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Martin Graeser studied Chemistry at the University of Marburg where he did his diploma in 2004. For work in the field of polymer physics in the group of Professor J. H. Wendorff he earned his doctorate there in 2007. His research interests during the Ph.D. thesis were the preparation of metal and metal–polymer composite fibres by electrospinning for applications in catalysis, thermoelectrics, and magnetics.

Andreas Greiner studied Chemistry at the University of Marburg and earned his doctorate there in 1988. After a postdoctoral stay with D. Perason and H.-W. Schmidt in Santa Barbara, he returned to Marburg, where he completed his habilitation in macromolecular chemistry in 1995. In the same year, he took up a professorship at the University of Mainz, and in 2000, he became Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry in Marburg. Together with W. Heitz and J. H. Wendorff, he directs the TransMIT Center for Polymer Research and Nanotechnology. His research interests include the classical synthesis of monomers and polymers, the synthesis of functional polymers, nanotechnology, as well as the application of polymers in optics, electronics, and medicine.

Joachim H. Wendorff received his doctorate from the University of Marburg in 1969 for work in the field of polymer physics with F. H. Müller. After a postdoctoral stay with F. P. Price in Amherst, he became a research assistant with E. W. Fischer at the University of Mainz. In 1982, he completed his habilitation in physical chemistry there. From 1976 to 1991, he headed the Physics Department at the German Polymer Institute (DKI) in Darmstadt. In 1990, he took up a professorship in physics at the TH Darmstadt, and in 1991, he moved to a professorship in physical chemistry at the University of Marburg. His research interests include functional polymers, liquid crystals, polymer alloys, molecular reinforcement, nanostructuring, and electrospinning.