T. A. Scherer

Theo Andreas Scherer was born in Ottweiler, Germany, in 1962. He received the Diploma degree in physics, in plasma physics and solid-state physics and electronics, the Ph.D. degree in crystallography of perovskitic systems in high-temperature superconductors, and the D.Sc. degree in process technology of superconducting electronic circuits from the University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1986, in 1993, and 2001, respectively. In 1986, he was with the Electrotechnical Department (IEGI), University of Karlsruhe, where he was involved in superconducting electronic, thin-film plasma deposition technology, and high-frequency superconducting electronics. From 2004 to 2006, he was with the Institute of Millimetre Wave Radio Astronomy (IRAM), Grenoble, France, where he was developing Hot-Electron-Bolometer-Mixers (HEBs) for space and astrophysics applications. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Guest Scientist with the European Synchrotron Facility (E.S.R.F.), Grenoble and the Havards Smithsonian Astrophysics Institute in Cambridge/Boston, MA, USA. Then, He was with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Applied Materials (IAM-AWP), where he was a Deputy Project Leader for the ITER ECRH Upper Launcher and for the development of diamond window technology for high-power microwave transmission in gyrotrons and fusion reactors. He is currently an Associate Professor with KIT.