{{Short description|German physicist}} '''Herbert Gleiter''' (born 13 October 1938 in Stuttgart) is a German researcher in physics and nanotechnology.
In 1966, he received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Stuttgart in Germany.<ref name="TMS">{{cite web|url=http://www.tms.org/Society/Honors/2009/Mehl2009.html |title=Recipient: 2009 Institute of Metals Lecturer & Robert Franklin Mehl Award|publisher=The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society|accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref> He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 1988 for contributions to the field of nanotechnology.<ref name="conf">{{cite web|url=http://www.nanotoday-conference.com/bio_gleiter.asp|title=Speaker Biography... Herbert Gleiter|publisher=2nd Nanotoday Conference|accessdate=2012-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219091020/http://www.nanotoday-conference.com/bio_gleiter.asp|archive-date=2010-12-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibn.a-star.edu.sg/nanotoday2013/speakers.php#.WyG5BadKiUk |title=3rd Nano Today Conference |date=2013-12-08}}</ref> He became the Chair Professor of the Institute of Material Science at Saarland University, Germany in 1979.<ref name="conf"/> He has also held positions at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Bochum.<ref name="TMS"/>
In 2004, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to the theoretical and practical uses of nanostructured materials.
Since 2012, he is Director and Chair Professor of the 'Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience' of 'Nanjing University of Science and Technology' of Nanjing in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.int.kit.edu/1801_herbert.gleiter.php|title=institute on Gleiter's name|date=2017-05-19}}</ref> In 2019, he received the Advanced Materials Laureate during the 30th IAAM Award Assembly.<ref>[https://www.iaamonline.org/blog/asian-advanced-materials-congress-2019/ Report of the Asian Advanced Materials Congress – 2019, Singapore]</ref>
He was elected a Fellow of Core Academy (International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Noteworthy {{!}} American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/bulletin/winter-2024/noteworthy |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=www.amacad.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=EurASc |first=Admin |date=2024-07-10 |title=Herbert Gleiter Appointed Founding Director of Two New Institutes in China - European Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.eurasc.eu/herbert-gleiter-appointed-founding-director-of-two-new-institutes-in-china/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/posc.2009.17.2.123 Invisible Origins of Nanotechnology: Herbert Gleiter, Materials Science, and Questions of Prestige] *prof. H. Gleiter's page at KIT,Germany:https://www.int.kit.edu/staff_herbert.gleiter.php
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