Gert Heinrich (born 13 December 1950) is a German physicist, materials scientist and TU Dresden university lecturer.
He grew up in Pausa and in 1969, after graduating from high school and completing his skilled work as a bricklayer, began studying physics at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, which he completed in 1973 with his diploma thesis in the department of "Applied Quantum Theory" under Gerhard Weber on the topic of "On the theory of multiphoton processes in strong electromagnetic fields".
[2][3] In 2009 he turned down an offer of a W3 professorship for "Micro- and Nanostructure-Based Polymer Composites" at the Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM) Halle/S.
[4] Gert Heinrich is the author and co-author of over 800 scientific articles, patents and books on the physics and theory of polymer networks, on mechanical reinforcement, production and processing of polymer materials and elastomers, composite materials, rubber technology, friction and wear of elastomers, and the physics and technology of car and truck tires.
[6] From 2007 to 2016 he organized regular seminars for doctoral students and visiting scientists in Pausa/Vogtland,[7][8][9] as well as annual discussion forums at the same location since 1990, including: with the publicist, teacher and political activist Wolfgang Mayer[10] and the physicist, university lecturer and founder of the company Supracon AG (Jena) Hans-Georg Meyer.