Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil.Dr.h.c.mult. Holm Altenbach
Lehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik und Geschäftsführender Leiter Institut für Mechanik
Fakultät für Maschinenbau
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Deutschland

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of birth:     08. May 1956
Place of birth:    Leipzig, Germany

1962 – 1974       School in Magdeburg and Halle
1974 – 1980       Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics
1980      Diploma, Final Grade: With Distinction
1980 – 1995       Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Assistant, Senior Assistant
1983      Leningrad Polytechnic Institute: Candidate of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.)
1984      Facultas docendi in “Engineering Mechanics” at the Magdeburg University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
1987      Leningrad Polytechnic Institute: Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.sc.techn., Habilitation)
1992      Krupp-Award (Visiting Scientist at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Civil Engineering)
1995      Appointment at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg – Professorship in Engineering Mechanics
1996 – 2011 Full Professor (C4) at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

1991 – 1996        Visiting Professor at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine, 1991, 1996), at the University of Technology Bratislava (1993, Slovakia) and at the University of Technology Riga (1996, Latvia)
2003      Gold Medal of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Technology Lublin)
2004      Semko Medal (Kharkov State University of Technology)
2005 – to date   Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
2008      Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute”
2011 – to date   Full Professor (C4) at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
2011      Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (visiting scientist at Nagoya university)
2014      Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the Ovidius University Constanta (Romania)
2015 – to date   Acting director of the Institute of Mechanics at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
2015, 2016         Professor at St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University “Peter the Great” (Russia)
2016      Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the Vekua Institute Tbilisi (Georgia)
2016      Visiting Professor at the Griffith University (Gold Coast, Australia)