Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wilhelm Roth

Since 2019
Principal Investigator in Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD – Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines (German Research Foundation, DFG), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Since 2012
Scientific and Managing Director, Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies HOT, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover

2011-2012
Center Manager and Scientific Director, innoFSPEC Potsdam (Center for Innovation Competence), Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam and University of Potsdam

2007-2010
Associate Professor (Privatdozent) at the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf Research fields: Production, manipulation and high-precision laser spectroscopy of cold trapped molecular ions

2002-2007
Head of the Precision Laser Spectroscopy Group (Habilitand), Institute for Experimental Physics, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

2001
Research associate (Postdoctoral fellow), University of Bielefeld

1997-2001
Research associate (Ph.D.), University of Bielefeld

2014
Professor in Physics Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover

2012
Habilitation and Venia legendi in Physics Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover

2007
Habilitation and Venia legendi (Dr. habil.) in Experimental Physics Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf Topic: „Production, Manipulation and Spectroscopy of Cold Trapped Molecular Ions“

2001
Ph.D. in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bielefeld Atomic and Particle Physics Topic: „Spin-dependent asymmetry functions in the elastic and inelastic electron-cesium-scattering at intermediate energies“

1997
Diploma in Physics, University of Bielefeld Atomic and Particle Physics Topic: Investigation of spin-dependent effects and differential cross sections in the elastic electron-cesium scattering

1992
Study of Physics (Diploma), University of Bielefeld

2024
Helmholtz Prize in the field of Applied Metrology for innovations in optical biopsy for skin cancer diagnostics, Helmholtz-Fonds and PTB, Germany

2021
Kaiser-Friedrich Research Award (2020) for Photonic Technologies in Environmental and Climate Protection, Fraunhofer Society, Goslar, Germany

2018
Kaiser-Friedrich Research Award for Photonic Technologies for the Digital Laboratory, Fraunhofer Society, Goslar, Germany

2018
Kaiser-Friedrich Research Award, Fraunhofer Society, Goslar, Germany

2017
University and Research Award, hannoverimpuls, City of Hannover, Germany

2017
Going Global – Internationalisation Award, hannoverimpuls, City of Hannover, Germany

2017
Digital Business & Technology Award, hannoverimpuls, City of Hannover, Germany

2007
Young Researcher/Academics Award, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development GIF

2006
Young Researcher/Academics Award, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

• Since 1991 German Physical Society DPG
• Since 2015 European Physical Society EPS
• Since 2020: The International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE

Institutional and general responsibilities (selected)

Since 2023
Fellow of the Max Planck School of Photonics, Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

Since 2020
Board Member of the Leibniz School of Optics and Photonics (LSO), in Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD – Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines (German Research Foundation, DFG), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Since 2019
Member of Steering Committee and Task Area Leader (Metrology) in Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD – Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines (German Research Foundation, DFG), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Since 2016
Coordinator PhD program Tailored Light with in total 17 PhD students

Since 2012
Coordinator Master Course Optical Technologies (German/English)

Since 2012
Publisher of the regular HOT Workshop Conference Proceedings on topic in Optics and Photonics