Speaker biographies: A-K

		Dr Tom Aernouts Senior Scientist, Organic Photovoltaics, IMEC Tom Aernouts received his Master of Science degree in Physics in June 1999 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on the characterisation and simulation of organic oligomer-based diode structures. Continuing the research on organic semiconductors, he joined the Organic Photovoltaics group at the Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Center (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium. There, his work focused on the processing and characterisation of polymer-based organic solar cells and monolithic modules, which resulted in several journal publications, conference contributions and invited talks. In September 2006, he received his PhD degree on this topic from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Currently he is supervising the polymer-based work at the Organic Photovoltaics group at IMEC. A strong interest is thereby attracted to the introduction of printing technology in this field.
		Shinji Aramaki Senior Researcher, Mitsubishi Chemical Group After graduating from the Master's cource in chemistry of the University of Tokyo in 1982, Aramaki joined Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. He has been conducting research in the field of organic optical and/or electrical materials and devices, such as, organic photoconductors for electrophotography, organic nonlinear optical devices, and organic electronic devices. He worked at the University of Arizona as an visiting scholar from 1988 to 1990.
		Dr John Attard Business Development Consultant, Xaar Plc John Attard has over 15 years of technology transfer and commercialisation in various B2B product and service sectors, acquired in blue-chip multinationals, start-ups and SMEs. He has held senior management positions in most client-facing, strategic and general management business functions on an international basis. John is currently heading-up the FPD and printed electronics business development efforts for Xaar Plc. John has a PhD in Physics and an MBA from Nyenrode University of the Netherlands.
		Dr Graciela Blanchet Research Fellow, DuPont Graciela Blanchet received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and a PhD in Physics from Brown University working under Prof Phil Stiles supervision. She post-doc at the University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Santa Barbara with Professor Alan Heeger working in the area of conducting polymers. Join DuPont in 1984 becoming a Research Fellow in 2000. At DuPont she pioneered work on laser imaging of organic material, which led to two commercial products; digital color proofing and digital Color Filter. She initiated printable electronics program in 2002. She has authored about 100 peer review articles and holds about 80 US patents.
		Dr Karlheinz Bock Deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) Dr Karlheinz Bock, deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, IZM Munich branch, and head of the department of Polytronic Systems, is concerned with the development of polytronics, components and hetero-integration technologies for cost-efficient production of flexible systems, ranging from low-cost electronic disposables to applications for most complex communication electronics as well as chemical and biological sensors and bio-analytical systems.
		Dr Christoph Brabec CTO, Konarka Technologies Christoph Brabec is the CTO of Konarka technologies Inc. Before he and his team joined Konarka in 2004, he was project leader at Siemens Corporate Technology with strong dedication to organic semiconductor devices. During his PhD (1995) he investigated the rheology of polymer melts with respect to molar mass correlations. In 1996 he joined the group of Prof Alan Heeger at the University of Santa Barbara for a sabbatical, and continued to work on the opto-electronic properties of organic semiconductors later on as assistant professor at the university of Linz (Prof. Sariciftci). In 1998 he became senior scientist of a Christian Doppler Laboratory on organic solar cells which he left in 2001 to join SIEMENS research labs. He is author and co-author of more than 100 papers and filed over 30 patents. He finished his habilitation in physical chemistry at the Johannes Kepler university Linz in 2003.
		Dr Scott Brown Executive VP, Sumation Scott Brown joined Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) in May 2002 as Vice President of Research and Technology. Upon the formation in November 2005 of Sumation®, a joint venture between CDT and Sumitomo Chemical, Scott relocated to Tokyo and assumed broad executive responsibilities for its material and sales development. Previously Scott worked for Dow Corning Corporation, joining them in 1987 as a Research Scientist. In 1999, Dr Brown moved to Midland, Michigan to take the position of Global Research & Development Director for Dow Corning's Electronics Business, managing teams in Europe, Japan, and the USA. Scott has a BSc and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Exeter and an MBA from Oxford Brookes University.
