Josef F. Bille

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Josef F. Bille (born September 20, 1944 in Neuenkirchen ) is a German physicist .

Life

Bille graduated from high school in Recklinghausen in 1964, then studied physics at the University of Fridericiana Karlsruhe , followed by a diploma and doctorate in 1970. From 1970 to 1974 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Fridericiana Karlsruhe, in 1973 his habilitation. From 1974 to 1978 he was a research assistant at Hoechst AG in Frankfurt / Main.

In 1978 Bille became a full professor at the Institute for Applied Physics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . From 1986 to 1991 he was visiting professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California at San Diego. Until his retirement in 2007 he worked at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics at Heidelberg University.

Josef Bille was active in basic research with lasers. He applied for nearly 100 patents and invented the LASIK procedure, the laser refractive errors are corrected surgically. To market his inventions, he founded five start-up companies in Heidelberg and the USA, with around 1,000 jobs and an annual turnover of 300 million euros today. He was honored with the German Future Prize in 1999 and the European Inventor Award of the European Patent Organization in 2012 .

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SURNAME Bille, Josef F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuenkirchen