Peter K. Galenko earned his PhD (1991) and Habilitation (2005) at the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics-Technical Institute, Izhevsk, Russia. Presently, he is working at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. In 2008, he became Scientific Prize Winner of the German Aerospace Center for his work on microstructure formation of metals and alloys on the ground and under microgravity conditions. Peter Galenko is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, author of 5 books, 15 book chapters, and over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

• Phase Interfaces.- Phase Field.- Gibbs Free Energy: Equilibrium and Dynamics.- Approach to Fast Transformations.- The Hodograph Equation.- Velocity-Dependent Herring Equation.

Peter K. Galenko earned his PhD (1991) and Habilitation (2005) at the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics-Technical Institute, Izhevsk, Russia. Presently, he is working at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. In 2008, he became Scientific Prize Winner of the German Aerospace Center for his work on microstructure formation of metals and alloys on the ground and under microgravity conditions. Peter Galenko is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, author of 5 books, 15 book chapters, and over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

• Phase Interfaces.- Phase Field.- Gibbs Free Energy: Equilibrium and Dynamics.- Approach to Fast Transformations.- The Hodograph Equation.- Velocity-Dependent Herring Equation.

Peter K. Galenko earned his PhD (1991) and Habilitation (2005) at the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics-Technical Institute, Izhevsk, Russia. Presently, he is working at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. In 2008, he became Scientific Prize Winner of the German Aerospace Center for his work on microstructure formation of metals and alloys on the ground and under microgravity conditions. Peter Galenko is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, author of 5 books, 15 book chapters, and over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

• Phase Interfaces.- Phase Field.- Gibbs Free Energy: Equilibrium and Dynamics.- Approach to Fast Transformations.- The Hodograph Equation.- Velocity-Dependent Herring Equation.