Curriculum vitae

Johannes Schwider; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.

Degrees:

Diploma degree in 1961 TU Dresden;
Dr. rer. nat. 1966 Humboldt University Berlin,
Dr. sc. techn. 1978 TH Ilmenau,
Umhabilitation University Erlangen-Nürnberg 1987,
since 1987 Priv. Doz.,
since 1993 apl. Prof. at the Lehrstuhl für Optik

Positions:

27 years work with the Academy of Sciences in Berlin, Central Institute for Optics and Spectroscopy
about 2 years with Heinrich Hertz Institute GmbH in Berlin
since 1990 with the Lehrstuhl für Optik University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Expertise:

physical optics, wave optics, diffraction and interferometry,
about 35 years experience in interferometry, about 15 years experience in micro-optics as micro-optical elements: diffractive as well as refractive, about 10 years engaged in optical interconnects for computers and LAN´s

He was awarded the Abbe-Prize of the Carl Zeiss Foundation in Jena in 1979 for his work on interferometric testing aspherics using computer-generated holograms.