		Markus Burkhart R&D and Customer Project Manager, Novaled Markus Burkhart studied technical physics at University of Applied Sciences in Munich. After his thesis he worked on organic TFT and circuits at Fraunhofer IZM. He joined Novaled AG in 2005 to develop white OLEDs for lighting applications. Besides managing customer development projects he is also responsible for doping in the field of organic electronics.
		Jeremy Burroughes CTO, Cambridge Display Technology Ltd As Chief Technology Officer, Jeremy is responsible for running the advance research in CDT. Currently his team's activities are on new organic electronic and opto-electronic applications using the CDT P-OLED technology as the base for these developments and system driving architectures; which has resulted in the new passive matrix driving technology for OLED called Total Matrix Addressing. Jeremy undertook a PhD with Professor Richard Friend at the Cavendish Laboratory titled 'The Physical Processes in Organic Semiconductor Polymer Devices'. In 1989, he discovered that conjugated polymers could electro-luminesce which led to the formation of Cambridge Display Technology.
		Dr Yi-Jen Chan Deputy General Director, Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Lab, ITRI Yi-Jen Chan received his PhD degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1992. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, as an Associate Professor in 1992, and became a Professor in 1996, and served as the Department Chair from 1998 to 2001. Since December 2004, he took a leave from the NCU and joined the Electronics & Optoelectronics Laboratories (EOL), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), as a Deputy General Director. Currently he is responsible for the flexible electronics, nano-electronics and optoelectronics programs in the ITRI.
		Jun-Rong Chen ITRI Jun-Rong Chen received his MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Tsing Hwa University, Hsingchu, Taiwan, at 2001. He joined Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in 2002. His research interests are mainly of polymer and organometallic materials design and synthesis for optoelectronic applications. He is currently the researcher of Organic Opto-Electronic Materials and Applications Division in ITRI and is in charge of the Flexible electronics Program. His research is focused on organic memory development at present.
		Dr Lifeng Chi CeNTech, Universität Münster Lifeng Chi received her PhD degree in 1989 in Goettingen, Germany. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Mainz and BASF, she moved to University of Münster and received a Lisa Meitner scholarship for habilitation in 1997. In 2000 she finished her habilitation and became a professor in Physics at the University of Münster in 2004. Her research interests include surface patterning by bottom-up strategies, STM/AFM investigation on soft molecular assemblies, connection between micro- and nanostructures, and surface functionalization through self-assembly.
		Byeong-Ok Cho Principal Engineer, Process Development Team, Semiconductor R & D Center, Samsung Electronics Byeong-Ok Cho received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1991, 1993, and 1999, respectively, and a post-doctorate degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 2002. He then joined the Semiconductor Development Center, Samsung Electronics, where he worked on new memory projects such as PCRAM, FRAM, and MRAM. And he is now developing next generation emerging devices on printing platform using diversified organic and nano materials.
		Dr Wolfgang Clemens Head of Applications, PolyIC Dr Wolfgang Clemens received his PhD from the Research Centre of Juelich, Germany, in the field of the investigation of thin-film magnetism with synchrotron radiation. In 1995 he went to Siemens Corporate Technology, where he first developed magnetic sensors. From 1999 to 2003 he was project leader for the development of integrated plastic circuits. His project group then span out in November 2003 to form PolyIC, a joint Venture of Siemens and Leonhard Kurz. Dr Clemens is head of the application department of PolyIC which develops printed electronics with focus on printed RFID and printed smart objects.
		Craig Cruickshank CEO, cintelliq Craig founded cintelliq, the organic semiconductor industry specialists, in 2002 and has spent much of his career identifying, selecting, acquiring and exploiting new technologies. He gained first-hand industry knowledge and experience in commercialising organic light emitting polymers whilst working for Cambridge Display Technology. Craig also worked for Cambridge Consultants (Arthur D Little) where he was directly involved in providing strategic and operational advice to clients dealing with the commercialisation and impact of emerging technologies. Prior to working in consulting Craig spent two years at the Manufacturing Engineering Group (University of Cambridge) where he focused on developing tools and techniques for auditing technology management processes. Craig holds a BSc in Physics, MSc Digital Systems and an MBA from Manchester Business School.
