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Dr. Gerhard Ulm
Head of the scientific division called “Temperature and Synchrotron Radiation” at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt:
Gerhard Ulm was born near Rothenburg ob der Tauber. He studied physics at the University of Würzburg. After his diploma he changed to GSI (Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt) and started the field…
Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsässer
Director at the Max-Born-Institute and professor of experimental physics at Humboldt University:
Thomas Elsaesser (*1957) studied physics in Heidelberg and at the Technical University of Munich where he received his diploma degree in 1982. At TU Munich, he finished his PhD work on ultrashort infrared …
Prof. Dr. Alexander Föhlisch
Head of the institute of methods and instrumentation for research with synchrotron radiation at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:
Alexander Föhlisch studied physics at Tübingen, received a M.A. in physics with a Fulbright scholarship at SUNY at Stony Brook and concluded his studies at Hamburg University with a diploma thesis in X-ray…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky
Professor for physical and theoretical chemistry at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky studied physics in Zagreb (Croatia) and received her doctoral degree in theoretical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University (USA). After post doctoral research at Belfer Graduate School of…
Dr. Ulrich Eichmann
The project manager at the Max Born Institute investigates fundamental mechanisms in the ionization dynamics of isolated particles in strong and strongest laser fields:
Ulrich Eichmann, born in Münster , studied physics initially at the TU Berlin, then moved to University of Freiburg. After receiving his diploma in1984 and a research period in 1986 at the University of Virginia,…
Prof. Dr. Matthias Ballauff
Professor for "Soft Matter and Functional Materials" at the Humboldt University Berlin and head of the correspondent Institute at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:
Professor Dr. Matthias Ballauff, born in Cologne in 1952, finished his PhD thesis „Thermodynamically induced shear degradation of dissolved Polystyrol“ in 1981 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the …
Prof. Dr. Susanne Albers
Professor for Algorithms and Complexity in the Department of Computer Science at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. :
Susanne Albers studied mathematics, computer science and business administration at the university of Osnabrück. In 1993 she received her PhD degree from the University of Saarland as member of the first Research…
Dr. Ralph Wernsdorf
The mathematician at the Rohde & Schwarz SIT GmbH works on block ciphers:
Ralph Wernsdorf studied mathematics of the Humboldt-University zu Berlin and got his degrees in 1980 (Diploma) and 1983 (Ph.D). He is an employee of Rohde & Schwarz SIT GmbH, which is located in Berlin-Adlershof…
Dr. Thomas Schultz
The project leader at the Max Born Institute investigates the photochemistry of DNA:
Thomas Schultz was born 1971 in Washington D.C. and grew up in rural southern Germany, close to the picturesque university town of Tübingen. After studying chemistry in Switzerland, he acquired a PhD from the ETH …
Prof. Dr. Norbert Koch
Professor for "Supramolecular Systems" at the Institut für Physik at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Norbert Koch studied Physics at the Technische Universität Graz and was also awarded his doctor’s degree there. After spending one year as scientific assistant at the Joanneum Research GmbH in Weiz, he spent two years…
Dr. Florin Popescu
Engineer and brain researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST:
There, as a postdoc, he's doing research on theoretical questions about machine learning. Seen very practically, his work might one day help people who are paralysed from the neck down, because of a disease for…
Prof. Dr. Ralf Jaumann
Director of the DLR/NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility and deputy director of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research:
Ralf Jaumann was born in Bietigheim-Bissingen in 1954. He studied geology at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich (LMU) and earned his doctoral degree there in1989 with a thesis about the chemical and…
Sulfurcell: Deal for 16MW in China and India
New forms of thin-film solar:
Sulfurcell has reported deals to sell 16 megawatts of panels in Asia: 10 megawatts will go to China and 6 megawatts will go on commercial roofs in New Delhi. Read more: Greentech Media. ContactSULFURCELL…
Success story Adlershof
It has now been twenty years since “liquidation” had loomed for the 5,500 employees at the Akademie’s location in Berlin Adlershof. The premises presented a bleak prospect. Many were convinced that there was going to…
Adlershof Special 13: 20 years of market success
Innovation at high speed: 175,200 hours of science and technology // World market leader in the niche: Rules for startup companies // “A shed like ours”: Achievements of the Bestec GmbH // “Starry eyed enough“: FMB…
Learning to sell: ENZ Ingenieurbüro and LTB Lasertechnik Berlin
“Curious”, he replied when asked to describe the initial period in retrospect. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in autumn 1989 it quickly became clear to the qualified engineer Fred Enz that his employer, the…
Volume is a matter of good form: Adlershofer Jünger Audio-Studiotechnik GmbH
Apple utilises this technology for the sound system in its canteen, it forms part of some pop singers’ touring equipment, and virtually every ARD and ZDF studio has it, also for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. It…
Connecting link for the transport of ideas: Contract research by GNF
For Lutz Hippe the many partners on site make this location worth its weight in gold. For instance, if he needs special analytical investigations, he need only go to the building next door or two floors down:…
“Starry eyed enough”: FMB Feinwerk- und Messtechnik GmbH
Three to four years of hard graft, thought Uwe Schneck, then everything would be running smoothly and he could ease off: In 1990 undoubtedly the greatest miscalculation of his entrepreneurial career. Schneck is a…
“A shed like ours”: Achievements of the Bestec GmbH
“Located in the new Berlin-Adlershof Science and Technology Park, the company Bestec GmbH has been awarded a nuclear fusion research order amounting to one million Deutschmark.“ Totalling 83 words, this brief…