Our current Fraunhofer UK Board of Directors comprises :
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(Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics staff and students are here)
Raoul Klingner was born in 1974. His professional background is wood science and engineering. He graduated at the University of Hamburg, Germany and received his PhD degree at ETH Zurich, chair of building physics. His professional career started in 2002 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Materials Research and Technology (EMPA) in Dübendorf near Zurich.
In 2005 he joined the Strategy and Internal Research Programmes department of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich. He was involved in strategic projects with respect to the central strategy and R&D portfolio of Fraunhofer, the development of the excellence programme ‘Fraunhofer Attract’ and established new central business development activities at Fraunhofer.
In 2010, Raoul Klingner became head of department of International Business Development of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich. The department manages the substantial international activities and networks of Fraunhofer abroad and supports institutionalized cooperation with leading foreign research entities in Europe, the Americas and Asia. As an expert in internationalization of R&D he is member in several advisory boards such as the advisory board of Baden-Württemberg International mbH (since 2014) and the board of the Bavarian University Center for LatinAmerican BAYLAT (since 2012).
In 2016 Raoul Klingner was appointed Director of Research, reporting directly to the president of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The division Research oversees all activities of the 67 Fraunhofer-Institutes in German.
Simon is a graduate in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics from the University of Strathclyde. Over 13 years he built a career in industrial R and D with a range of roles from design and production engineering to R and D, operations and product management, often in start-up, spin-out and high-growth companies.
He has taken a wide range of medical devices from concept to market, through design, production, clinical trials, regulatory approval, marketing and user-training. (Inc. cervical cancer screening, heart valves, blood flow monitoring, medical laser and microwave devices). Having enjoyed working with universities whilst in industry, he moved to the Institute of Photonics to a varied business role for the next 7 years. He brings experience in financial, marketing, commercial, legal and intellectual property matters to Fraunhofer. He holds three patents and is a Chartered Engineer, EurIng, Chartered Physicist and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
He has been employed by Fraunhofer UK since the company formed and in January 2014 was appointed Executive Director, following the retirement of Tim Holt.
Prof Quay is the Director of Fraunhofer IAF, Freiburg. As professor for energy-efficient radio-frequency electronics, Quay has a passion for resource-efficient electronics—a topic that plays a central role in research at Fraunhofer IAF and is reflected in his academic work. In addition to his work at Fraunhofer IAF, he holds a chair at the Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH) at the University of Freiburg, where he trains future experts in the field of particularly energy-efficient electronic systems.
Prof. Dr Karsten Buse is Director of Fraunhofer IPM. Associated with this position is the professorship for Optical Systems at the neighbouring Department of Microsystems Engineering IMTEK of the University of Freiburg. This has succeeded in establishing a link between university research and the industrial implementation of research results.
Since October 2019, Karsten Buse is Chair of the Fraunhofer Group for Light & Surfaces and member of the Presidential Council.
Prior to this, the expert in optical technologies was a professor at the University of Bonn, where he held the Heinrich Hertz endowed chair of Deutsche Telekom AG for more than 10 years. During this period, his main areas of research were in optical materials and non-linear optics. Buse developed new laser sources, optically parametric oscillators as well as optical sensors and filters. In his investigations, Buse attaches great importance to suitability for use in specific applications, as his numerous patents show. In addition to this, his cofounding of the Californian company Ondax – where he was a member of the management board for many years and still performs a consultancy function – testifies to his enormous experience in industry-related research and development.
Karsten Buse completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Osnabrück. In 1997, after finishing his habilitation thesis (post-doctoral degree) in the field of optical materials, he first went as a DFG postdoctoral research fellow to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA, where he was soon appointed »Visiting Professor«. Up until the year 2007 – at the same time as his activities in Bonn – this was where he pressed ahead with research in the field of optical data storage and ultra fast optical switches.
Mathias is Director of Research Strategy and Policy for Fraunhofer-Gesselschaft and also sits on the board of Fraunhofer Austria.
Iona trained as a Chartered Accountant with one of the big four accountancy firms in Glasgow initially working in the audit department and then specialising in corporation tax. Since leaving professional practice she has worked in both public and private sector organisations most recently as Head of Finance for a renewables manufacturing company.
Iona has significant experience in implementing financial and administrative systems as well as delivering business change and process improvement in start-up and growing businesses. She joined Fraunhofer UK in May 2015 and is responsible for all finance, administrative and HR matters alongside her role as company secretary.
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