Principal Investigator
Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge
MA
02139
United States
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Background
Markus Buehler is the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in
the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Before joining MIT in 2005, he served as the Director of Multiscale
Modeling and Software Integration at Caltech`s Materials and Process Simulation
Center. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Max Planck Institute for Metals
Research in Stuttgart after obtaining a M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan
Tech, and undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of
Stuttgart.
Professor Buehler`s research focuses on bottom-up simulation of structural
and mechanical properties of biological, bioinspired and synthetic materials
across multiple scales, with a specific focus on materials failure from a nanoscale
and molecular perspective. His recent work has focused on applying a computational
materials science approach to study materials failure in biological systems,
including the investigation of material breakdown in diseases and the development
of bioinspired material concepts.
Professor Buehler has published more than 100 articles on computational modeling
of materials using various types of simulation techniques. He was cited as one
of the top engineers in the United States between the ages of 30-45 through
invitation to the 2007 National Academy of Engineering-Frontiers in Engineering
symposium of the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Buehler has also
received the 2007 National Science Foundation CAREER award, the 2008 U.S. Air
Force Young Investigator Award, the 2008 Navy Young Investigator Award, and
the 2008 DARPA Young Faculty Award. In 2009, his work was recognized by the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He serves
as a member of the editorial board of several international journals including:
PLoS ONE, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, Acta Mechanica Sinica,
Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, and Journal of Computational and
Theoretical Nanoscience.