 Maik Gude has held the Chair of Lightweight Design and Structural Assessment at TU Dresden's Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) since 2014. He advocates the simulation-based, end-to-end development of materials, structures and technologies in multi-material lightweight design. He has also coordinated the national open Forel research platform subsidized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2013. After study- ing engineering mathematics at TU Clausthal, he completed his doctorate at TU Dresden in 2000, where he gained habilitation in 2008 before being appointed Associate Professor.© Diana Wolfrum | TU Dresden