Peter Müllner
Bio
Peter Mullner earned degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He completed post-doctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at the Max Planck Institute of Metals in Stuttgart, Germany, and at ETH Zurich before joining Boise State University as founding member of the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2012, Mullner was awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor of Materials Science.
Scholarship
Mullner is part of the leadership of the Materials Resources Sustainability Nexus (MARESUNEX) initiative. The MARESUNEX vision is that Healthy, mutually engaged, thriving rural and urban communities maintain a sustainable and just flow of materials from sourcing to disposing through STEM-informed decision making.
We envision our work supporting thriving urban and rural communities in Idaho. As stated, this hides as much as it reveals. We recognize that communities are diverse and have varying identities, beliefs, and practices. By thriving communities, we recognize that this diversity includes a range of cultural, social, and economic practices that are sometimes distinct and sometimes intersecting. We strive to respect this intersectional nature of community that spans the urban/rural divide and encompasses the Indigenous, migrant workers, and other underrepresented communities in Idaho.
We build partnerships that create sustainable materials solutions that germinate from the values and traditions of rural communities and incorporate the knowledge of Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics. The partnerships preserve and support rural communities and identities. The partnerships develop resources for technologies that support a healthy global environment and justice for all participants. MARESUNEX nucleates at mining communities in Idaho from where it spreads through the Northwest and the United States.