Dr. Dr.hc Horst-Günter Rubahn Born: 21 September 1959, Flensburg, Germany Contact information, work: Mads Clausen Institute, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg Ph. +45 60 11 35 17, rubahn@mci.sdu.dk Education Dipl.rer nat (Physics) from the University of Göttingen, 1984 Doktor rer nat (Physics) from the University of Göttingen, 1988 Venia legendi Dr.habil (Physics) from the University of Göttingen, 1998 Doctoris honoris causa from Kaunas University of Technology, 2015 Key research topics Organic ultrathin films and devices, solar cells, nanophotonics, plasmonics, quantum technologies, micro- and nanostructure formation Employment 1984 – 1988 Research associate with J.P. Toennies, Max Planck Institute for fluid dynamics, Göttingen 1989 Postdoctoral associate in the group of R. N. Zare, Stanford University, California 1990 Postdoctoral associate in the group of K. Bergmann, University of Kaiserslautern 1991 – 1999 Senior research associate with J. P. Toennies, Max Planck Institute for fluid dynamics, Göttingen 1999 Visiting professor at the University of Toulouse 1999 – 2004 Associate professor at the Physics Department, University of Southern Denmark 2005 – 2006 Professor at the Physics Department, University of Southern Denmark 2006 – today Professor at the Mads Clausen Institute and head of the NanoSYD research center, University of Southern Denmark 2012 – today Head of the Mads Clausen Institute and head of campus Sønderborg, SDU