Education: Physics Diploma (1978) and doctorate (1982) from Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg. Professional experience: 1983-86 Siemens AG, München, 1986-94 AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ (USA) since 1994 Chair of "Optical Information Technology" at the FernUniversität in Hagen Areas of Research: Microoptics, microoptic integration, diffractive optics, optical interconnections, optical computing, sensor. Publications: Publications in Refereed Journals Conference Papers etc. since 1994 (complete list upon request) Books Book Chapters Membership: DGaO (German Society of Applied Optics), EOS, IEEE, OSA (Fellow since 1998) and SPIE (Fellow since 2007). Internal Activities: Member of the University senate Member of the Faculty Council Member of the Examination Board (Electrical Engineering) External Activities: Member OSA International Council 2012-14 International Advisory Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of Korea Member DFG Review Board 2012-15 (Systems Engineering/Microsystems) Member of OpTechNet NRW Member of Technial Group „Microoptics“ (DGaO) Member of GMM-Fachausschuß "Microoptics"