		Dr Rupasree Ragini Das Senior researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Dr Rupasree Ragini Das has a PhD on the physico-chemical studies of metal complexes in 1994 and served as a reader in chemistry in Orissa, India. She has experiences on the metal chelates of luminescent hydrogels, materials used in optical fiber amplifiers, organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and electrochemical displays (ECDs) and has thirty US and Korean patent publications. She joined Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in 2003 and is working on the synthesis and evaluation of the OLED and ECD materials.
		Dr Thomas Däubler Head of Measurement Division, Botest Systems GmbH Dr Thomas Däubler studied physics and graduated at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research with a PhD on photophysical properties of semiconducting polymers. Dr Däubler worked for IBM on OLEDs for flat-panel displays and lighting applications. He joined SCHOTT in 2001 to start a project on OLEDs for lighting and signage applications. After additional studies in economy he worked in product management and business development of OLEDs for lighting, especially for automotive applications. Dr Däubler has been Head of the Measurement Division of Botest Systems GmbH since 2005. He is responsible for the development, manufacturing and marketing of advanced testing solutions for organic semiconductor devices.
		Dr Peter Eckerle Senior Project Manager, BASF Future Business Dr Peter Eckerle joined BASF Future Business in August 2005 to lead its printed electronics activities from development to commercialisation. Recently he has been working to build a network of cooperations with leading companies to develop and market materials for CMOS circuitry. Before joining BASF Future Business Dr Eckerle held various leading positions in BASF AG. Prior to joining BASF he spent three years with McKinsey & Co focussing on consulting the chemical industry in strategy and operations. Dr Eckerle holds a PhD in chemistry from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Muelheim/Ruhr and an engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt.
		Dr Antonio Facchetti Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University Antonio Facchetti obtained his Laurea degree in Chemistry cum laude and a PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Milan under the supervision of Prof Giorgio Pagani. He then carried out postdoctoral research at the University of California-Berkeley with Prof Andrew Streitwieser and at Northwestern University with Prof Tobin Marks. In 2002 he joined Northwestern University where he is currently a Research Associate Professor. He is a co-founder of Polyera Corporation. Dr Facchetti has published about 110 research articles and holds 23 patents.
		Joerg Fischer Principal Scientist, Bundesdruckerei Since 2006 Joerg Fischer has been working as a principal scientist for printed security systems within the Innovations group at Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Berlin. His activities include the development of ID documents with flexible electronics and displays. Before joining Bundesdruckerei, he worked for seven years at the European Research Center of Samsung SDI in the field of organic electronics. His work was focused on printed electronics for new display technologies including OTFTs and OLEDs. He studied telecommunication engineering in Berlin.
		Dr Walter Fix Head of Technology, PolyIC Walter Fix studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg where he also completed his PhD on optical transistors based on Gallium arsenide devices. In 2000, Dr Fix started to work for Siemens Corporate Technology in 2000, in the Department Materials and Manufacturing, which developed polymer electronics. When PolyIC was formed in November 2003 out of this Siemens department, he became Head of Technology with PolyIC. He is now responsible for the process and printing development as well as the device, chip and system design and for material tests and qualifications.
		Dr Roy MK Fung Group leader, OLED Processing, City University of Hong Kong Roy MK Fung is the group leader of OLED processing of the Center Of Super Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) in City University of Hong Kong. Dr Fung is well experienced in conventional and flexible OLED fabrications, device engineering, surface and interface studies on OLED structures, and OLED processing. Dr Fung received his MPhil and PhD degrees in the City University of Hong Kong. He concentrates on applied researches and providing consultancy services to industries in the field of organic display, and semiconductor surfaces and interfaces. Dr Fung has published one book chapter and over 55 papers in internationally refereed journals.
		Dr Jens Fürst Siemens AG Jens Fürst studied physics at the university of Bayreuth, Germany and finished in 2001. From 2001-2004 he did his PhD thesis in the field of magneto-optical investigations on anorganic semiconductors, also at the university of Bayreuth, Germany. Since 2004 he is employed at Siemens Corporate Technology in Erlangen, Germany. He is in charge of a group for the development of organic photo detectors.
		Lawrence Gasman Co-Founder and Principal Analyst, NanoMarkets Lawrence Gasman is the principal analyst at NanoMarkets and has conducted market research on many areas in thin film, organic and printable electronics. He also writes a blog on these topics. His consulting clients have included technology start-ups; established electronics, chemical and materials firms; and institutional investors. Mr Gasman has authored three books; the latest on the commercialization of nanotechnology. He has also been a speaker at many conferences on printable and organic electronics and nanotechnology.
		Dr Jan Genoe Group Leader, PME, IMEC Jan Genoe received his PhD from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 1994. He then joined the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory as a Human Capital and Mobility (HCM) Fellow of the European Community. From 1997, he was first lecturer and subsequently full-professor at the KHLim in Diepenbeek. Since 2003, he has also been leader of the Polymer & Molecular Electronics (PME) group of IMEC. He coordinates the work of three sections at IMEC: organic solar cells; organic memory; and organic transistors and circuits. The organic transistors and circuits section focuses on rectifiers for RFID tags at high frequencies, logic for RFID tags and logic for sensor read-out.
		Peter Giesen Researcher, Holst Centre, TNO Peter Giesen is a researcher at TNO since 1997. He studied mechanical engineering at University of Twente. He worked on opto-mechanical instruments for astronomy and space. For semiconductor industry, he worked in the program Next Generation Lithography, on thermal mechanical analyses of SCALPEL wafer deformation and IPL mask deformation, and development of electrostatic chucks for EUV-Lithography tools. Since 2006 he is affiliated to the Holst Centre, in the program that focuses on sensor tags and systems in foil. He works on high resolution patterning of flexible substrates.
		Ian Gilmore Science Leader, Analytical Science Team, National Physical Laboratory Ian's research group, Surface and nanoanalysis, has a major focus on developing the measurement base for quantitative and valid surface analysis for static secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). A key thrust of the work is developing analytical methods with nanoscale resolution. This research has a wide range of technology applications from health and personal care products to organic electronics. A regular presenter at international meetings, he has authored and coauthored over 50 papers in surface analysis.
		Mark Gostick CEO, Liquavista Gostick is a serial entrepreneur with significant experience working in Venture Capital backed technology companies. In the 90's he was the first employee of Cambridge Display Technology Ltd and worked with the company through several funding rounds, and a successful exit for the founders. He now heads up Liquavista, a company pioneering Electrowetting based displays which offer a radical, yet simple way of producing high value displays for mobile device display screens.
		Abbie Gregg President, AGI Abbie Gregg's background includes 15 years as an Engineering Consultant specialising in microelectronics process analysis and startup/restructuring of laboratories and manufacturing facilities. Her previous experience is in process engineering and operations management, and technical strategic planning for major semiconductor device manufacturers. Her areas of specialisation include Flat Panel Displays, Flexible Displays and Batteries, Integrated Circuits, Microphotonics, MEMS, Disk Drive Components, Biochip/Medical devices/images and Multichip Modules. As President of AGI, she has completed over 500 projects including Wafer Fab, MEMS, Flexible Electronics, Nanotechnology, and FPD Projects in USA, Europe, Canada, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
		Richard Guy Low Carbon R&D Manager, Carbon Trust Richard joined the Carbon Trust's R&D team in 2006, bringing experience from engineering consultancy and project management in the nuclear power and aerospace sectors. Richard leads the Carbon Trust's directed research initiatives, including the Advanced PV Research Accelerator, which aims to speed up the transfer of advanced photovoltaic materials from the laboratory to the production line. The Carbon Trust is an independent company funded by the UK Government. Its role is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy in the UK by helping business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions now and capture the commercial opportunities of low carbon technologies.
		Andy Hannah President and CEO, Plextronics Inc Andy Hannah is the President, CEO, and Co-founder of Plextronics, Inc., a serial entrepreneur, and an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Carnegie Mellon University. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz School of Business with an emphasis in marketing and finance and received his BS in Accounting from Penn State in 1987.
