Prof. Dr. Malte Gather - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
since 2019: Humboldt Professor, Humboldt Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
2013 – 2019: Full Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK
2012 – 2012: Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices (COMEDD), Dresden, Germany (part time affiliation)
2011 – 2014: Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvard University, USA (part time affiliation)
2011 – 2013: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Institut für Angewandte Photophysik (IAPP), Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2010 – 2011: Bullock Fellow, Wellman Center, Harvard University, USA; Research on bio-produced and bio-inspired optical devices
2009: Research Fellow, Wellman Center, Harvard University, USA
2008 – 2009: Research Fellow, University of Iceland; Research on optical gain in plasmonic waveguides
2004 – 2008: PhD student, University of Cologne, Germany; Awarded PhD with ‘summa cum laude’
2003 – 2004: Master of Science in Optics & Photonics, Imperial College London, UK; Awarded MSc ‘with distinction’
2000 – 2003: Undergraduate at RWTH Aachen University, Enrolled in Materials Science (BSc) and Physics (Diplom)
Awards, Distinctions and Scientific Activities
since 2025: Elected Member National Academy of Sciences and Engineering Acatech
since 2024: Editor for Light Science and Applications (LSA) (Springer Nature)
2023: General Chair Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Micro, Nano and Bio Systems (West Dover, Vermont)
2022: General Chair of International Conference on Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices (London, UK)
2016 – 2023: Member of onsite evaluation (panels PE2 and PE7) for ERC Starting Grants
since 2018: Associate Editor of Journal of Information Display (Wiley)
since 2013: International Program Committee SPIE Optics+Photonics – Organic Light Emitting Materials + Devices
2016: Institute of Physics Paterson Medal and Prize - awarded for distinguished research in applied physics
2015: European Research Council Starting Grant, € 1.5M
2013: Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis in Experimental Physics, € 35k - awarded annually and nationwide to one young German physicist
2012: Daimler und Benz Stiftung Fellowship, € 40k - awarded nationwide to 10 young scientists from all disciplines - fellows were selected amongst close to 800 applicants
2009: Bullock-Wellman Fellowship, US$ 60k - awarded by Harvard Medical School - supports early independent and trans-disciplinary research
2009: PhD Award of condensed matter chapter of German Physical Society - awarded annually to one PhD graduate in the field of condensed matter physics throughout Germany