joined in the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST) in Braunschweig, Germany in 1998, after university studies in physics and mechanical engineering. He completed his thesis on the development and application tests of tool coatings 2007.

He is responsible for new coating and process development with PVD and PECVD technologies and other surface treatment technologies in the field of friction reduction, hard and wear resistant coatings for tools and components for industrial applications, e.g. diamond-like carbon coatings for automotive applications.

From 2012 till 2015 Martin Keunecke was the head of the department “New Tribological Coatings” at the Fraunhofer IST. Since 2016 he is the head of the group “Tribological Systems” in the “Center for Tribological Coatings” at the Fraunhofer IST.