Experts

Basel Adams

TU Berlin
Basel Adams is a research associate, hardware and software developer, and project manager at the Technical University of...

Theresa Aigner

Fraunhofer IZM
Theresa Aigner studied at the Vienna University of Technology and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where she obtained h...

Samer Al-Magazachi

Samer Al-Magazachi received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. In 2016 he j...

Katja Arnhold

Fraunhofer IZM
Katja Arnhold is editorially responsible for Fraunhofer IZM's RealIZM blog. Katja has 20 years of experience in corpo...

Dipl.-Phys. Rolf Aschenbrenner

Fraunhofer IZM
Rolf Aschenbrenner received a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering in 1986 and an M.Sc. in physics in 1991 from the Universit...

Stefan Ast

Fraunhofer IZM
Stefan Ast studied industrial engineering at the HTW in Berlin, specializing in mechanical engineering, and is a trained...

Manuel Bäuscher

Fraunhofer IZM
Manuel Bäuscher studied electrical engineering at THM Mittelhessen in Friedberg, Hessen for his Bachelor’s degree. In...

Karl-Friedrich Becker

Fraunhofer IZM
Karl-Friedrich Becker studied materials science at Technical University of Berlin with a focus on polymer physics. He fi...

Anton Berwald

Anton Berwald was a research associate and project manager in the Environmental and Reliability Engineering department a...

Dr. Mathilde Billaud

Mathilde Billaud has been with Fraunhofer IZM as a research fellow in the Institute’s “Environmental and reliability...

Lars Böttcher

Fraunhofer IZM
Dipl.-Ing. Lars Böttcher is the research and development engineer at the helm of the "Embedding and Substrate Technolog...

Dr. Tanja Braun

Fraunhofer IZM
Tanja Braun studied mechanical engineering at Technical University of Berlin with a focus on polymers and micro systems ...

Ponnappa Cheranda

Ponappa Cheranda was a senior advisor in the field of micro technologies by VDMA....

Tom Dobs

Fraunhofer IZM
Expert for the reliability of electronic systems at Fraunhofer IZM...

Yulia Fedorovich

Yulia Fedorovich graduated in St. Petersburg for Economics and Management in Mechanical Engineering. As part of an excha...

Thomas Fritzsch

Fraunhofer IZM
Thomas Fritzsch received the diploma degree (M.Sc.) in electrical engineering from the University Dresden, Germany, in 1...

Prof. Dr. Vasiliki Giagka

Fraunhofer IZM
Vasiliki (Vasso) Giagka was born in Athens, Greece, in 1984. She received the M.Eng. degree in electronic and computer e...

Dipl.-Ing. Julia Günther-Sorge

TU Berlin
Julia Günther-Sorge studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and was a research assistant a...

Dr. Robert Hahn

Fraunhofer IZM
Robert Hahn is head of the Micro Energy Group at Fraunhofer IZM in Berlin. Since completing his M.Sc. and PhD in electri...

Daniel Hahn

Fraunhofer IZM
Daniel Hahn joined Fraunhofer IZM as a research scientist in 2011. He studied electrical engineering at the Technical Un...

Dr.-Ing. Maik Hampicke

Fraunhofer IZM
Maik Hampicke studied electrical engineering at the Technical University Berlin with a major in Electronic Systems. Afte...

Jan Hefer

Fraunhofer IZM
Jan Hefer studied mechanical and electrical engineering in Hanover, Dortmund and Berlin. After graduating in 2003, he in...

Dr. Martin Hempel

Fraunhofer IZM
Martin Hempel received his diploma and Ph.D. in physics from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2009 and 2013. He work...

Stefan Hoffmann

Fraunhofer IZM
Stefan Hoffmann successfully completed his master’s degree at the Technical University Berlin, Germany in 2010. At the...

Robin Hoske

Fraunhofer IZM
Robin Hoske M.A. is a creative researcher and designer in the field of planetary design and circular product strategies....

Prof. Dr. Melanie Jaeger-Erben

BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg
Melanie Jaeger-Erben has been Head of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Electronics at TU Berlin from 2019 to...

Tapani Jokinen

Tapani Jokinen Design
Tapani Jokinen is an internationally renowned strategic & circular design expert. His 25 years of extensive experien...

