Thomas Geßner

Thomas Geßner (born August 10, 1954 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ; † May 25, 2016 in Tokyo ) was a German physicist , holder of the chair for microtechnology at the Technical University of Chemnitz and head of the Center for Microtechnologies ZfM at the TU Chemnitz and the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS).

Career

After graduating from the Karl-Marx-Oberschule in his hometown, Geßner studied physics at the Technical University of Dresden . There he was in 1983 on the production of high-resistivity silicon neutronendotiertem and its use as a base material for nuclear radiation detectors to Dr. rer. nat. PhD . He received his engineering habilitation in 1989 at the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt on the subject of salicid technology in microelectronic high-level integration, with particular emphasis on molybdenum silicide . In 1991 Geßner founded the Center for Microtechnology , which emerged from the Microelectronics Technical Center.

In 1993 he became professor for microtechnology at the TU Chemnitz, from 1994 to 1997 he was also the prorector for research. In 1999 he became an “Advisory Professor” in China at Fudan University in Shanghai and in 2003 at Chongqing University .

Geßner was Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from 2006 to 2009 and Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) from 2006 to 2008 and head of the Chemnitz branch of Fraunhofer IZM, which became the independent Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nanosystems (ENAS) was transferred under the direction of Geßner. In 2007 he was visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and in 2008 “Principal Investigator” as part of the Japanese Excellence Initiative at Tōhoku University in Sendai .

Since 2012, he has headed the Fraunhofer Project Center NEMS / MEMS Devices and Manufacturing Technologies at Tohoku University in Sendai together with Masayoshi Esashi . Geßner was the author of 900 publications and applied for 136 patents.

Since 1996 he has been a member of the technical science class of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig and since 2003 a member of the German Academy of Technical Sciences (acatech). From 1998 to 2004 he was a member of the Science Council.

Honors

• Advisory Professor at Fudan University in Shanghai , China (1999)
• Award for the establishment of an inter-faculty course in microtechnology and mechatronics from VDI / VDE Germany (2000)
• Advisory Professor at Chongqing University , China (2003)
• Visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (2007)
• Three Gorges Friendship Prize, Chongqing , China (2007)
• Medal of Honor of the Technical University of Chemnitz, Medal of Honor of the Fraunhofer Society (2014)

Web links

• Mourning for committed university professors and pioneers in microtechnology
• Chemnitz University of Technology, Professorship Microtechnology, Chairholder
• Profile at the Saxon Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christoph Ulrich: Science location Chemnitz loses outstanding researchers. In: Free Press . May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016 . Mario Steinebach: Mourning for committed university professors and pioneers in microtechnology. Press release of the TU Chemnitz, May 25, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2016 . 
    
2. ↑ Chongqing City Government in China honors the services of Prof. Dr. Thomas Geßner and honors him with the "Three Gorges Friendship Prize". Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, November 30, 2007, accessed on May 27, 2016 .