The Program Committee of the 11th NRW Nano Conference
Here you will find an overview of the persons who are looking forward to support the 11th NRW Nano Conference as members of the Program Committee.
Prof. Dr. Mario Agio
University of Siegen – Laboratory of Nano-Optics
​Mario Agio graduated in 2003 with a thesis on semiconductor-based photonic crystals. In 2004 he joined ETH Zurich, where his research interests have broadened to single-molecule spectroscopy, near- field optics, and quantum optics. In 2011 he received the Habilitation in Physical Chemistry from ETH Zurich. From 2012 to 2015 he has been with the National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO). Since April 2015 he is responsible for the Laboratory of Nano-Optics at the University of Siegen.
Prof. Dr. Michael Bäcker
MaTech-Consult GmbH
Michael Bäcker studied chemistry at University of Düsseldorf and Max-Planck-Institute for solid state research in Stuttgart.
Prof. Dr. Stephan Barcikowski
University Duisburg-Essen – Technical Chemistry, ACTIVE SITES
Stephan Barcikowski studied chemistry in Braunschweig and Hannover and got his PhD in Materials Science. He built the Nanomaterials group at the Laser Zentrum Hannover and later led the institute’s Materials Processing department. Since 2011, he has been chairing Chemical Technology I at UDE, and since 2022 the research center ACTIVE SITES. His more than 350 reviewed papers and patents are cited over 19,000 times, He is interested in puled lasers, catalysis, biomed and additive manufacturing.
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bratschitsch
University of Münster – Insitute of Physics
Rudolf Bratschitsch received his PhD from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria. After his postdoc stay at JILA (University of Colorado and NIST) in Boulder, USA, he worked as junior group leader at the University of Konstanz. After his habilitation, he became full professor at Chemnitz University of Technology in 2010. Since 2013, he is full professor at the University of Münster. Since 2025, he is chair of the semiconductor physics division of the German Physical Society.
Dr. Bernd Burchard
Elmos Semiconductor SE – IP-Management
Dr. Bernd Burchard is VP of IP Management at Elmos Semiconductor SE, overseeing the company’s intellectual property strategy. With expertise in electronics, sensor development, and quantum technologies, he pioneered smart home technology via mobile phones and contributed to QRNGs, quantum sensing, and quantum computing. He holds numerous patents in semiconductor and quantum technologies and is a co-author of the DIN ISO 77006 standard for IP management in innovation processes.
Prof. Dr. Elke Dopp
University Duisburg-Essen – Medical Faculty
Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty since 2005. Lecturer in Hygiene and Environmental Health at the Medical Faculty and in Environmental Toxicology at the Faculty of Biology, Member of ZWU (uni-due.de/zwu), CENIDE Alumni (uni-due.de/cenide), ZMB Alumni (uni-due.de/zmb). Actively engaged in research of chemical, biochemical and molecular aspects of the toxicity of occupational and environmental pollutants (incl. (nano)particles, fibers, metall(oids) since 1993.
Dr. Christoph Gehlen
TechnologieZentrumDortmund – MST Factory Dortmund
Since February 2021, he has headed the MST Factory Dortmund and the Center for Production Technology, where he supports start-ups and companies and is involved in regional and international networks. Previously, he was Managing Director of LSA GmbH in Aachen, where he expanded technology networks. From 2009 to 2016, he was responsible for the expansion of an innovation network and the development of innovative measurement systems.
Prof. Dr. Peter Glösekötter
FH Münster – Department of Electrical Engineering and CS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Glösekötter, W2 Professor at Münster University of Applied Sciences since 2006, focuses on circuit architectures and quantum sensing. Co-founder of iEXERGY GmbH, he has secured over €9.5M in research funding. Ph.D. from University of Dortmund, Germany. Lectures internationally and has supervised numerous theses. Fluent in German, English, and Spanish.
Prof. Dr. Detlev Grützmacher
Forschungszentrum Jülich – Peter Grünberg Institut für Halbleiter Nanoelektronik
Detlev Grützmacher studied in Göttingen and Aachen. At the IHT in Aachen he graduated in 1988, stayed for his PHD awarded in 1991, studying MOCVD of Ga-In-As-P compounds. 1991-1993 he was postdoc at IBM Thomas Watson Research Centre in Yorktown Heights, focussing on Si/SiGe for high speed HBTs. In 1993 he joined the LMN at the Paul-Scherrer-Institute (CH). In May 2001 he habilitated in Konstanz. Since 2006 he is director of the Institute for Semiconductor Nanoelectronics (PGI-9) at the FZJ.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Haring BolÃvar
University of Siegen – Center for Sensor Systems / INCYTE
Prof. Peter Haring BolÃvar was born in Mexico. He studied electrical engineering at the RWTH Aachen, Germany. He was head of the Rescue Equipment division at Nautica Diesel Europea in Mexico-City. PhD and Habilitation at Institute of Semoconductor Electronics . Since 2004 Professor for high Frequency and Quantum Electronics and 2008 – 2019 Vicerector for Research at University of Siegen. 2015 – 2024 Speaker of EUA Expert group on innovation in Brussels.
Dirk Hauschild
Focuslight Technologies Inc. – Marketing
Dirk Hauschild is an entrepreneurial management professional with advanced knowledge in engineering, international project and key account management with leading companies in USA, Europe and Asia and more than 30 years experiences in developing and marketing of technologies and related products, new applications and markets. Dirk has a diploma degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig with focus is on electronics, telecom-datacom and fiber laser technology.
