Dr. Adriana Szeghalmi works at the Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP), Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF. She is head of the ALD Group for Optical Applications. The Atomic Layer Deposition Group aims to establish this technology for the development of novel and improved optical elements. They currently focus on developing atomic layer-deposited coatings for low and high refractive indices, porous materials, advanced nanostructuring technology, interference coatings, functional coatings for diffractive optical elements, space and laser technology, spectrometry, UV–VIS, DUV, EUV, BEUV, X-ray optics, understanding chemical reactions during nucleation and film growth teaching fields. Her interest is in the material development of thin film coatings towards innovative and improved optical components.