Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Robert Huber
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2019 | Professor (W3) Chair, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Optics at the University of Lübeck |
| 2016 | Schleswig-Holstein Excellence Chair |
| 2015 | ERC Consolidator Grant 2014 (2016-) |
| 2014 | Offer of a professor position (W3 chair) from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie (KIT) – declined |
| since Sept. 2013 | Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Optics at the Universität zu Lübeck |
| since Jan. 2011 | Research group leader in the Starting Grant Programme of the European Union (ERC Starting Grant) at the Institute of BioMolecular Optics at the LMU-Munich |
| 2007-2012 | Research group leader in the Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Institute of BioMolecular Optics at the LMU-Munich |
| 2005-2006 | Postdoctoral Associate in the group of Prof. J. G. Fujimoto at the Research Laboratory of Electronics des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) |
| 2003-2005 | Postdoctoral research fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the group of Prof. J. G. Fujimoto at the Research Laboratory of Electronics des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) |
| 2003-2003 | Postdoctoral Associate in the group of Prof. J. Wachtveitl at the Institute Of Physical And Theoretical Chemistry at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main |
| Juli 2002 | „Dr. rer. nat.“ (~PhD) from the physics department of the LMU-Munich |
| 1998-2002 | PHD student at the former Institute for Medical Optics in the group of PD J. Wachtveitl at the LMU-Munich |
| Januar 1998 | Diplom (~Master) from the Faculty of Physics at the LMU-Munich |
| November 1996 | Diplomarbeit in the Photonics and Optoelectronics group of Prof J. Feldmann at the LMU-Munich |
| April 1994 | Vordiplom (~BSc) from the Faculty of Physics at the LMU-München |
| November 1992 | Start of course of studies „Physik Diplom“ at the LMU-Munich |
| Juni 1992 | Abitur |
| 1983-1992 | Gymnasium (Luitpold-Gymnasium Wasserburg am Inn) |
Prizes, awards, funding
2021 2017 | Fellow OSA / OPTICA Granted the title "Schleswig-Holstein Excellence Chair" |
| 2017 | Winner of the European inventor award by the European patent office |
| 2017 | Nominated finalist for European inventor award by the European patent office |
| 2015 | Project funding by ERC Consolidator Grant, Horizon 2020 project ENCOMOLE-2i, grant no. 646669 |
| 2013 | Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank Preis (one of the most prestigious privately funded awards for young scientist in Germany) |
| 2012 | Again election amongst Germany's 40 top talents under age of 40 from the editorial board of the major national business magazine "Capital" in the field science and research. |
| 2011 | Election amongst Germany's 40 top talents under age of 40 from the editorial board of the major national business magazine "Capital" in the field science and research. |
| 2011-2016 | Project funding through a Starting Grant from the ERC (European Research Council) (project number: 259158) |
| 2008 | Rudolf-Kaiser Preis |
| 2008-2012 | Project funding through a research grant in a medium scale collaborative project within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union (FP7 Health, contract no. 201880) |
| 2007-2011 | Emmy Noether Stipendium DFG (DFG - HU 1006/2-1) (Large volume research fellowship in the excellence program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) to start an independent research group) |
| 2003-2005 | Research fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a postdoctoral visit in the group of J. G. Fujimoto at MIT. |
| 2003 | Albert-Weller-Preis 2003 (National research award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for an exceptional PhD thesis.) |