Dr. Rafael Jordan

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Rafael Jordan completed his dissertation on energetic levels of photosynthesis systems in 2001. Subsequently he ...

Erik Jung

Fraunhofer IZM
With a background in “physics”, “physical chemistry” and “technology in medicine”, he joined Fraunhofer IZM ...

Dr. Manuela Junghähnel

Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID
Dr. Manuela Junghähnel is an expert in thin film, plasma and flexible glass technologies. She heads the WLSI department...

Michael Kaiser

Michael Kaiser received his B.Sc. and the M.Sc. in electrical and computer engineering from the Technical University of ...

Jacqueline Kamp

Jacqueline Kamp holds a combined bachelor's degree with a major in cultural history and theory and a minor in history an...

Oliver Kirsch

Oliver Kirsch completed his M.Sc. degree in applied physics at the Technical University of Berlin in 2017, studying dete...

Dr. Jan K. Kischkat

Quantune Technologies GmbH
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Adam Kuczmik

Adam Kuczmik received the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. In 2008 he joined th...

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lang

Klaus-Dieter Lang received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) and the Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degrees in electrical engineering from Humbol...

Martin Lautsch

BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg
Martin Lautsch completed his Bachelor of Science in Transportation Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, be...

Dr. Wojciech Lewoczko-Adamczyk

Fraunhofer IZM
Wojciech Lewoczko-Adamczyk studied physics at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow (Poland) and received a doctoral deg...

Marieke Lienert

Marieke Lienert holds a double bachelor's degree in Communication Science and English/American Studies. From April 2...

Dr.-Ing. Charles-Alix Manier

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Charles-Alix Manier completed his degree in physical measurements at the University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne (FR...

Dr. rer. nat. Max Marwede

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Max Marwede is Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM) and...

Dr.-Ing. Torsten Mehlhorn

Dr.-Ing. Torsten Mehlhorn has worked as Innovation Manager at Fraunhofer IPMS and at iCampµs Cottbus until 2023. He wor...

Malina Metzing

Malina Metzing joined Fraunhofer IZM Berlin in 2011 as a student assistant in the area of placement algorithm and softwa...

Dr. Andreas Middendorf

Fraunhofer IZM
Andreas Middendorf works as a business developer in the Business Development Team of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliab...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ivan Ndip

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Ndip has been with the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM for almost two decades and has ...

Dr.-Ing. Nils F. Nissen

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Nils F. Nissen is Head of the Environmental & Reliability Engineering department at the Fraunhofer Institute for...

Pauline O’Callaghan

Hearable Labs
Polly O’Callaghan is co-founder and CEO of Hearable Labs. She has a B.Eng degree in Electrical & Electronic Engine...

Ulf Oestermann

Fraunhofer IZM
Ulf Oestermann studied Microsystems Engineering at FHTW Berlin – University of Applied Science. Since 2005 he works at...

Dr. Andreas Ostmann

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Andreas Ostmann heads the System Integration and Interconnect Technologies department at Fraunhofer IZM. For more th...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Juliana Panchenko

Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID
Professor Juliana Panchenko works as a group leader in the »Micro-Nano Interconnect« unit of the »Wafer-Level System ...

Paul Perlwitz

TU Berlin
Paul Perlwitz studied biomedical engineering at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences as well as applied physics at ...

Erik Poppe

Fraunhofer IZM
Erik Poppe has been working as a research associate and life cycle assessor at Fraunhofer IZM since 2021. He focuses his...

Dipl.-Ing. Marina Proske

Fraunhofer IZM
Marina Proske holds a Dipl.-Ing. in environmental engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. She works from Fraunh...

Olaf Rämer

Fraunhofer IZM
Olaf Rämer started working at Fraunhofer IZM in 2016, coming from studying material science in his hometown of Berlin. ...

Mike Richardson

OpTecBB
Mike Richardson is a deep technology entrepreneur delivering value in some of the most challenging environments on Earth...

Sigrid Rotzler

Fraunhofer IZM
Sigrid Rotzler joined Fraunhofer IZM in 2018 for her master’s thesis on the influence of washing factors on textile-in...

Jana Rückschloss

Fraunhofer IZM
Jana Rückschloss holds a diploma in environmental engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. She originally j...

