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Dr. Bernd Eppich
The physicist works at the Optoelectronics Department of the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik:
Bernd Eppich was born in 1963 in Heilbronn. After his physics studies at TU Karlsruhe, he received his diploma about resonators for solid-state tube lasers from the Solid-State Laser Institute at TU Berlin. During …
Professor Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jähnichen
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST and the Research Group on Software Engineering at the Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the TU Berlin:
Born in 1947, Stefan Jähnichen took his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin in 1979. Since 1991 he has been Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and …
Professor Dr. Stefan Eisebitt
Head of the joint research group “Functional Nanomaterials” at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie:
After three years of PhD studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Stefan Eisebitt obtained his PhD in Physics in collaboration with the Research Center Jülich at the University of Cologne in 1996. In…
Prof. Dr. Ingolf Volker Hertel
Acting as the speaker of the board of IGAFA, the former director of the Max Born Institute has significantly contributed to form the present shape, function and image of Berlin-Adlershof:
Ingolf Volker Hertel was born 1941 June 6, and lived in Radebeul during his early childhood. From the age of 10 he grew up in Freiburg in the South-West of Germany. He attended a traditional grammar school, and - …
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne
Professor for Instrumental Analytical Chemistry at the Humboldt University and director of the department of “Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials” at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Ulrich Panne, born in 1964, studied Chemistry with a focus on Analytical Chemistry at the University Dortmund and the UCL London. He received his diploma in analytical chemistry (1989) and changed for his Ph.D. …
Konstantin Wiegandt, physicist
He is working on his PhD thesis at the Humboldt University in the field of the AdS/CFT correspondence:
Konstantin Wiegandt was born in Hamburg in 1981 and grew up in Ahrensburg near Hamburg. After the first year of his studies in Hamburg, he took part in a 1-year exchange program of the Deutsch-Französische …
Pavel Laskov, Ph.D
Project head in the Intelligent Data Analysis department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST:
Pavel Laskov was born in 1971 in Moscow/Russia and obtained his first degree in Computer and System Engineering in 1994 at the Moscow Institute of Radio, Electronics and Automation. He then spent the next seven…
Dr. Hermann A. Dürr
Head of the department Magnetic Dynamics at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie:
Hermann Dürr was born in 1961 in Winterhausen (Germany). He studied physics at the University of Würzburg and the State University of New York at Albany, USA (MSc. 1984, Diploma 1986). In 1990 he obtained his PhD…
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers
The physicist is developing terahertz systems for applications in astronomy, planetary research, and civil security at DLR:
Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers was born in 1965. He studied Physics and Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. After receiving the Diploma degree in Physics (1991) he worked on a PhD thesis at the…
Dr. Jens Knobloch
The physicist at HZB develops superconducting radio-frequency systems for new light sources and future accelerators:
Usually he smiles, the future head of the Institute „SRF-Technology“ at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB). Almost at the same time when BESSY and the Hahn-Meitner Institut merged in…
Dr. Clemens von Korff Schmising
The physicist's PhD thesis in ultrafast X-ray science was awarded the Lise-Meitner-Preis 2009:
Clemens von Korff Schmising was born in 1977 in the Rhineland where he also grew up. After his ‘Vordiplom’ (BA) in Bayreuth, Bavaria and a stay abroad in St. Andrews in Scotland he returned to Bonn, where in the …
Dr. Thorsten Kamps
The physicist works at BESSY on generation and diagnostics of high-brightness electron beams:
Accelerators for Charged-Particle Beams play a major role in the scientific career of Thorsten Kamps. Born in 1970, he studied physics at the Technische Universität Dortmund and was soon attracted by experimental…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Eberhardt
Scientific director for Energy Research of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB):
Wolfgang Eberhardt was born in 1950 in Lieser (Germany). He studied physics at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (Diploma 1974) and at the University of Hamburg. He obtained his PhD as a member of the …
Dr. Rutger Schlatmann
Director of the PVcomB – Competence Centre Thin-Film and Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics Berlin:
Rutger Schlatmann received his PhD in 1995 at the FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam. He worked for Akzo Nobel Central research afterwards. In 2000, he took a group leader position at Helianthos, where he was made …
Dr. Natascha Dropka
The chemist works on the KRISTMAG® project at the numerical modelling group of the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ):
Natascha Dropka was born in Novi Sad (Serbia). She graduated in chemical engineering at the University of Novi Sad and received there her MSc and in 1998 her DrSc degree in the cooperation with the University …
Dr. Katrin Paschke
The physicist develops compact laser systems by means of laser diodes, micro-optics and crystals:
Katrin Paschke, born in 1969, studied physics at the Universities of Potsdam and Konstanz. She started her scientific career in 1998 at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) in Adlershof. In…
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lucht
The newly appointed Alexander von Humboldt professor in Sustainability Science at the Department of Geography at the Humboldt University:
The special professorship has been established in co-operation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Thereabout the scientist is in charge of one of the four fields of research, “Climate…
Dr. Klaus Lips
Deputy director of the Institut Silizium-Photovoltaik in the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie:
Klaus Lips, born in 1962 in the Huguenot's village of Carlsdorf-Hofgeismar (Northern Hessen) and grown up in the Netherlands, studied physics in Leiden (NL) as well as in Marburg / Lahn. He did a doctorate in 1994…
Dr. Renate Brechel
The educator directed the UniLab Adlershof:
Renate Brechel (born 1947) studied at Humboldt University in Berlin from 1965 to 1970 and completed her studies with a degree in pedagogy for mathematics and physics. From 1970 to 1974 she worked as a teacher at …
Dr. rer. nat. Karsten Holldack
The physicist at BESSY works with THz radiation developing new concepts and applications:
After studying physics from 1980-1985 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Karsten Holldack finished his PhD on ion implantation in semiconductors in 1987. Gaining experience for one year in semiconductor industry he …