Prof. Dr. Michael Heuken
AIXTRON – Advanced Technology
Prof. Dr. Michael Heuken was born on November 17, 1961. He received the Diplom Ingenieur degree and the Dr. Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from Duisburg University in 1985 and 1989, respectively. In 1997 he joined AIXTRON in Aachen-Germany where he is now Vice President Advanced Technologies. In 1999 he was honored as Professor at RWTH Aachen. His experience is in the fields of semiconductor growth by MOVPE. Prof. Heuken is author of more than 750 publications in international journals.
Prof. Dr. Sven Ingebrandt
RWTH Aachen University – Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1
Sven Ingebrandt holds a degree in physics (1998) and a Dr. in physical chemistry (2001) – University Mainz. During his doctorate, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz. He was a postdoctoral researcher in Tokyo, Japan, before he joined as a group leader at the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany. From 2008-2017 he was a W2 professor in Biomedical Instrumentation at the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Germany, before he moved in 2018 to RWTH Aachen.
Dr. Michael Johanning
eleQtron GmbH
Dr. Johanning is a physicist with broad expertise in quantum technology, laser and rf spectroscopy, ion trapping and he habilitated on the topic of scalable quantum information processing with trapped ions. He is author of various research papers on quantum information technology and long-time lecturer at the University of Siegen. He is co-founder and CTO of eleQtron, the first German start-up building trapped-ion based quantum computing.
Prof. Dr. Max Lemme
RWTH Aachen University / AMO GmbH – Electronic Devices
Dr. Johanning is a habilitated physicist with broad expertise in quantum technology, especially laser and rf spectroscopy and ion trapping. He has in-depth knowledge of programming for hardware control, automation, and data analysis using various platforms like Java, LabView, Matlab, Mathematica, and Python. He is both author of diverse research papers on quantum information technology and long-time lecturer at the University of Siegen. He co-founded eleQtron in 2020 and is currently its CTO.
Prof. Dr. Barbara Milow
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / Universität zu Köln – Institut for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space
Professor Barbara Milow is a trained chemist specializing in physical chemistry. Ms. Milow began her research in the field of aerogels in 2005. Today, she leads a team of around 40 scientists and technical staff. Since 2018, she is a full professor at the University of Cologne in the Department of Chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry and heads the Nanostructured Cellular Materials working group.
Dr.-Ing. Teja Roch
Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS – Dortmunder OberflächenCentrum
Dr.-Ing. Teja Roch promovierte im Maschinenbau an der TU Dresden mit der Dissertation „Nano- und Mikrostrukturierung amorpher Kohlenstoffschichten“. Zuvor studierte er Physik ebenfalls an der TU Dresden. Er war während eines Auslandssemesters in den USA im Bereich Laserbearbeitung tätig. Seit 2016 leitet er eine Arbeitsgruppe am Fraunhofer IWS in Dortmund. Zusätzlich ist er in der Geschäftsfeldentwicklung zum Thema Wasserstoff tätig.
Arthur Rönisch
duotec GmbH
Born in Gardelegen, Arthur Rönisch is a German citizen and married. He has extensive experience in electronics and sensor technology, holding executive positions at TURCK duotec GmbH and duotec Holding SA. He completed his studies in Electrical Engineering and Technical Cybernetics in 1986. He holds multiple patents and is actively involved in the VDE, as well as serving as a shareholder and advisor in deep-tech companies.
Dr. Albert Schnieders
CNM Technologies GmbH
Dr. Albert Schnieders is co-founder and CEO of CNM Technologies, which produces molecular thin carbon nanomembranes (CNMs) and develops innovative applications of CNMs in diverse fields of industries (separations, sensors, energy, etc.). Focus technology is water filtration. Albert earned his degree in physics at the University of Münster, Germany, and worked for the US subsidiaries of two German high-tech companies specialized in surface analysis before founding CNM Technologies in 2011.
Apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Schulz
TU Dortmund – Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationstechnik
Dirk Schulz received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 1990 and Dr.-Ing. degree from Technische Universität Dortmund in 1994, respectively, He habilitated in 2001 and was appointed as an apl. Professor in 2019. Since 1990, he has been working as a research assistant at TU Dortmund. His current research focuses on the development and analysis of quantum devices for photonics and THz technology.
Dr.-Ing. Volker Sinhoff
ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH – Management
Dr. Volker Sinhoff studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and received his doctorate in 1996. Until 2000, he was General Manager of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, before setting up his own company INGENERIC GmbH, a specialist in micro-optics. In 2013, he successfully sold this business to the TRUMPF Group. Since 2015, he has been Managing Director of ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH – a company in the field of novel epitaxy systems for wide-bandgap semiconductors.
Dr. Jochen Stollenwerk
Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT – Management
Dr. Jochen Stollenwerk received his doctorate from RWTH Aachen in 2001 and became head of application technology at TRUMPF Laser Marking Systems AG in Grüsch, Switzerland. In 2004, he was appointed deputy head of the newly established Chair of Technology for Optical Systems TOS at RWTH Aachen. At the same time, he held various positions at the Fraunhofer ILT. In March 2024, he was appointed deputy director of the Fraunhofer ILT and has been acting institute director since February 2025.
Dr. Holger Winter
CeNTech GmbH
Dr. Holger Winter is CSO of the CeNTech GmbH in Münster. Before joining CeNTech in 2004, he worked for 4 years for the American biotech company Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. in Hayward (CA) as R&D scientist and for 3 years as project manager for the Swiss company Gnothis SA in Lausanne. Holger Winter studied chemistry at the University of Münster and got his PhD in bioorganic chemistry from the University of Osnabrück. He worked as a postdoc for 2 years at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.