The Board of Trustees of FOSTA e.V. is occupied by representatives along the steel value chain (steelmaker, processor and final consumer, science) to ensure the highest quality of research proposals.

Members of the Board of Trustees

Dr.-Ing. Barbara Ebel-Wolf – Saarstahl AG – Völklingen, Germany, (Chair of the Board of Trusteess)

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Dr. Thomas Böttcher – thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG – Duisburg, Germany

M.Sc. Markus Buckner – Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH – Krefeld, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Hans Henning Dickert – Georgsmarienhütte GmbH – Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilko Flügge – Fraunhofer IGP – Rostock, Germany

Dr. rer. nat. Christian Günther – Max Aicher North America Ltd. – Hamilton, Canada

Dipl.-Ing. Markus Gürcan – Deutsche Edelstahlwerke – Krefeld, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Hachul – Dortmund University of Applied Sciences – Dortmund, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Christian Hielscher – Benteler Automotive GmbH – Paderborn, Germany

Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Franz Hörzenberger – ArcelorMittal Global R&D – Zelzate, Belgium

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Krupp – RWTH Aachen University – Aachen, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Marion Merklein – Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg – Erlangen, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerson Meschut – Paderborn University – Paderborn, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Benedikt Ritterbach – Salzgitter Mannesmann Research GmbH – Salzgitter, Germany

Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Satzinger – voestalpine Stahl GmbH – Linz, Austria

Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Staudt – Dillinger Hütte – Dillingen, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Natalie Stranghöner – University of Duisburg-Essen – Essen, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Robert Thomas – Volkswagen AG – Wolfsburg, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Mike Tibolt – ArcelorMittal Europe – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Dr. ir. Hans van der Weijde – Tata Steel Nederland – IJmuiden, Netherlands

Dr. Wolfgang Wittwer – Kömmerling Chemische Fabrik GmbH – Pirmasens, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Daniel Wortberg – Mercedes-Benz AG – Sindelfingen, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Riccardo Zanon – ArcelorMittal Long Carbon Europe – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Permanent guests
Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Brockmann, Stahlinstitut VDEh, Düsseldorf, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Torsten-Ulf Kern, Vorsitzender des Beirates, Forschungsvereinigung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Eisen und Metall
verarbeitenden Industrie e.V. (AVIF), Hilden, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Matthias Kleiner, Technische Universität Dortmund, Institut für Umformtechnik und Leichtbau, Dortmund, Germany

Dipl.-Volkswirt Andreas Schneider, Forschungsvereinigung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Eisen und Metall
verarbeitenden Industrie e.V. (AVIF), Hilden, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Walch, voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz, Austria