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Full Professor
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Karl Leo
Dresden Integrated Center for
Applied Physics and Photonics (IAPP)
Technische Universität Dresden
D-01062 Dresden
Karl Leo obtained the Diplomphysiker degree from the University of Freiburg in 1985, working with Adolf Goetzberger at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme. In 1988, he obtained the PhD degree from the University of Stuttgart for a PhD thesis performed at the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart under supervision of Hans Queisser. From 1989 to 1991, he was postdoc at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ, U.S.A. From 1991 to 1993, he was with the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen, Germany. Since 1993, he is full professor of optoelectronics at the Technische Universität Dresden. His main interests are novel semiconductor systems like semiconducting organic thin films; with special emphasis to understand basics device principles and the optical response. His work was recognized by a number of awards, including: Otto-Hahn-Medaille (1989), Bennigsen-Förder-Preis (1991), Leibniz-Award (2002), award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy (2002), Manfred-von-Ardenne-Preis (2006), Zukunftspreis of the German president (2011), Rudolf-Jäckel-Prize (2012), Dr. techn. h.c. of the University of Southern Denmark (2013), Technology Transfer Prize of the DPG (2016), and the Lifetime Inventor Award of the European Patent Office (2021). He is cofounder of several companies, including Novaled GmbH, Heliatek GmbH und Senorics GmbH.
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM