Peter Uggowitzer
Peter J. Uggowitzer is an Austrian-Swiss metallurgist and materials scientist.Academic Life
He studied materials science at the Montanuniversität Leoben until 1976, where he earned his doctorate in 1981 in the field of dual-phase steels. He then moved to ETH Zurich, where he earned his habilitation in 1993 and became a professor in 1996.
His scientific work includes Ni-free austenitic steels, which have found wide application in medicine and watch industries. He has also published significant works on the aging behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloys and on magnesium alloys.
Peter and co-authors discovered late in 2019 that the phenomenon of ageing of aluminium alloys does not occur at the atomic scale.
Uggowitzer is married and the father of three adult children.Awards
