Patric Seefeldt is a 39 years old mechanical engineer with a diploma (RWTH Aachen 2010) and a PhD (University of Bremen 2018). As deputy head of the Mechanics and Thermal Systems Department (since 2016) and head of the Material Aging Group (since 2019) at DLRs’ Institute of Space Systems, he is pursuing research in the field of innovative applications of new materials for space technologies.