Deputy Director

CV

May 31, 1955	Born in Wittlich, Germany
1974 - 1980	Study of physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt
June 1980	Degree Dipl.-Ing. Physics
1980 - 1985	Research associate at the Technical University of Darmstadt, doctorate in the field of “High-power CO2 lasers for industrial material processing”
Nov. 1984	Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.)
1985 - present	Employed at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
1985	Moved from Darmstadt to Aachen to the newly founded Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, as head of the “Gas Lasers” department
1989	Remit extended to include metrology, plasma systems and solid-state lasers
1992	Appointed a senior director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
1993	Appointed deputy executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
2005	Appointment as university lecturer and director of the Chair for Technology of Optical Systems TOS at RWTH Aachen University

Programme Chair of the CLEO^®/Europe 2003

Chairman of the Programme Committee “Gas Lasers”, CLEO^®/Europe, 1998, Glasgow

Chairman of the Programme Committee “Laser Applications”, CLEO^®/Europe, 1994, Amsterdam

General Chair of the “World of Photonics Congress” in Munich (since 2007)

Advisory board member EdgeWave GmbH

Member of the Rotary Club Aachen-Frankenburg

Member of the Programme Committee “Gas flow and Chemical Lasers” 1996, Edinburgh

Member of the Programme Committee “Laser Resonators” CLEO^®/Europe 2000, Nice

Member of the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics”

Member of the International Advisory Committee of the “Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers/High Power Lasers”