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Norman Werther

Norman Werther is a trained joiner/carpenter and Civil Engineering. He was a research associate at the Leipzig Institute of Materials Research and Testing (MFPA Leipzig GmbH), responsible for the conduction of fire tests and issuing of object-specific expertises for the fire-resistance of building elements and structures. In 2012 he became head of the fire protection group at the Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction at the Technical University of Munich. In 2016 Norman Werther gained a doctorate (summa cum laude) for his thesis “Factors Influencing the Charring Rate of Timber Elements and Their Consideration Within Empirical and Numerical Assessment Methods”. He is member of the project team drafting the next generation of EN 1995-1-2, German delegate in CEN/TC 250/SC 5/WG4 and active member within the German standardization committees DIN 68800 “Wood Preservation“ and DIN 4102-4 „Fire Behaviour of Building Materials and Building Components“.