Bernd Kieback works at Technische Universitat Dresden, Institute of Materials Science. From 1993 until 2019 he held the chair "Powder Metallurgy, Sintered and Composite Materials". From 1992 until 2019 he also worked at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. as director of the Dresden Lab of Fraunhofer Institute IFAM. The activities in both organisations are oriented on processes of powder metallurgy, sintered materials and metal matrix composites. More details are given in the description of projects.