Dirk Matusch is an educated technical mineralogist from the Leibnitz University of Hannover. In 1999 he joined as a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Metallurgy and Solid States Physics Stuttgart and coordinates coating activities for heat shield applications for space craft vehicles and heat applications. At the same time completed his doctoral thesis about thermodynamics in the quinary system Y-Si-Al-O-N. In 2004 he switched to industrial research at thyssenkrupp packagingsteel as an engineer for materials and process technology with focus on development of new materials. All material related industrial work is based on steel and production processes around steel including thermal treatment, electro chemical treatment, shaping, rolling and stretch bending for packaging applications. In 2017, he moved internally to a managerial position as a specialist for process optimization and quality improvement. In addition to the technical tasks, the function also included the training of young engineers and technicians. In his current role since 2022 he is a senior engineer in the research and development department with responsibility for external communication with research institutes and partners related to solid state physics and measurement technology. Various patents based on new products and processes result from his work and are increasingly being used within the modern steel production for packaging applications.