Conrad Naber Endowed Chair
Hybrid Materials Interfaces
Grenzflächen in der Bio-Nano-Werkstofftechnik

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The Hybrid Materials Interfaces (HMI) Group at the Faculty of Production Engineering has been founded in October 2008 as an Endowed Chair of the Conrad Naber Foundation. The focus of its research lies on the atomic-level studies of interfaces between technological materials and biological macromolecules, with applications in the fields of biomedical implants, biosensors, pharmaceutical packaging, biocompatible adhesives, and many others.
 
The activities of HMI comprise both experimental research into biomolecular adhesion and advanced theoretical modelling from the quantum to the classical level of precision. The group members are affiliated to the Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science (BCCMS), the Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre (ISIS) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM). Our experimental laboratory is located within the Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT).
 
The Chairholder is Prof. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi.
 
Since September 2009 we coordinate the FP7 European Consortium ADGLASS.