Prof. Dr. Karl Leo

Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materi­als (IAPP), Techni­cal Univer­sity of Dresden

Karl Leo is Profes­sor of Optoelec­tron­ics and Head of the Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materi­als (IAPP), at the Univer­sity of Dresden.

He is a pioneer in the field of organic semicon­duc­tors, which consti­tute the founda­tions of modern micro­elec­tron­ics. His research focuses on improv­ing the conduc­tiv­ity of semicon­duc­tors that are used for example in displays, in large solar cells and electronic circuits and to signif­i­cantly increase the efficiency of these devices.

His work has been honored, among others, with the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Founda­tion (DFG), an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) and the Jan-Rajch­mann-Prize. He is member of the European Academy of Sciences, the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopold­ina), the the National Academy of Science and Engineer­ing (acatech), the Optical Society of America and the Canadian Insti­tute for Advanced Research. In the spin-offs Novalek AG and Heliatek GmbH he success­fully trans­ferred his research results into indus­trial applications.