Herbert Keppner

Herbert Keppner received the Ph.D. degree in the field of solid state physics, solar cells, and plasma technology from the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, in 1987. From 1988 to 1998, he was the Chief Assistant for photovoltaics and applied plasma technology at the University of Neuchâtel, where he became a Private Lecturer in 1996. Since 1998, he has been a Professor of microtechnology at the University of Applied Sciences, HES-SO Arc, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He is also a Lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques, Besançon, France, the University of Neuchâtel, and other universities of applied sciences. He is conducting numerous projects in the fields of biomedical engineering, energy harvesting systems, sensors, and actuators. His current research activities at HE-ARC are focused on all-polymer (mainly parylene) microsystems based on solid-on-liquid deposition technique.