Since 2018, the ZVO has been awarding up to three scholarships a year for master students specializing in electrochemistry and electroplating. The new master´s scholarship holder Florian Pantleon, who has an exceptionally keen interest in electroplating, is now receiving a scholarship of 400 euros a month from the ZVO.
First training, then studies
Florian Pantleon first completed an apprenticeship as a surface coater, which he completed in 2018 as the best in the state of Baden-Württemberg at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He then completed further training to become a state-certified technician specializing in electroplating technology. This was followed by a bachelor's degree in materials science and surfaces at the FH Südwestfalen Iserlohn in 2024 and, since the summer semester of 2024, a master's degree in electrochemistry and electroplating technology at the TU Ilmenau.