Advisory Board

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Participants of the 2025 Advisory Board meeting at Fraunhofer IPMS.

The Advisory Board advises the management of the Fraunhofer IPMS in strategic questions. Representatives from industry and research, from public authorities, ministries or funding organizations are invited and appointed by the President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

The Advisory Board meets once a year to get an overview of the institute's achievements and to give the institute important impulses for its future strategic orientation.

  • Chairman of the Advisory Board: Dr. Simon Armbruster (Robert Bosch GmbH)
  • Deputy: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institute for Microsystems Technology - IMTEK, Chair of Microactuators)

Representatives of the economy

Dr. Simon Armbruster
Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair MED-EL Medical Electronics
Jörg Doblaski X-FAB Global Services GmbH
Dr. Johannes Schumm  Sensirion AG
Dr. Björn Sass GlobalFoundries Dresden Module One LLC & Co. KG
Prof. Dr. Frank Schönefeld T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH
Dr. Ronald Schnabel
VDE VDI Association GMM

Representatives of the scientific community


Prof. Andreas Richter
Technical University Dresden
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Osten University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland University of Tübingen, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wallrabe Albert Ludwig University Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK
Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

Representatives of the public sector

Dr. Lutz Bryja Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Dirk Hilbert State capital Dresden
Dr. Roland Krüppel Federal Ministry for Education and Research
Dr. Björn Brüsch Ministry of Science, Research and Culture, Brandenburg
Dr. Eike-Christian Spitzner VDE / VDI Innovation + Technik GmbH
Sts. Barbara Meyer
Saxon State Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development
State Ministry for Regional Development