Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic MicrosystemsThe board of trustees advises the management of the Fraunhofer IPMS as an external advisory board in strategic questions. Representatives from industry and research, from public authorities, ministries or funding organizations are invited and appointed by the President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The board of trustees meets once a year to get an overview of the institute's achievements and to give the institute important impulses for its future strategic orientation.
Advisory Board
Representatives of the economy
| Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair-Desoyer | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Deutschland GmbH, CEO |
| Dr. Jens Kosch | XFAB, CEO |
| Prof. Dr. Jörg-Uwe Meyer | MT2IT GmbH & Co KG, General Manager |
| Dr. Johannes Schumm | Sensiron AG, Vice President Research & Development |
| Dr. Axel Preuße | Globalfoundries Dresden Module One LLC & Co. KG, GF Fellow |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Schönefeld | T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, General Manager |
| Rutger Wijburg, PhD. | Infineon Technologies, CTO |
Representatives of the scientific community
| Prof. Dr. Alex Dommann | EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Departmentsleiter »Materials meet Life« |
| Prof. Dr. Wilfried Mokwa | RWTH Aachen, Institut für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik, Director |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Osten | University of Stuttgart, Former Director Institute of Technical Opticsk (ITO) |
| Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland | University of Tübingen, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, Director |
| Prof. Dr. Ronald Tetzlaff | TU Dresden, Chair of Fundamental of Electrical Engineering, Dean |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe | Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK |
Representatives of the public sector
| Dr. Lutz Bryja | Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, Head of Department |
| Dr. Claudia Herok | Ministry of Science, Research and Culture Brandenburg, Head of unit |
| Dirk Hilbert | State capital Dresden, Mayor |
| MDgin Barbara Meyer | Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Head of Department |
| Dr. Ronald Schnabel | VDE / VDI Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (GMM), Managing Director |
| Dr. Eike-Christian Spitzner | VDE / VDI Innovation + Technik GmbH, Division Manager |
| Dr. Tina Züchner | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |