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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer leaves IMMS on 30 September 2025
As of 30 September 2025, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer is taking his leave after 19 years as scientific director.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer took over the scientific management of IMMS in September 2006 from its founding professor, Dr Gerd Scarbata, after stints at the Technical Universities of Braunschweig and Kaiserslautern, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics, and Infineon Technologies AG.
The supervisory board and owners thank Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer for his commitment and the work he has done at IMMS.
The appointment procedure for filling the position of scientific director of IMMS in conjunction with a joint appointment to a university professorship (W3) in ‘Integrated Circuits for Sensor Systems’ at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Technische Universität Ilmenau has not yet been completed.
IMMS will therefore be represented by commercial director Dipl.-Kfm. Martin Eberhardt until a new scientific director is appointed.
From 1 October 2025, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer will be available via the Electronic Circuits and Systems department at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Technische Universität Ilmenau.
For the supervisory board
Dr. Sebastian Stark
Chairman of the supervisory board
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