January 25, 2012

Dr. Martin Schell of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has been offered a professorship at the TU Berlin

Advancing Optical Technologies - Optical and Optoelectronic Integration at the TU Berlin

Dr. Martin Schell, head of the Photonic Components department and deputy director of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI has been offered a professorship at the Technical University of Berlin where he will be responsible for research and teaching in the department for Optics and Optoelectronics Integration at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

"Optical and optoelectronic integration offer key technologies for applications in sensor systems, medical diagnostics and data transmission. We are now standing on the threshold of a tumultuous phase of development which has led to the production of billions of integrated electronic circuits. The linkage of basic research conducted at the TU and the application-oriented research pursued by Fraunhofer HHI will further consolidate the reputation of Berlin as a leader in this field," says Dr. Schell outlining the main areas of his work at the TU Berlin.

Dr. Martin Schell studied physics at the RWTH Aachen University and took his Ph.D. in 1993 at the Technical University of Berlin. Following a one year research post at the University of Tokyo, Martin Schell worked from 1995 to 2000 a as a management consultant for high tech and energy at the Boston Consulting Group. Before he joined Fraunhofer HHI as head of the Photonic Components department in 2005, he was head of production at Infineon Fiber Optic Technologies. Martin Schell's work and duties at Fraunhofer HHI remain unaffected by his new appointment.