Curriculum Vitae
Professional career
since
Dec. 2014
Full Professor (W3),
Chair of Large Area Optoelectronics,
University of Wuppertal
Jul. 2014
Call (W2), University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
since
Mar. 2012
Emmy Noether research group leader
Apr. 2011 –
Dec. 2014
Assistant Professor (W1)
Institute of Electronic Devices,
University of Wuppertal
Feb. 2011 –
Mar. 2011
Feodor Lynen Return Fellow,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH),
Institute of Electronic Devices,
University of Wuppertal
Feb. 2009 –
Jan. 2011
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow (AvH)
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University
Oct. 2008 –
Jan. 2009
Postdoc, Institute for High-Frequency Technology (IHF),
Technical University (TU) Braunschweig
Sep. 2004 –
Sep. 2008
PhD Student and Teaching Assistant, IHF,
TU Braunschweig
Education
Sep. 2004 –
Sep. 2008
PhD Student at the IHF,
TU Braunschweig,
topic: Transparent Electronics for Active Matrix Displays,
Dr.-Ing with distinction (summa cum laude)
Oct. 1999 –
Aug. 2004
Student at TU Braunschweig, Electrical Engineering,
Dipl.-Ing. with distiction (summa cum laude),
diploma awarded the Erwin-Marx-Preis 2004
Awards and Fellowships
12/2019
ERC Proof of Concept (funding amount EUR 150,000)
11/2014
ERC Starting Grant (funding amount EUR 1.5 million)
01/2014
Positive Evaluation of the Assistant Professorship (W1)
03/2013
Invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) to the 5th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium In Hyderabad,
topic: „Hybrid Materials“
12/2011
Emmy Noether Grant (funding amount EUR 1.1 million), German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG)
01/2011
Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship (AvH)
10/2008
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdocs (AvH)AvH)
11/2007
Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver AwardAward
05/2007
Kaiser Friedrich Research Award for Optical Technologies,
topic: transparent OLED Displays
10/2004
Erwin-Marx-Preis of the VDE Foundation,
„For Outstanding Performance in Electrical Engineering Studies“
11/2003
Study Scholarship of the Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Müller-Foundation)
