“With Prof. Dr. Elmar Buchner, the University Council has elected an experienced and committed scientist to the office of Vice President, who is an excellent addition to our team in the university management,” says Prof. Dr. Uta M. Feser. “His research experience, his expertise, which he has contributed to the establishment of our doctoral center, and his many years of commitment to doctoral students make him the ideal person to successfully drive forward the strategic development of HNU in the area of research.”
“The right course for future-oriented research”
“The University Council voted by a large majority for Prof. Dr. Elmar Buchner, who can look back on more than a decade of HNU experience and has already achieved significant successes for the university,” emphasizes the Chair of the University Council, Dr. Beate Merk. “He has been actively involved in the process of obtaining the right to award doctorates and has made a decisive contribution to the development of the Doctoral Center, which is growing steadily under his leadership. We are certain that he will set the right course for future-oriented research at HNU in his new role.”
A central goal of the new Vice President: young scientists
“I am very much looking forward to this new task,” says Prof. Dr. Elmar Buchner. “Research at HNU has developed very positively in recent years; now we want to take its framework conditions to the next level.” The promotion of young researchers remains a central goal of the new Vice President: “We have the brains for good research ideas at the university - the implementation of application-oriented research projects requires many outstanding doctoral students, to whom we want to offer a highly qualified and inspiring scientific environment. My particular concern is to promote the transfer of research into teaching in order to broaden the perspectives for students in a targeted manner.”
Award for many years of commitment: Honorary professorship conferred
Last week, Elmar Buchner was appointed honorary professor at the suggestion of the Faculty of Health Management. The title recognizes his many years of service and his commitment to promoting research at the university. HNU President Prof. Dr. Uta M. Feser presented the certificate of appointment on January 23 in the presence of Dean Prof. Dr. Sylvia Schafmeister.
About
Prof. Dr. Elmar Buchner He studied geosciences at the University of Stuttgart, where he received his doctorate in 1997 and habilitated in 2006. He then worked as a research lecturer and lecturer at several universities. He has been responsible for strategic research funding at HNU since 2010. In addition to his own research activities at the interface between health and natural sciences, he is a doctoral supervisor at the university. From 2019 to 2024 he was deputy head of the DigiHealth Institute, and since 2024 he has headed the HNU's doctoral center based at HNU, which includes the doctoral college Digital Innovations for the Changing Society (DIWAG).
