After completing vocational training as an industrial clerk in the steel processing industry, Matthias Brucki began his studies in 2012 as an industrial engineer in the field of materials and process technology at the RWTH Aachen University and completed his master's degree in 2018. In the following, he was a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and conducted research on extreme high-speed laser material deposition with the intention of doing a doctorate at the Chair of Laser Technology at RWTH Aachen University. Since 2020, he has been team manager for "Coatings and Functional Layers" at the Fraunhofer ILT. Nowadays, he is deeply focused on journal bearings and renewable energies.