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Dr. rer. nat. Philippe Wernet
The physicist works as a project and group leader at the electron storage ring BESSY II at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:
Philippe Wernet was born in 1971 in Strasbourg (France) and grew up in Freiburg. He studied physics at the Technical University of Berlin, in Lyon (France) and at the University of Hamburg. Since his Diplom and …
Dr. Olga Smirnova
The atomic physicist is working on developing Attosecond Science at the Max-Born-Institut:
Olga Smirnova was born in Moscow and has graduated from the Moscow State University. After completing her PhD in 2000, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Moscow State University. At this time she became…
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Mathias Richter
The physicist is head of the department of X-ray metrology using synchrotron radiation at PTB in Berlin-Adlershof.:
Mathias Richter, born in 1959 in Marburg, studied physics in his home town from 1978 and graduated later from Hamburg University. Since his diploma thesis carried out in 1983/84 at the Hamburger …
Professor Stefan Hecht, PhD
Professor for Organic Chemistry and functional Materials at the Department of Chemistry of Humboldt University of Berlin:
Since October 2006 Stefan Hecht holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry and functional Materials at the Department of Chemistry of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. After his undergraduate studies in chemistry at…
Dr. Chafik Meliani
Head of the “power amplifiers” group at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik:
Chafik Meliani, born 1974 in Algeria, studied semiconductor physics for electronic devices at the University of Blida (Algeria). He received his PhD degree from the Université Denis-Diderot Paris, France. In this …
Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf J. Schneider
In his working group „Immunochemical Methods“ at BAM everything spins around antibodies:
Rudolf Schneider (born in 1963) studied chemistry at the Technical University Munich. By chance, while looking for an interesting topic for his diploma thesis, he stumbled into his present working area: …
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Janina Kneipp
Her research interest lies in the utilization of sensitive spectroscopic methods for analytical chemistry:
Janina Kneipp received her diploma and doctorate from the Free University Berlin. In her dissertation work she studied brain tissue by means of infrared-microspectroscopy and applied this method successfully to the…
Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Emmerling
The chemist at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) works on crystallization and aggregation phenomena by means of synchrotron radiation:
Born in Bad Dürkheim in 1975 Franziska Emmerling finished her PhD thesis in inorganic solid state chemistry at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg in 2003. Her work dealt with the synthesis and structural …
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Katja Werheid
Assistant professor for Clinical Gerontopsychology at the Department of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin:
Since October 2008, Katja Werheid holds an assistant professorship for Clinical Gerontopsychology at the Department of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. After studying Psychology in Muenster, …
Prof. Dr. Julia Lossau
Assistant Professor for Cultural Geography at the Department of Geography at Humboldt University:
Julia Lossau studied geography at the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and gained a first degree (diploma) from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1997. After having completed…
Prof. Dr. Peter Rudolph
Coordinator of the competence area “Crystal Growth Technology” at the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ):
Peter Rudolph is the coordinator of the competence area “Crystal Growth Technology” at the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ) in Berlin-Adlershof. Peter Rudolph (who got his degree as Electrical Engineer at…
Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Heinz
The mathematician works at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) in Berlin:
Sebastian Heinz was born on September 26, 1977 in Berlin and studied mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1998 till 2004. He received the Humboldt award of his university for his diploma thesis. He…
Dr. rer. nat. Moshe Weizman
For his Ph.D thesis the physicist explored the properties of laser-crystallized polycrystalline silicon-germanium (SiGe) layers for thin film solar cells:
Born on Febuary 9, 1976 in Jerusalem he received his B.Sc in physics from the Hebrew University at Jerusalem, and wrote his Diploma thesis at the TU Berlin. A scholarship from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt …
Dr. rer. nat. Tom Großmann
The chemist developed a signal amplifying method for molecular gene diagnostics at the Humboldt University of Berlin:
He was born in 1978 in Merseburg and studied Chemistry from October 1999 until September 2003 at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He moved to the University of California, Berkeley where he performed studies…
Dr. Ing. Tatjana Čukić
The nominee for the dissertation prize Adlershof 2008 works as a process and development engineer at Global Solar Energy:
Tatjana Čukić, born 1978 in Novi Sad (Serbia), studied Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Technology at the University of Novi Sad. In 2007 she finished her PhD studies at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis…
caprotec bioanalytics Completes Series B Financing Round of EUR 4 Million
caprotec bioanalytics GmbH today (Thursday May 13, 2010) announced the closing of a EUR 4 million ($5.1M) Series B Financing Round with existing investors Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP…
Berlin Adlershof at BIO 2010
May 3-6, Chicago:
WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH, develops and operates Germany`s leading Science and Technology Park in Berlin Adlershof, participates in BIO 2010 International Convention: The Global Event for Biotechnology at the Germany…
Berlin Adlershof - Facts and Figures
March 2010:
Berlin Adlershof is one of the most successful high-tech locations in Germany. Embedded in an overall urban development concept, this integrated Science, Business and Media location has been growing on an area of 4.2…
New York Times on Airport Schönefeld and Berlin Business
A $3.4 Billion Investment to Push the Capital's Economy :
A high-technology center in Adlershof, near the new airport in Schönefeld, has attracted 814 firms ranging from biotechnology to media, employing more than 14,000 workers. Read more...
Adlershof Special 12: IT and Media
Of congestion hunters and traffic regulators: Telematic applications for regulating traffic // Center for IT and media ZIM 3: Open ceremony in April // Of men and machines: Users' psychology // Healthy information…