Peter Uggowitzer
Peter J. Uggowitzer (born 24 November 1950 in Klagenfurt in Austria) is an Austrian-Swiss metallurgist and materials scientist. Academic life 
Uggowitzer studied materials science at the Montanuniversität Leoben until 1976, and earned his doctorate there in 1981 in the field of dual-phase steels. Subsequently, he transferred to ETH Zurich, where he earned his habilitation in 1993 and became a professor in 1996. His scientific work includes Ni-free austenitic steels, which have found wide application in medicine and watch industries. He has also published significant works on the aging behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloys and on magnesium alloys. In 2019, Uggowitzer and co-authors discovered that the phenomenon of ageing of aluminium alloys does not occur at the atomic scale. In late 2020, Uggowitzer and co-authors initiated the research field of radiation-resistant aluminium alloys for future space exploration. Uggowitzer is married and the father of three adult children. Awards 

 1987: Masing Memorial Prize of the German Society for Materials Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde)
 2014: Tammann Commemorative Medal of the German Society for Materials Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde)

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1950 births
Living people
Scientists from Klagenfurt
ETH Zurich alumni
Academic staff of ETH Zurich
Austrian metallurgists
University of Leoben alumni