Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Ernst Dieter Gilles

Foundation Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (October 1997)

 MPI Magdeburg

Address:	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dieter Gilles Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Sandtorstr. 1 39106 Magdeburg Germany
Phone:	+49 (0)391 6110-451
Fax:	+49 (0)391 6110-453
E-Mail:	gilles@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de
Office:	Renate Wagner
Phone:	+49 (0)391 6110-450
E-Mail:	wagner@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de

Brief Biography

Study of Electrical Engineering, TH Darmstadt (1954-1960),
Doctorate, TH Darmstadt (1964),
Postdoc in Control Engineering, TH Darmstadt (1966),
Full Professor and Director of the Institute for System Dynamics and Control Engineering at Stuttgart University (1968-2005),
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (since 1997),
Honorary Professor at Magdeburg University (1999)

Scientific Awards / Honours / Memberships

Dechema Prize of the Max Buchner Research Foundation (1967),
Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1992),
Ernest Solvay Prize (1992),
Landesforschungspreis (Research Prize) of Baden-Württemberg (1992),
Honorary Doctorate of Hanover University (1995),
Honorary Doctorate of TU Donezk/Ukraine (1995),
Scientific Member of Max Planck Society (1997),
Member of Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (since 1998),
Honorary Doctorate of University Ploiesti/Romania (1999),
Corresponding Member of Scientific Society Braunschweig (since 2000),
External Member of Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanity (since 2001),
Member of the Council of Technical Sciences of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (since 2002),
7th Nordic Process Control Award of the Nordic Working Group of Process Control (2004),
Karl-Küpfmüller-Ring of the Technical University Darmstadt (2005),
Honorary Doctorate of Magdeburg University (2005)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Scientific Center of Saxony Anhalt Lutherstadt Wittenberg e. V. (2006)
Arnold-Eucken-Medal for Achievements in the field of Technology (2006)

Research interests

Control Engineering

Systems Biology

Modeling

System Dynamics

Network Theory of Chemical and Biological Processes

Publications

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