Marion Merklein (born 1973)[1] is a German metallurgist who studies metal forming, including stamping and additive manufacturing.
She is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, where she heads the Institute of Manufacturing Technology.
Her dissertation concerned the use of lasers in the additive manufacturing of aluminum alloys.
[1] From 2001 to 2008 she worked as a senior manager in the Institute of Manufacturing Technology, on sheet metal forming, earning a habilitation in 2006.
[1] With Jürgen Lechler, she was a 2008 recipient of the SAE/AISI Sydney H. Melbourne Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Automotive Sheet Steel.