Werdegang:
Academic and professional career
Since 2023 Prof. Emeritus at the Max-Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf
2014-2023 President of the Max Planck Society
2008-2014 Vice-President of the Max Planck Society
Since 2000 Scientific Member and Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung Düsseldorf (on leave of absence for the duration of his presidency from 2014)
Since 2000 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, professorship and member of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering
1994-1999 Professorship for Corrosion Science and Surface Technology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1987-1994 Group Leader of the Working Group for Corrosion Research at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung Düsseldorf

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Elektrochemie, allgemeine elektrolytische Korrosion
Hochtemperaturkorrosion
Adhäsion von Metall/Polymer Verbindungen
Tribologie
Chemische Modifizierung von Metalloberflächen

Mitgliedschaften und Funktionen:
Roles in scientific societies and bodies
Since 2024 Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the University Alliance Ruhr
Since 2024 Member of the Foundation Board of the kata-agorein Foundation
2014-2024 Member of the Federal Chancellor’s Innovation Dialogue
2014-2023 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal President’s Future Award
for Technology and Innovation
2008-2014 Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Federal President’s Future Award
for Technology and Innovation
2014-2023 Member of the Alliance of Science Organizations in Germany
2014-2023 Member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation
2014-2023 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Körber Foundation
2014-2023 Member of the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and the Foundation Board
2015-2023 Member of the University Council of the Technical University München
2008-2014 Chairman of the Minerva Foundation, the flagship program of German-Israeli scientific cooperation

Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen:
1979 Auszeichnung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum für die beste Diplomarbeit des Fachbereiches Chemie im Jahr 1979
1985 Otto-Hahn-Medaille der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft des Jahres 1985 für die Arbeiten zur Aufklärung von Phasengrenzreaktionen und Festkörperreaktionen beim Wachstum von Rostschichten
1990 Masing-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Materialkunde des Jahres 1990 für die Arbeiten zur Untersuchung von Korrosionsreaktionen unter dünnen Elektrolytfilmen
1994 T. P. Hoar Award für die beste Publikation in Corrosion Science im Jahr 1994
1995 T. P. Hoar Award für die beste Publikation in Corrosion Science im Jahr 1995
1995 DECHEMA-Preis 1994 der Max-Buchner-Forschungsstiftung
1999 T.P. Hoar Award für die beste Publikation in Corrosion Science im Jahr 1999
2000 Farbe und Lack Preis für die beste Publikation des Jahres 2000 in der Zeitschrift „Farbe und Lack“
2004 Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, October 2004, Hawaii
2005 NACE 2005 Willis Rodney Whitney Award, April 2005, Houston
2005 UR Evans Award, The Institute of Corrosion, Manchester
2008 H H Uhlig Award of the Corrosion Division of the Electrochemical Society, Hawaii Oct. 2008
2013 Carl-Lueg-Denkmünze des Stahlinstituts VDEh für seine Errungenschaften in der Stahlforschung
since 2020 Member of Leopoldina, Germany’s National Academy of Sciences
2021 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2023 Doctor honroris causa of the Uiversity of Buenos Aires
2023 Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities

Ausgewählte Publikationen:

1. Venzlaff, H.; Enning, D.; Srinivasan, J.; Mayrhofer, K. J. J.; Hassel, A. W.; Widdel, F.; and Stratmann, M.: Accelerated cathodic reaction in microbial corrosion of iron due to direct electron uptake by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Corros. Sci., 66 (2013) 88
2. Mezger, M.; Schröder, H.; Reichert, H. G.; Schramm, S. M.; Okasinski, J. S.; Schöder, S.; Honkimäki, V.; Deutsch, M.; Ocko, B. M.; Ralston, J. C.; Rohwerder, M.; Stratmann, M.; and Dosch, H.: Molecular layering of fluorinated ionic liquids at a charged sapphire (0001) surface. Science, 322 (2008) 424
3. Dinh, T. H.; Kuever, J.; Mußmann, M.; Hassel, A. W.; Stratmann, M.; and Widdel, F.: Iron corrosion by novel anaerobic microorganisms. Nature, 427 (2004) 829
4. Grundmeier, G.; Schmidt, W.; and Stratmann, M.: Corrosion protection by organic coatings: Electrochemical mechanism and novel methods of investigation. Electrochimica Acta, 45 (2000) 2515
5. Leng, A.; Streckel, H.; and Stratmann, M.: (a). The Delamination of Polymeric Coatings from Steel. Part 1: Calibration of the Kelvinprobe and basic delamination mechanism. Corros. Sci., 41 (1999) 547
6. Leng, A.; Streckel, H.; and Stratmann, M.: The Delamination of Polymeric Coatings from Steel. Part 2: First stage of delamination, effect of type and concentration of cations on delamination, chemical analysis of the interface. Corros. Sci., 41 (1999) 579
7. Stratmann, M. and Streckel, H.: (a). On the Atmospheric Corrosion of Metals, which are covered with Thin Electrolyte Layers. Part 1: Verification of the Experimental Technique. Corros. Sci., 30 (1990) 681
8. Stratmann, M.; Streckel, H.; Kim, K. T.; and Crockett, S.: On the atmospheric corrosion of metals, which are covered with thin electrolyte layers. Part 3: The measurement of polarisation curves on metal surfaces which are covered by thin electrolyte layers. Corros. Sci., 30 (1990) 715
9. Stratmann, M. and Streckel, H.: On the Atmospheric Corrosion of Metals, which are covered with Thin Electrolyte Layers. Part 2: Experimental Results. Corros. Sci., 30 (1990) 697
10. Stratmann, M.; Bohnenkamp, K.; and Engell, H.-J.:  An Electrochemical Study of Phase Transitions in Rust Layers. Corros. Sci., 23 (1983) 969
11. Senöz, C.; Evers, S.; Stratmann, M.; and Rohwerder, M.: Scanning Kelvin Probe as a highly sensitive tool for detecting hydrogen permeation with high local resolution. Electrochem. Commun., 13 (2011) 1542