People & Institutions

The excellent scientific track record of Technische Universität Dresden and its partners has brought the cluster of excellence into the position to tackle extraordinary research challenge in the fields of microelectronics.

Therefore the university has established several new positions to which belong five new Strategic Professorships and ten Research Group Leaders. Three additional W2 professorships will be created giving RGLs a chance to W2 status.

Reflecting the interdisciplinary research approach, the cfaed cluster comprises investigators from a variety of fields (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics).

cfaed Professors

Professor Jeronimo Castrillon
Chair for Compiler Construction
Professor Xinliang Feng
Chair for Molecular Functional Materials
Professor Markus Krötzsch
Chair for Knowledge-Based Systems
Professor Akash Kumar
Chair for Processor Design
Professor Stefan Mannsfeld
Chair for Organic Devices
Professor Marc Timme
Chair for Network Dynamics
Professor Yana Vaynzof
Chair for Emerging Electronic Technologies
(from October 2019)

cfaed Research Group Leaders

Dr. Meik Dörpinghaus
Information and System Theory Group

Dr. Benjamin Friedrich
Biological Algorithms Group
Dr. Sascha Hermann
Carbon Nano Devices Group
Dr. Francesca Moresco
Single Molecule Machines Group

Dr. Frank Ortmann (Independent RGL)
Computational Nanoelectronics Group
Dr. Marco Zimmerling
Networked Embedded Systems Group

Former Research Group Leaders

Dr. Walter Weber
Now: Chair for Nanoelectronics at TU Wien, Austria
Former cfaed Group: Nanowire Research Group
Dr. Thorsten-Lars Schmidt
Now: Assistant Professor at Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Former cfaed Group: DNA Chemistry Group