Heiko O. Jacobs

Heiko O. Jacobs received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wuppertal, Germany, in 1995, and the Dr.sc.Techn. degree in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland, in 1999. He joined the University of Minnesota in 2001, as a Faculty Member, and an Assistant Professor after completing postdoctoral research in Harvard University with Prof. G. M. Whitesides. Since 2011, he has been the Director of the Nanotechnology Group with the Technical University of Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau). During his academic career, he carried out his research in different departments–chemistry (Harvard), mechanical engineering (ETH), physics (ETH), and electrical engineering (ETH, University of Minnesota, TU Ilmenau)–carrying out interdisciplinary research in areas of micro- and nanotechnology.