Katharina Koschek is currently head of Department Polymeric Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen where she works since 2012. After studying chemistry in Leibzig she did her PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie. Katharina's group is working in Organic and Polymer Chemistry developing advanced fiber reinforced plastics. She is also teaching at University of Bremen’s Faculty of Production Engineering focusing on engineering relevant polymer concepts.