Curriculum Vitae

Since 2022 Lorenz Herrmann is head of the Department "Advanced Materials and Surfaces" at Empa and a member of Empa's directorate. He studied Physics at the University of Regensburg and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He followed a binational PhD program in solid state physics and received his degree in 2010 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris and the University of Regensburg. Afterwards he joined ABB Corporate Research in Baden-Dättwil where he worked as a scientist, group leader and department head on technology development projects in the context of the company's product portfolio. His main research interest is material development and characterization in the context of electrical engineering applications.