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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hans-Joachim Radusch, born in 1949, is a German materials scientist specializing in polymer materials technology and polymer processing.

Hans-Joachim Radusch studied process engineering/polymer materials technology at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Hochschule_Leuna-Merseburg Technical University Leuna-Merseburg] from 1967 to 1971 and obtained his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in 1975 with a thesis on the mathematical modelling of the extrusion process. After a subsequent three-year period working in industry, he returned to the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg, where he sharpened his profile in the field of processing and modification of [[Plastics | polymer materials]]. He habilitated 1985 on the subject of polyolefin-based polymer blends. In 1989, Hans-Joachim Radusch was appointed as a full Professor of Materials Engineering (Polymers) at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg, and in 1994 he was appointed as a full Professor of Plastics Engineering at the [https://www.uni-halle.de/?lang=en Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg].

His scientific work focused on the investigation of structure/morphology ̶̶  property relationships of polymer materials and in particular polymer blends and nanocomposites. His work on rheological-thermodynamic science-based morphology formation in heterogeneous polymer systems established the basis for the development of various modern polymer materials, such as dynamic vulcanizates, shape memory polymers or nanoparticle-filled elastomers and thermoplastic polymer blends. The characterization of the processing-related formation of the structure and morphology of polymer materials as well as the resulting application-specific properties in crystallizable biopolymers reflects a further facet of his scientific work.

From 2000 to 2013, Hans-Joachim Radusch headed the Institute of Materials Science and the Institute of Materials Technology, respectively, at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and he was Managing Director of the Plastics Competence Centre Halle-Merseburg (KKZ Halle-Merseburg) which was founded in 2007, until 2013. He co-founded the [http://www.ipw-merseburg.de/ Institut für Polymerwerkstoffe e.V. Merseburg] (1992) and [https://www.polymerservice-merseburg.de/en/ Polymer Service GmbH Merseburg] (2001) as affiliated institutes of [https://www.uni-halle.de/?lang=en Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg] and [https://www.hs-merseburg.de/international/ Merseburg University of Applied Sciences], respectively, as well as the [http://amk-merseburg.de/ Akademie Mitteldeutsche Kunststoffinnovationen] (AMK; 2007). Prof. Radusch was Vice President of the AMK from 2011 to 2016, and he is a honorary member of this institution since 2016 in recognition of his commitment to the development of polymer science and plastics technology.

From 1999 until his retirement in 2014, Prof. Radusch was a member of the [https://www.wak-kunststofftechnik.de Scientific Working Group of University Professors of Polymer Technology (WAK)].

Hans-Joachim Radusch was highly committed to international cooperation with foreign universities and, in addition to scientific exchange, particularly he promoted the involvement of students in international cooperation. He acted as Representative of Germany in the [https://www.tpps.org/ Polymer Processing Society (PPS)] from 2003 to 2017.

'''Selected articles in specialised books'''

*Radusch, H.-J., Ding, J., Akovali, G.: Compatibilization of Heterogeneous Polymer Mixtures from the Plastics Waste Streams. In: Akovali, G. et al. (Eds.): Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling. Kluver Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London (1998) 153–190 (ISBN 0-7923-5190-8)

*Radusch, H.-J.: Morphology Development During Processing of Recycled Polymers. In: Akovali, G. et al. (Eds.): Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling. Kluver Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London (1998) 191–214 (ISBN 0-7923-5190-8)

*Radusch, H.-J., Androsch, R.:  Blends Based on Poly (Butylene Terephthalate), In: Fakirov, S. (Ed.): Handbook of Thermoplastic Polyesters PET, PBT, PEN: Homopolymers, Copolymers, Blends and Composites. Wiley VCH Weinheim Berlin (2002) 895–922 (ISBN 3-527-30113-5)

*Radusch, H.-J.: Phase Morphology of Dynamically Vulcanized Thermoplastic Vulcanizates. In: Harrats, C., Thomas, S. and Groeninckx, G. (Eds.): Micro and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems. Marcel Decker, New York (2005) 295–330 (ISBN 978-0849-3373-45)

*Radusch, H.-J.: Bestimmung verarbeitungsrelevanter Eigenschaften. In: Grellmann, W., Seidler, S. (Eds.): Polymer Testing. Carl Hanser Munich Vienna (2022), 3rd Edition, pp. 39–70 (ISBN 978-1-56990-806-8; E-Book: ISBN 978-1-56990-807-5; ePub ISBN 978-1-56990-808-2; see [[AMK-Büchersammlung|AMK-Library]] under A 22)

*Radusch, H.-J.: Unconventional Processing methods for Poly (hydroxybutyrate). In: Fakirov, S., Bhattacharyya, D. (Eds.): Handbook of Engineering Biopolymers. Hanser Publ.  Munich, Cincinatti (2007) 717–746 (ISBN-10: 3446405917)

*Radusch, H.-J., Sakai, T.: New Insights into Morphology Development of Nanofiller Modified Polymers and Polymer Blends by Correlation of Imaging Methods and online Measured Electrical Conductance (I & II), Plastics Age (Japan) 57(2011)12, 78–87 & 58(2012)1, 74–83

*Focke, W. W., Radusch, H.-J. (Eds.): Engineering of Polymers and Chemical Complexity. Apple Academic Press, Toronto, New Jersey (2014) (ISBN 978-1-926895-87-1)

*Radusch, H.-J.: Rheologie – Essentielles Instrument der Polymerwerkstoffentwicklung. In: Merseburger Beiträge zur Geschichte der chemischen Industrie Mitteldeutschlands. 22 (2017) 1, 38–51 (ISBN 978-3-942703-83-3)

The editors of the encyclopaedia would like to thank Prof. H.-J. Radusch, [https://www.uni-halle.de/?lang=en Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg] and [https://www.polymerservice-merseburg.de/en/ Polymer Service GmbH Merseburg] for numerous guest contributions:

* [[Capillary Rheometer | Capillary rheometer]]
* [[Surface Tension and Interfacial Tension | Surface tension and interfacial tension]]
* [[Melt Mass-Flow Rate | Melt mass-flow rate]]
* [[Materials Science | Materials science]]
* [[Materials Technology & Materials Science | Materials technology & Materials science]]

[[Category:Material Scientists Polymer Scientists|Material Scientists/Polymer Scientists]]