Contact

Prof. Dr. Jens Gutzmer
Director
Secretary: Vanessa Tschorn
Phone: 0351 260 - 4404

PD Dr. Simone Raatz
Administrative Manager

Sekretary: Louise Schulze
Phone: 0351 260 - 4403

Anne-Kristin Jentzsch
Press Officer
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4429

Renate Seidel
Secretary
Phone: 0351 260 - 4430

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Head of the Institute

Foto: HIF Director Dr. Jens Gutzmer (PhD ZA) ©Copyright: HZDR/Detlev Müller

Scientific Director

Prof Jens Gutzmer

Prof Jens Gutzmer is the founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. He is professor in Economic Geology and Geometallurgy at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Furthermore, he is a visiting professor at the Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research Group (PPM) in the Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Awards

Curriculum vitae
1993 'Diploma' in Mineralogy, Technical University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany)
1996 PhD in Geology, Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa)
1996 bis 1999 Postdoc and lecturer at the Department of Geology, Rand Afrikaans University and founding of the Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research Group (PPM Group)
1999-2000 Assistant professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
2000-2005 Associated professor, Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa)
2005 Full professor of geology, University of Johannesburg
2008 Awarded a South African Research Chair in Geometallurgy and appointed full professor at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
2011 Appointment as founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF)

Foto: HIF Director PD Dr. Simone Raatz, 2022 ©Copyright: HZDR/Detlev Müller

Administrative Manager

PD Dr Simone Raatz

With a PhD in chemistry and a postdoctoral qualification in engineering, she joined the HZDR in 2017 and is responsible for strategy, science management and the gradual expansion of the Research Campus for Resource Technology and Sustainability at the HIF. She has been the administrative head of the institute since 2021.

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Curriculum vitae
Since 2021 Administrative Manager at the HIF
Since 2017 Responsible for stakeholder engagement and strategy at the HIF
Since 2005 Private lecturer (PD)
2013-2017 Member of the German Bundestag
1999-2009 Member of the State Parliament of the Free State of Saxony
2000 Habilitation in the field of “Physical-chemical separation processes” (Dr.-Ing. habil.)
1992 Doctorate Dr. rer. nat.
From 1986 Research assistant at the Research Institute for Mineral Processing (FIA) and at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
1981 Diploma in Chemistry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg