Max Marian is a Professor and Deputy Head at the Insitute of Machine Design and Tribology (IMKT) of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, and an Assistant Professor for Multiscale Engineering Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research focuses on energy efficiency and sustainability through tribology, with an emphasis on the modification of surfaces through micro-texturing and coatings (diamond-like carbon and 2D materials). Besides machine elements and engine components, he expanded his research to biotribology and artificial joints, as well as triboelectric nanogenerators. His research is particularly related to the development of numerical multiscale tribo-simulation and machine learning approaches. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in reputed journals, has given numerous conference and invited talks and has been awarded various individual distinctions, as well as best paper and presentation awards. Furthermore, he was listed among the Emerging Leaders 2023 of Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties. Moreover, he is on the Editorial Boards of Frontiers in Chemistry Nanoscience, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Lubricants as well as Tribology—Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, and is a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) and the German Society for Tribology (GfT).
Max Marian is a Professor and Deputy Head at the Insitute of Machine Design and Tribology (IMKT) of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, and an Assistant Professor for Multiscale Engineering Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research focuses on energy efficiency and sustainability through tribology, with an emphasis on the modification of surfaces through micro-texturing and coatings (diamond-like carbon and 2D materials). Besides machine elements and engine components, he expanded his research to biotribology and artificial joints, as well as triboelectric nanogenerators. His research is particularly related to the development of numerical multiscale tribo-simulation and machine learning approaches. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in reputed journals, has given numerous conference and invited talks and has been awarded various individual distinctions, as well as best paper and presentation awards. Furthermore, he was listed among the Emerging Leaders 2023 of Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties. Moreover, he is on the Editorial Boards of Frontiers in Chemistry Nanoscience, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Lubricants as well as Tribology—Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, and is a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) and the German Society for Tribology (GfT).