Pforzheim University awards first senior professorship to Karlheinz Blankenbach

Pforzheim University awards first senior professorship to Karlheinz Blankenbach

Pforzheim University is setting a valuable accent in the academic landscape with the appointment of Professor Karlheinz Blankenbach as its first senior professorship. News from the university shows that Blankenbach, who will remain active after his retirement, will even supervise ongoing and proposed research projects. Rector Professor Dr. Ulrich Jautz emphasizes Blankenbach's extraordinary research achievements and his dedication to his students, which makes him an inspiring figure at the university. The dean, Professor Ingolf Müller, sees this senior professorship not only as a tribute to Blankenbach's career, but also as a strong signal for the integration of experienced personalities into the university. This was also confirmed by wirtschaftskraft.de.

Professor Blankenbach has an impressive resume: over 250 publications, international collaborations and several patents adorn his CV. He started his professional journey at Daimler in 1985 and has been working at Pforzheim University since 1995, specializing in areas such as physics, electrical engineering and display technology. He was even dean from 1999 to 2005 and a member of the university council from 2009 to 2015. Blankenbach is co-founder and honorary president of the German Flat Screen Forum (DFF) and heads the international Electronic Displays Conference. His current research focus is on innovative “switchable privacy displays” that can be used in vehicles, which underlines his relevance in current research. hs-pforzheim.de also highlights that Blankenbach founded the Display Lab, in which he and his team are driving forward numerous projects on electronic displays and LEDs.

An outlook on future work

Blankenbach's commitment to research remains unbroken. His work will not only enrich the students and his research projects, but also strengthen the university itself. He expressed his gratitude for the support from colleagues, employees and students and emphasized that he would like to remain connected to the university. Pforzheim University is also attractive for scientists who are interested in doctorates within the framework of the positions offered. In Germany, only universities or equivalent universities have their own right to award doctorates. You can qualify in cooperation with a partner who is eligible for a doctorate or a co-opted professor - an interesting offer for prospective doctoral students.

What is particularly noteworthy is that highly qualified academic employees can do a doctorate at the Business School Pforzheim if they are suitable. Within this framework, topics are chosen individually and supervision takes place in collaboration with a university. Particularly in the area of ​​applied research, the university becomes a central contact point that offers many support options, such as third-party funded projects. This also shows that Pforzheim University strives to create an excellent research environment, which is underlined by businesspf.hs-pforzheim.de.

With this senior professorship and Professor Blankenbach's ongoing projects, Pforzheim University clearly stands out and shows that not only valuable research is being carried out here, but also a very lively academic community.