Prof. Jens Haueisen, Head of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMTI) and the Biomedical Engineering Group at TU Ilmenau, has been elected to the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). With the election of Prof. Jens Haueisen, acatech recognizes his special scientific expertise in this field.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Haueisen has headed the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics at TU Ilmenau since 2005. He conducts research in the field of measuring and analyzing bioelectrical and biomagnetic data as well as neuro-ophthalmology. Prof. Haueisen has been President of the International Steering Committee for Optimization and Inverse Problems in Electromagnetics since 2010, a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences since 2014 and Chairman of the Board of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering in the VDE since 2019.
Prof. Haueisen will use his expertise on behalf of acatech to advise politicians and society on future issues relating to technology science and technology policy and, together with external experts, to promote the transfer of knowledge between science and industry and the next generation of technology scientists.
acatech President Jan Wörner:
I would like to welcome the new members to acatech. The diversity in the subject areas of the future is growing and the demands on interdisciplinary cooperation are increasing. In this dynamic environment, the proven expertise of acatech's members will ensure and further enhance the quality and relevance of acatech's science-based policy and societal advice. I would like to thank all members for this.
At the General Assembly in October 2023, a total of 39 new members from the fields of engineering, natural sciences, medicine, humanities and social sciences were elected to the Academy on the basis of their scientific achievements and reputation.
The following scientists from TU Ilmenau have also been contributing their expertise in their field of research to the work of the academy as members of achatec for some time:
Prof. Doris Heinrich
Head of the Group for Biotechnical Micro- and Nanosystems in Life Sciences at the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Director of the Institute for Bioprocess and Analytical Measurement Technology (iba), an affiliated institute of TU Ilmenau.
Prof. Jean Pierre Bergmann
Head of the Production Technology Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg
Senior Professor in the Electronic Media Technology Group at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
Prof. Günter Höhne
Retired Professor of Design Engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Dagmar Hülsenberg
Retired Professor of Glass and Ceramic Technology at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
About acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering
acatech advises policymakers and society, supports innovation policy development and represents the technological sciences internationally. The Academy fulfills its advisory mandate from the German federal and state governments in an independent, science-based and public interest-oriented manner. acatech highlights the opportunities and risks of technological developments and is committed to ensuring that ideas lead to innovation and that innovation leads to prosperity, welfare and quality of life.
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Prof. Jens Haueisen
Head of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics