New leadership duo at Fraunhofer IZM
The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM has announced the appointment of Professor Dr Ulrike Ganesh as its Co-Director. She will join Professor Martin Schneider-Ramelow who has been at the head of the institute for several years.
According to a statement by Fraunhofer IZM, Ulrike Ganesh is a renowned expert in the characterisation and failure analysis for highly advanced semiconductor technology. She is bringing in a wealth of experience from her track record of many years in science and industry, starting in a postdoc role at IBM in New York, followed by a period in charge of failure analysis at Qualcomm in San Diego. Professor Ganesh built on her leadership and management experience at Robert Bosch GmbH, working in chip design for the automotive industry, before moving on to head the "Nondestructive Testing" unit at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing. She considers her ability to initiate complex research
projects and combining the different stakeholders’ interests and competences a personal strength. "I am excited about joining Professor Schneider-Ramelow and the entire crew of Fraunhofer IZM in finding innovative solutions to the great challenges in microelectronics and helping secure Germany’s competitive edge in this critical field," Ganesh says with a look ahead at Fraunhofer IZM.
Professor Martin Schneider-Ramelow has been at the head of the Institute for several years and is a leading specialist for the materials and technologies needed for so-called
High-Performance Packaging (HPP), the means to construct miniaturised, highly versatile and extremely reliable microelectronic systems. His expert knowledge in interconnection and packaging technology has played a major part in establishing the Institute’s reputation on the international stage. "Professor Ulrike Ganesh is an exceptional researcher and a born leader whose knowhow and innovative outlook will be a great asset to our research strategy," Schneider-Ramelow says about his new colleague. "Her expertise is invaluable when you see the greater demands placed on the reliability and performance of microelectronic systems for chiplets or for applications like quantum computing, 6G, bioelectronics, or hardware security."
Synergetic expertise for the future of electronics
With both bringing in unique expertise in semiconductor processing and in packaging and interconnection technology, the leadership duo represents real synergy in action.
"Us two working together will allow us to offer comprehensive answers to the complex questions asked in today’s microelectronics research," Professor Ganesh explains.
Professor Schneider-Ramelow adds: "We are coming together to raise a flag for the future of Fraunhofer IZM. We are about to lead the Institute into a new era of
microelectronics research and help master the technological challenges of our world."
About Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, headquartered Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organisation. Its focus is on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial exploitation of this work by business and industry. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany. The majority of the organisation’s 32,000 employees are qualified scientists and engineers, who work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros. Of this sum, €3.0 billion are generated through contract research.
About Fraunhofer IZM
Highly integrated microelectronics are omnipresent and yet often evade the eye. With four central technology clusters, Fraunhofer IZM covers a wide range of areas in quantum, as well as medical communications and high-frequency technology. The institute offers customers cost-effective development and reliability assessment of electronic packaging technologies, as well as custom-tailored system integration technologies at wafer, chip and board level. For over 30 years and at three locations, Fraunhofer IZM has been
supporting start-ups as well as medium-sized and large international companies (with knowledge transfer) and researching key technologies for intelligent electronic systems of the future.
Source: Fraunhofer IZM
Caption: The incoming leadership duo of Fraunhofer IZM: Professors Martin Schneider-Ramelow and Ulrike Ganesh (Image source: Fraunhofer IZM)