Since 1996, Klaus Neuking is member of the Chair of Materials Science at the Ruhr University Bochum. Since 2000 he is on a permanent position and in 2006 he was promoted to “Akademischer Oberrat”. His research addresses the adhesion of polymer coatings on metals and the application of shape memory alloys in medical technology. His group comprises three graduate students. Klaus Neuking organizes some of the larger research programmes and supervises the facilities in the areas of mechanical testing, X-ray diffraction and data acquisition/analysis. He is scientific secretary of the collaborative research centre SFB459 (shape memory technology). He organizes personnel and finances of the Chair of Materials Science. In addition, he teaches two classes, one on the use of computers in materials science and another on morphology and properties of engineering polymers. At the Institute for Materials, he moreover is responsible for security matters (introductory and training courses, …).