation and Propagation of Cracks During Cyclic Deformation" under the guidance of Prof. Peter Haasen
*1970 - 1972	visiting Scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, working with Dr. Kocks
*1972 - 1978	group-leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research in Düsseldorf (MPIE)
*1974	lecturer for metal physics at the university of Göttingen
*1978 - 2004	Scientific Member and head of the department „Physical Metallurgy“ of the MPIE.
*1979 - 1984	associate professor at the university of Göttingen
*1980 - 2004	director at the MPIE
*1984 - 2004	associate professor at the university of Düsseldorf
*1987	offer of a full professorship at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen. Not accepted
*1987 - 1990	deputy director of the MPIE
*1990 - 2001 	chief executive of the MPIE
*2001 - 2002	chairman of the board of directors of the MPIE
*2002 - 2004	vice chairman of the board of directors of the MPIE
*2004	retirement
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__Memberships__
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*German Society of Materials Science (DGM)
*German Iron and Steel Institute (VDEh)
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__Awards, Boards__
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*1969	Masing Memorial Award of the German Society of Materials Science
*1988 - 1993	member of the board of directors of the German Society of Materials Science (DGM)
*1989 - 2002	member of the board of directors of the German Iron and Steel Institute (VDEh)
*1990 - 1997	member of the Technical Scientific Committee of the GKSS, Geesthacht
*1990 - 2004	member of the research committee of the Steel Institute VDEh
*1992 - 1998	chairman of the review committee of the main research program "Deformation and Fracture of Ordered Solid Solutions" of the German science foundation (DFG)
*1992 - 2006	member of the editorial board of the Zeitschrift für Metallkunde
*1993 - 1994	chairman of the review committee "Materials research II - metals", of the Ministry of Science and Education
*1994 - 2001	member of the project committee "Behavior of Components" of the “Society of Plant and Reactor Safety”
*Since 1995	member of the Academy of Science of North-Rhine-Westfalia
*Since 1995	member of the Academia Europaea
*1998 - 2004	member of the Advisory Board of the journal „ISIJ International“ 
*1999 - 2006	member of the Board of Governors of Acta Metallurgica, Inc.
*2001	Heyn-Denkmünze of the German Society of Materials Science
*2001 - 2004	chairman of the project committee "Behavior of Components" of the “Society of Plant and Reactor Safety”.
*Since 2002	member of acatech.
*2005	Honorary Doctorate of the Erlangen-Nürnberg-University