Konrad Wolf (politician)

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Konrad Wolf (2016)

Konrad Wolf (born January 4, 1962 in Sünching ) is a German physicist , professor and politician ( SPD ) and since May 18, 2016 Minister for Science, Further Education and Culture in the Dreyer II cabinet in Rhineland-Palatinate .

life and career

Scientific career

Wolf studied physics at the University of Regensburg from 1984 to 1990 , where he then received his doctorate at the Institute for Experimental Physics until 1994. The following year he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , followed by positions at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (1995 to 1997) and from 1998 in the semiconductor division of the Siemens group, which was spun off under the name Infineon in 1999 has been. Between 2001 and 2015, Wolf was Professor of Semiconductor Technology and Microelectronic Components at the University of Kaiserslautern ( Zweibrücken campus ). From May 2009 to 2016 he was President of the University of Kaiserslautern.

politics

Konrad Wolf has been Minister for Science, Further Education and Culture for the State of Rhineland-Palatinate since May 2016 . Initially independent, he joined the SPD on September 13, 2016.

In an annual ranking to evaluate the work of all German science and research ministers in the federal and state levels, the members of the German University Association (DHV) voted Konrad Wolf 2019 as the worst science minister of the year. More than 3,600 members of the DHV took part in the vote, including university teachers and young scientists.

Konrad Wolf has been chairman of the Joint Science Conference since July 2019 . In the GWK, the federal and state governments take turns in the chairmanship every year; Konrad Wolf has already been re-elected chairman for the year 2021.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Konrad Wolf. In: bundesrat.de. Federal Council , accessed on July 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Welcome, comrade! In: twitter.com/spdrlp. SPD Rhineland-Palatinate , September 14, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016 .
  3. ^ Susanne Höll Mainz: Rhineland-Palatinate: President becomes Minister . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed June 28, 2016]).
  4. ↑ Welcome, comrade! In: twitter.com/spdrlp. SPD Rhineland-Palatinate , September 14, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Spiegel Online : Ranking of the University Association - Minister Karliczek scores poorly , accessed on March 2, 2019
  6. ↑ Chair | GWK-Bonn. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .


personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist, university professor and politician (independent)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Sünching , Germany