Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology

The IGVP takes an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of materials science, life sciences, and engineering, developing sustainable processes and technologies for medicine, the environment, and industry, while leveraging its close collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB—true to the guiding principle: Innovation happens at interfaces.

The Institute

The Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP at the University of Stuttgart is dedicated to interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research and teaching in the field of materials sciences, life sciences, process engineering and plasma technology.

Group picture of the institute team from the year 2025
Group picture of the institute team from the year 2025

The IGVP is part of the Faculty 4 Energy-, Process- and Bio-Engineering and is structured in research in the departments »Interfacial Engineering« and »Plasma and Microwave Technology«. The institute has well-equipped laboratory and technical facilities both on the university campus and at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stuttgart-Vaihingen.

The close cooperation of the IGVP with the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB enables a dynamic collaboration between researchers and teachers of both institutions.

This image showsPetra Kluger

Petra Kluger

Prof. Dr.

Director

This image showsGünter Tovar

Günter Tovar

Prof. Dr.

Professor, Vice Director

 

Institute address

Pfaffenwaldring 31 / Nobelstraße 12 / Allmandring 5B, 70569 Stuttgart

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