Invited Speaker

Helmut Schift is head of the Advanced Nanomanufacturing Group in the Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Technologies at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and performed his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Microtechnology Mainz, Germany. He specialized in micro-optics, high aspect ratio lithography and replication (LiGA technology). After his graduation in 1994, he joined PSI. He has developed enabling techniques for the patterning of functional surfaces with topological and chemical surface contrast, and used these processes in different research and application fields. He is a co-author of 150 scientific papers, including reviews and book chapters, and editor of the NaPa Library of Processes (https://www.psi.ch/en/lnq/people/helmut-schift). H. Schift is member of the steering board of the Int. Conference on Nanoprint and Nanoimprint Technology (NNT). Since 2019, H. Schift is Consultant on Research Integrity at PSI.