Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 6, 2000
DR HOLGER JUERGENSEN is the President of Aixtron AG. He received his
M.S. degree in Physics in 1981 and the Ph.D in 1985, both from the
Technical University of Aachen, Germany. Between 1981 and 1986, he was
senior staff member in MOCVD and epitaxy research at the Institute of
Semiconductor Technologies at Aachen University. He was awarded for
Technology Transfer in 1986 by the German Federal Secretary of Culture
and Science, and for Innovations in 1988 by the German Minister for
Research and Technology. He is author of over 100 scientific papers,
mainly on MOCVD. He is member of the DEKK, SEMI, SPIE and MRS. In
1983, he co-founded AIXTRON. From 1983 to July 1997 he was President
and Technical Director of AIXTRON Semiconductor Technologies GmbH,
Aachen, Germany and responsible for all compound semiconductor MOCVD
product development. He has also been President of AIXTRON AG since
1986, Atlanta GA, USA. He has been president (Vorstand) of AIXTRON AG,
Aachen, Germany, since August 1997. Since October 1999, he is also
Chairman of Thomas Swan Scientific Equipment Ltd, UK, and Chairman of
the Board of EPIGRESS AG, Sweden. Profile
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