Vizepräsident

Scientific Career

• 09/90 - 07/96 studies in Electrical Engineering - Technical University Dresden
• 12/03 PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) from FSU Jena
• 07/08 appointment as permanent Professor (W2) for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
• 07/24 appointment as permanent Professor (W3) for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
• 06/05 appointment as Juniorprofessor for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
• 08/93 - 05/94 studies in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, USA

Memberships

• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (DPG)
• OPTICA, the former Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Friends and Patrons of the University Jena

Current contributions to science organizations

• spokesperson of the steering group of the profile are LIGHT of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 12/2023)
• member of the advisory board of London Institute for Advanced Light Technologies (since 2022)
• associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, TMOS, in Australia (since 2020)
• scientific mentor of the spin off company Xsight Optics GmbH (since 2020)
• member of the Undergrad Committee of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2019)
• member of the steering group "Curriculum, Education & Research" of the Max Planck School of Photonics (since 2018)
• associate Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse (since 2018)
• advisor of the OPTICA Student Chapter Jena, formerly Optical Society of America (since 2018)
• member of the board of directors of the Thuringian Innovation Center for Quantum Optics and Sensing (since 2017)
• founder and head of the photonics maker space "Lichtwerkstatt (since 2017)
• executive head of the research infrastructure Abbe Center of Photonics
• member of the board of trustees of the Center for Excellence in Photonics (Leistungszentrum Photonik) of the Fraunhofer Society (since 2016)
• spokesperson and member of executive board of Abbe School of Photonics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2014, founding member)
• director of Abbe Center of Photonics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2010, founding member)
• spokesman of the national research initiative "Photonic Nanomaterials - PhoNa" (since 12/2009)
• study program director for "Master of Science in Photonics" at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena – also responsible for accreditation (since 2008)