		Tatsuo Hasegawa Leader of organic electronics team, at Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), AIST He was born in Japan in 1964. He obtained his B Eng, M Eng and D Eng (1993) degrees from the University of Tokyo. He was a research associate at the University of Tokyo (1992 -1997), and then was an associate professor at Hokkaido University (1997-2003). Since 2003, he has been a senior researcher and since 2004 has been the leader of organic electronics team at Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He has worked on solid-state physics and development of functional organic materials such as pi- and sigma-conjugated polymers and organic charge-transfer materials. His research is now focused on development of organic field-effect transistors.
		Mao-Feng Hsu ITRI He received the MS degree in Chemical Engineering Department from Tatung University, Taiwan in 2001. His research interests include synthesis and characterization of colorless polyimides, aqueous lubricant dispersion and used RIM system to synthesize polyurethane shoe sole. He published four papers in different international polymer journals. Presently, he joined Inorganic Chemistry Department in Union Chemical Laboratories of Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan in 2002.
		Dr Edzer Huitema CTO, Polymer Vision Edzer Huitema has been working for 6 years with Philips Research and Polymer Vision on the research, development and application of organic electronics to rollable displays. In his most recent previous position, Edzer was Program Manager for Polymer Vision, covering all aspects of technology and product from R&D to technology preparation for manufacturing. He has published over 30 scientific papers and holds more than 40 patent applications. As Chief Technology Officer, Edzer is responsible for the R&D organisation, the technology and product roadmap and the IP strategy of Polymer Vision. Edzer has a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
		Professor Dr-Ing Arved Hübler Managing Director and Technological Head of printed systems GmbH Arved Hübler is founder, managing director and technological head of printed systems GmbH. He studied Physics and Engineering sciences in Berlin and wrote his PhD thesis on horizontal light diffusion. From 1992 to 1997 he worked for Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe Gütersloh, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG. There, he later became technical manager and member of the management board of the Bertelsmann Group. In 1997 he became Professor for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology and head of the Institute for Print and Media Technology.
		Salvatore Iannotta Head of Research, Italian Research Council (CNR) Salvatore Iannotta was awarded a PhD in Chemistry at the (GWC)2 (Guelph Waterllo Center for Graduate Work in Chemistry-Ontario Canada) in 1984. He his presently Head of Research of the Italian Research Council (CNR). He has been Director of the CeFSA - Research Canter for the Physics of Aggregates of the Italian National Research Council (from 1990 to 2002) and Contract Associate Professor at the University of Trento (since 1997). He is presently responsible of the Section of Trento of the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology of CNR. He has been visiting several research institutes and he has been visiting scientist at the Lash Miller Laboratory of the University of Toronto (Ontario-Canada). He is coordinator of several research projects on a national and international basis. Major research interests are: synthesis and characterization of nanostructured and molecular materials; materials for photonics and microelectronics; supersonic beams of metallic and semiconductor clusters as well as of molecular aggregates; gas-sensors and trace-gas detection and related applications.
		Dr Woo Sung Jeon Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Woo Sung Jeon received a PhD degree from Pohang University of Science and Technology in 2004 for work with Professor Kimoon Kim on redox-driven molecular machines based on host-guest chemistry. Since 2004, he is employed at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) as a member of research staff. His current research focuses on the degradation of organic materials in OLED and fuel cell.
		Dr Shijun Jia Senior Scientist, Plextronics Inc Shijun Jia is a senior scientist of Plextronics, Inc. who is responsible for polymeric materials and applications in organic electronics. He has a Ph.D. on polymer sciences and led developing the-state-of-the-art organic field-effect transistor and solar cell since he joined Plextronics Inc. in 2004. He has about 35 papers and conference proceedings in the field of polymers, organic electronics and surface and holds 5 patent applications in organic electronics and polymers.
		Nicklas Johansson Senior Scientist, Material Physics and Chemistry, Thin Film Electronics AB Nicklas Johansson is a senior scientist at Thin Film Electronics AB and has worked there since 1998. The work at Thin Film Electronics has mainly been aimed at developing so called hybrid polymer memories but since a few years the work is focused on printed memories. He received his PhD in Surface Physics and Chemistry at Linköping University in 1998 under the supervision of Prof William Salaneck. He is the author or co-author of circa 30 peer reviewed articles and 3 patents.