Adam Rumjahn

Orion Additive Manufacturing
Adam Rumjahn is a Canadian born engineer and entrepreneur. His entrepreneurial pursuits has given him the experience of...

Alexandra Rydz

Fraunhofer IZM
Alexandra Rydz is part of the Start-A-Factory team and works at Fraunhofer IZM in the marketing department. With her bac...

Dr. Vitalij Scenev

Dr. Vitalij Scenev graduated from Humboldt University Berlin with a Diploma in Experimental Physics in 2009, followed by...

Dr.-Ing. Michael Schiffer

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Michael Schiffer received his diploma in electrical engineering with focus on microsystems technology in 2003, and h...

Dipl.-Ing. Karsten Schischke

Fraunhofer IZM
Karsten Schischke heads the Product Eco-Design and Circular Materials working group at Fraunhofer IZM and, together with...

Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider-Ramelow

Fraunhofer IZM
Professor Martin Schneider-Ramelow has established himself as one of the leading microelectronics researchers and teache...

Ronja Scholz

Fraunhofer IZM
Ronja Scholz completed her diploma in industrial design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da). She has been...

Bernd Schröder

Fraunhofer IZM
Bernd Schröder studied computer science at the Technical University of Berlin. Afterwards, his work focused on the fiel...

David Schütze

Fraunhofer IZM
David Schütze is a microtechnologist and electrical engineer. In his work at Fraunhofer IZM and TU Berlin since 2008, h...

Julian Schwietering

Fraunhofer IZM
Julian Schwietering received his Master in Technical Physics at the University of Ilmenau in 2018. Currently, he is lead...

Marian Bogdan Sirbu

Fraunhofer IZM
Bogdan Sirbu received his degree in telecommunications engineering from the Politecnica University of Madrid in 2012. He...

Lars Stagun

TU Berlin
Lars Stagun, a TU Berlin alumnus, started at Fraunhofer IZM in 2016 when he joined the System on Flex group as a student...

Dr. phil. Lutz Stobbe

Fraunhofer IZM
Lutz Stobbe received his PhD in Japanese Studies from the Free University of Berlin and has been a researcher in the Env...

Robert Stöcker

Fraunhofer IZM
Robert Stöcker completed his bachelor's degree in 2019 at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, specializing in radar ...

Pauline Stockmann

Fraunhofer IZM
Pauline Stockmann completed her training as a design assistant with a focus on fashion and design at the Berlin Fashion ...

Dr. Tolga Tekin

Fraunhofer IZM
Tolga Tekin has completed his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at the Technical University of Berlin...

Enrica Theuke

Fraunhofer IZM
Enrica Theuke joined Fraunhofer IZM in May 2023 and is part of the RealIZM blog team. She assists with writing blog arti...

Susann Thoma

Fraunhofer IZM
Susann Thoma works at Fraunhofer IZM in the communication and marketing department....

Dr. Michael Töpper

FMD
Michael Töpper has an M.S. degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. degree in material science. Since 1994, he has been with the...

Dr.-Ing. Christian Tschoban

Fraunhofer IZM
Christian Tschoban studied electrical engineering at the Dresden University of Technology, where he received his enginee...

Andrada Iulia Velea

Fraunhofer IZM
Andrada Velea was born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1994. She received her BSc degree in Electronics and Telecommunications...

Steve Voges

Fraunhofer IZM
After completing his training as a physics lab technician, Steve studied physical engineering at today’s Berliner Hoch...

Malte von Krshiwoblozki

Fraunhofer IZM
Malte von Krshiwoblozki is heading the Group System on Flex at the Fraunhofer (IZM) Institute for Reliability and Microi...

Dr.-Ing. Olaf Wittler

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Olaf Wittler studied physics in Paderborn, Berlin and London. He received his diploma in 1999 and his doctorate in 2...

Dipl.-Ing. M. Jürgen Wolf

M. Juergen Wolf received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Chemnitz before star...

David Yellin

Covert Science GmbH
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Dr. Vanessa Zamora

Fraunhofer IZM
Dr. Alethea Vanessa Zamora Gómez completed her PhD in Physics in the optical fiber group at the University of Valencia ...