On 7 March, cfaed scientist Robert Brückner receives the Emanuel Goldberg Award for his excellent PhD thesis about organic micro laser. The prize with a value of € 2,000 is also awarded to Hans Kleemann, who completed his doctoral degree at the Institute for Applied Photo Physics (IAPP), too. Furthermore, Bernhard Siegmund receives the Harry Dember Prize of the Center for Applied Photonics, doted € 1,000 for his diploma thesis. The prizes are presented by the Rector of Technische Universität Dresden, Prof. Dr. Hans Müller-Steinhagen, at 4.30pm in the Beyer Building of the Universität.

The focus of Robert Brückner’s thesis graded with Summa Cum Laude was on ‘Coherence and Coupling of Cavity Photons and Tamm Plasmons in Metal Organic Microcavities’. He analyzed how to implement metals in micro resonators without diminishing the optical properties. Brückner has described his findings about organic micro laser in twelve peer reviewed publications, one of his articles was published in the reputated magazine ‘Nature Photonics’. He was invited to lectures to international renowned conferences and held a seminar about his PhD topic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since 2013, he is coordinating and managing the Organic / Polymer Path of the Cluster of Excellence Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed). Path Leader of this research area is the world renowned expert in optoelectronics, Prof. Dr. Karl Leo.

The doctoral thesis of Hans Kleemann titled ‘Organic Electronic Devices – Fundamentals, Applications, and Novel Concepts’ has also been graded with Summa Cum Laude. The task of Hans Kleemann was to analyze new principles of the realization of electronic elements. He shows an extraordinary experimental talent, especially concerning the establishment of a new photolithography method for structuring organic layers. The scientific performance of Dr. Kleemann is also reflected by the impressive publication list including 20 reviewed magazine articles, 16 conference papers, and five patents. Since 2013, Dr. Kleemann works at Novaled AG.

In his diploma thesis in physics, Bernhard Siegmund has been concerned with organic semi-conductors. Here, he has proven his talent as experimental physicist. Since the begin of the year, Siegmund is PhD student at the IAPP and will soon spend some time at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi-Arabia.

The Robert Luther Foundation was founded by the director Prof. Karl Leo in 2008. It refers to the first director of the institute and belongs to the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.  Emanuel Goldberg and Harry Dember were Jewish scientists and lecturers of the institute and both emigrated abroad in the 1930-ies.

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