		Dr Toshihide Kamata Leader of Organic Semiconductor Devices Research Group, AIST Toshihide Kamata received a PhD in Chemistry from Kyoto University in 1991. He joined National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in 1992. He had been a Humboldt research fellow at Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research from 1995 to 1996. His research interests have been in the organic semiconductors and their thin films for photonics and electronics. He is currently a leader of organic semiconductor research group of AIST, and managing a research program concerning the development of printed organic devices for displays and sensors.
		Dr Jiro Kasahara General Manager, Fusion Domain Laboratory, Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation Jiro Kasahara received the Dr.Eng. in Electronics Engineering, from Waseda University, Tokyo in 1983. In 1974, he joined Sony and worked on GaAs epitaxy. From 1976 to 1977, he was at Stanford University as a Research Associate. Since coming back, he worked on GaAs and invented capless annealing for applications to GaAs IC's which were brought into business for the mobile phone. From 1995 to 1999, he was responsible for the Design Center in Basingstoke, UK followed by the head of system LSI business unit in Tokyo. Recently, he has established Sony Fusion Domain Laboratory where the development of molecular electronics including organic semiconductors is underway.
		Prof P Kathirgamanathan Founder and CTO, OLED-T Ltd PhD (Exeter) C. Chem. FRSC. C. Phys. F. Inst. P. C. Sci. 1980: PhD, Exeter University, UK (Sir Arthur Reed Scholar) 1980-1982: Research Associate, Exeter University 1982-1985: Senior Demonstrator, Newcastle University 1986-1992: Principal Scientist/Group Leader, Cookson Group plc, UK 1993- to-date: Professor of Electronic Materials Engineering, London South Bank University 1999- to-date: Founder and CTO, OLED-T (formerly, ELAM-T), UK Miscellaneous: 1992: Sir Monty Finniston Award Winner for work on Conducting Polymers 1999-2001: Chairman, Materials Chemistry Group, Society of Chemical Industries, London
		Dr Heiko Kempa Fraunhofer IZM Heiko Kempa studied Physics in Heidelberg and Leipzig, and received his PhD in 2004. He was working on Printed Electronics at Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology (pmTUC), before he joined the Printed Electronics group at the Fraunhofer Institute Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) in Chemnitz in 2006.
		Thomas Kolbusch Managing Director, Solarcoating Machinery University of Mönchengladbach, Diplom Betriebswirt in 1998 Sales Representative for 3M Germany Sales Manager for Alpi GmbH Since 1999 working for Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, current position is managing director of Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, also managing partner of Coma Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Managing Director of Solarcoating Machinery GmbH
		Martin Krebs Manager Innovative Projects / Patents, Varta Microbattery Dr Krebs received his PhD in Photoelctrochemistry of electro-chemical deposited CdS-layers from TU Clausthal, Germany, in 1989. At Varta, Dr Krebs is responsible for cooperative projects and for applying for Varta patents as well as monitoring patenting activity. Dr Krebs is Chairman of the German National Committee for Battery Standardisation.
		Dr Thomas Kugler Chief Researcher, Cambridge Research Laboratory, Epson 1990 Diploma in chemistry, Tübingen University, Germany 1990 - 1993 PhD work on the surface analysis of organic adsorbates on Si(100)(2x1) surfaces, Tübingen University, Germany 1994 - 1998 EU research assistant on the group of Prof. W.R. Salaneck at Linköping University, Sweden. Photoelectron spectroscopy of conjugated polymer surfaces and interfaces 1996 - 1997 Assistant professor at Linköping University, Sweden 1998 - 2003 Senior Scientist at ACREO AB in Norrköping, Sweden Applied R&D in polymer electronics. 2001 - 2003 Part-time position as associate professor at the Dept. of Science and Technology (ITN), Campus Norrköping, Linköping University, Sweden Since 2003 Chief researcher at the Cambridge Research Laboratory of Epson (CRLE).
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