Dr. rer. nat. Marco Caliaro
A03, Postdoctoral Researcher
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg,
Lehrstuhl für Botanik: Funktionelle Morphologie und Bionik und Botanischer Garten
Fakultät für Biologie
Schänzlestraße 1
D-79104 Freiburg
Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-2927
E-mail: Marco.Caliaro@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Education
1998 – 2001 Journeyman carpenter and assistant to works manager(HWK)
2001 – 2006 Diploma in Biology, Philipps-University Marburg (Lahn)
Scientific degrees
2013 Dr. rer. nat. in Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg im Breisgau
Work experience
2006 – 2007 Scientific employee at the Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg
2013 – current Postdoctoral Researcher at the Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, SPP1420 »Biomimetic Materials Research: Functionality by Hierarchical Structuring of Materials«, Project „Impact resistant hierarchically structured materials based on fruit walls and nut shells“
2014 – current Postdoctoral Researcher at the Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, SFB/TRR 141 „Biological Design and Integrative Structures“, Project A03 „Inspired by plants and animals: actively actuated rod-shaped structures exhibiting adaptive stiffness and joint-free continuous kinematics“
Miscellaneous
2007 – 2010 Scholarship holder of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
