IWS - Key Persons

Christoph Leyens

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  • Director
  • Executive
  • Contact Press / Media
Christoph Leyens appointed to acatech Executive Board

Dipl.-Ing. Erik Pflug

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Reactive Multilayers

Dipl.-Ing. Florian Schmieder

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Micro and Biosystems Engineering

Dipl.-Ing. Kay Schönherr

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Functional Films

Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Greifzu

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  • Group Manager Process Chain and Product Design / Fraunhofer Institute

Dipl.-Ing. Paul Härtel

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Process Design

Dipl.-Ing. Peter Rauscher

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager High Speed Laser Processing

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Kühn

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Hardening and Cladding Systems

Dipl.-Ing. Virginie Garten

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  • Editor

Dipl.-Ing. Volker Franke

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Laser Micro Processing

Dr. Florian Hoffmann

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Cell Manufacturing

Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Schumm

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Particle Technology
  • Group Manager Dry Coating ( Acting )

Dr. rer. nat. Holger Althues

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  • Division Manager Battery Materials / Fraunhofer Institute

Dr. rer. nat. Joerg Kaspar

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Materials and Failure Analysis

Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Dörfler

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Material and Electrochemistry

Dr. Sandra Krey

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  • Member of the Executive Board

Dr. Tobias Canzler

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  • Division Manager Nano Coatings

Dr. Volker Weihnacht

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  • Division Manager Carbon Coatings / Fraunhofer Institute
  • Technology Field Manager PVD and Nanotechnology ( Acting ) Fraunhofer Institute

Dr.-Ing. Achim Mahrle

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Process Design and Analysis

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wetzig

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Laser Precision Processing
  • Technology Field Manager Cutting and Joining

Dr.-Ing. Axel Jahn

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Joining

Dr.-Ing. Christoph Zwahr

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  • Group Manager Direct Laser Interference Patterning / Fraunhofer Institute

Dr.-Ing. Christopher Taudt

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  • Group Manager Surface Metrology / Fraunhofer Application Center for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies AZOM

Dr.-Ing. Dirk Dittrich

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Laser Welding

Dr.-Ing. Elena Lopez

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Additive Manufacturing

Dr.-Ing. Frank Kaulfuß

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Coating Technology

Dr.-Ing. Frank Sonntag

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Biosystems Engineering
  • Group Manager Real - Time Processing and Data Management

Dr.-Ing. Jan Hauptmann

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Ablation and Cutting

Dr.-Ing. Jens Standfuß

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  • Deputy Director
  • Business Development Mobility
  • Contact Press / Media

Dr.-Ing. Lukas Stepien

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Powder Bed Processes and Printing

Dr.-Ing. Markus Wagner

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Design and Special Processes

Dr.-Ing. Maurice Langer

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Bonding and Fiber Composite Technology

Dr.-Ing. Otmar Zimmer

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager PVD Coatings

Dr.-Ing. Patrick Herwig

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Laser Cutting

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Makowski

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Coating Characterization

Dr.-Ing. Teja Roch

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  • Business Development Energy / Head of Project Group Dortmund OberflächenCentrum DOC®
  • Contact Press / Media

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Abendroth

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Division Manager Battery Cell Technology

Dr.-Ing. Tobias Baselt

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  • Group Manager Optical Fiber Technology / Fraunhofer Application Center for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies AZOM

Elisabeth Ewen

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  • Member of the Executive Board

Jonas Golde

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Optical Inspection Technology

M.Sc. Felix Spranger

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  • Group Manager

Mirko Riede

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Direct Energy Deposition and Hybrid Manufacturing

Nano Coatings

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  • Division Manager Nano Coatings

Peter Gawlitza

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  • Group Manager EUV and X - Ray Optics / Fraunhofer Institute

Prof. Axel Müller-Groeling

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  • Member of the Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Martina Zimmermann

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  • Competence Field Manager Materials Characterization and Testing
  • Contact Press / Media
  • DFG Senate Member
  • New DFG Senate Member
  • Professor
Professor Martina Zimmermann has been elected to be the new speaker of the German Materials Society (DGM) advisory board.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaskel

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  • Appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor
  • Contact Press / Media
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor
  • Technology Field Manager Battery Technology

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrés-Fabián Lasagni

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  • Business Development Photonics / Manager Center for Advanced Micro - Photonics ( CAMP ) Fraunhofer Institute

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Brückner

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Technology Field Manager Additive Manufacturing and Surface Technology

Prof. Holger Hanselka

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  • President of the Executive Board

R. SCHELL

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  • Head of Innovation Management, BMW Motorrad, Munich

Sebastian Schettler

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  • Contact Press / Media
  • Group Manager Materials and Component Reliability

T. FRAUENPREIß

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  • Managing Director, Newport Spectra - Physics GmbH & Ophir Spiricon Europe GmbH, Darmstadt

Udo Klotzbach

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  • Appointed Honorary Professor for Laser Microtechnology at HTW Dresden
  • Honorary Professor for Laser Microtechnology at HTW Dresden
Udo Klotzbach appointed honorary professor for laser microtechnology at HTW Dresden