Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ursula Keller

Initial appointment: January 21, 2022 (by court)
Elected until: end of Annual General Meeting 2026

Personal information

Year of birth: 1959
Nationality: Swiss

Education/qualifications

1984: Physics diploma, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1987: Master of Science in Applied Physics, Stanford University, USA
1989: Doctorate in Applied Physics, Stanford University, USA

Career history

1984–1985 Visiting scientist, Physics department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
1985–1989 PhD student in the department for Applied Physics, Stanford University, USA
1989–1993 MTS, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, USA
since 1993 Professor at ETH Zurich (associate 1993 – 1997, full professorship since 1997), Physics department, Ultrafast Laser Physics (ULP), Switzerland
2001 Visiting professor at the Lund Institute of Technology, University Lund, Sweden
2006 Miller visiting professor at the University of California in Berkeley, USA
2010–2022 Director of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology (MUST)

Relevant knowledge, skills, and experience

• digitization, innovation, IT
• technological expertise
• markets and internationality
• entrepreneurship / management

Membership of legally required boards and comparable supervisory boards in Germany and abroad

none

Other important duties supplementary to the above mandates and supervisory board mandate

• 1995–2014 Co-founder Time-Bandwidth Products (TBP), today part of Lumentum (member of the supervisory board 1995 – 2014)
• 2000–2003 Co-founder GigaTera, today part of Lumentum (member of the supervisory board 2000 – 2003)
• 2003–2007 University Council of the University of Hanover; Medal of Honor for Special Services
• 2014–2018 Member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences division

Member of the following major professional organizations

• Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA/OPTICA), Director at Large 2010–2012
• EPS in Quantum Electronics 1996–1998 (kooptiert), 1998–2004 (gewählt), 2005–2007 (co-opted)
• elected member of the Board of Governors at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE LEOS (2000–2002)
• elected foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• APS International Councilor (elected) until 2023

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr. Keller is an independent member in accordance with sections C.1, C.6 and C.7 of the German Corporate Governance Code (as amended on April 28, 2023).

_{As at February 2024}