Norman Werther

I am a trained joiner/carpenter and Civil Engineering. I 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 I became head of the fire protection group at the Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction at the Technical University of Munich. In 2016 I gained a doctorate (summa cum laude) for my thesis “Factors Influencing the Charring Rate of Timber Elements and Their Consideration Within Empirical and Numerical Assessment Methods”. I am 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“.