Gerhard A. Holzapfel

Gerhard A. Holzapfel
BornMay 22, 1961
Graz, Styria, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materGraz University of Technology (PhD)
Known forConstitutive and computational modeling of fiber-reinforced materials, soft biological tissues including blood vessels in health and disease
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNonlinear Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Mechanobiology
Institutions

Gerhard Alfred Holzapfel (born May 22, 1961) is an Austrian scientist, (bio)mechanician. He is currently a professor of Biomechanics and Head of the Institute of Biomechanics at Graz University of Technology, Austria, since 2007.[1][2] He is also the International Chair of Biomechanics (adjunct professorship) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),[3] and a visiting professor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.[4] He was a professor of biomechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, for 9 years (7 years as an adjunct professor) until 2013. He is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology by Springer Nature since the first issue published in June 2002.[5]

Holzapfel is widely known for his contributions to the fields of nonlinear solid mechanics, constitutive and computational modeling of fiber-reinforced materials and soft biological tissues including blood vessels in health and disease. He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering selected by ISI Web of Science, Thomson Reuters and listed as "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014".[6] His graduate textbook, Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: A Continuum Approach for Engineering[7] published in 2000, has become a standard reference in the area of solid mechanics.

  1. ^ "Institute of Biomechanics Website". Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Institute Heads at TU Graz in December 2007". Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Holzapfel profile at Norwegian University of Science and Technology". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Holzapfel profile at University of Glasgow". Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology website". Springer Nature. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014. Thomson Reuters has launched "Highly Cited Researchers", a compilation of influential names in science". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Nonlinear Solid Mechanics". John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 7 January 2021.