Georg Müller received his PhD in Physics in 1974 from Prof. Erich
Mollwo, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He was professor for materials
science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1988 to 2007.
There he founded the Crystal Growth Laboratory (CGL) in 1980 and was
head of the department of crystal growth at the Fraunhofer Institute
IISB in Erlangen from 1999 to 2004.
Amongst other awards, he received in 2002 the Laudise Prize of the
International Organisation of Crystal Growth, which is the highest
international award in the field of applied crystal growth , the
"Wissenschaftspreis des Deutschen Stifterverbandes" in 2003, and the
"Preis für gute Lehre" (award for outstanding lecturing) of the Bavarian
State Ministry for Science, Research and Arts in 2006.
Georg Müller made important contributions to the research and
development of bulk crystal growth during the last 30 years. Examples of
his contributions include understanding of convective processes during
melt growth, development of the vertical gradient freeze (VGF)
technique, and the development of user-friendly software (e.g. CrysVUN)
to simulate melt growth processes.