Alexander Kölpin

Prof. Dr. Alexander Koelpin is director of the Institute of High-Frequency Technology with Hamburg University of Technology. He received his diploma in Electrical Engineering in 2005, his doctoral degree in 2010, and his habilitation in 2014 all with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany.

From 06/2017 to 02/2020 he was professor and head of the chair for Electronics and Sensor Systems with the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. Since 03/2020 he is with Hamburg University of Technology, Germany as professor and head of the Institute of High-frequency Technology.

Alexander Koelpin’s research interests are in the areas of microwave and millimeter wave circuits and systems for various applications, e.g. quantum computing, radar and wireless sensing, wireless communication systems, local positioning, and six-port technology. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 publications in his areas of interest. He is very active in the international scientific community and holds several committee positions. In 2016 he has been awarded the prestigious IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award and in 2017 with the ITG Award of the German VDE.