Joachim Albrecht has been a professor of physics and thin film technology at Aalen University since 2008 and is one of the founders of the Research Institute for Innovative Surfaces, FINO, in 2014. He received his PhD from the University of Stuttgart in 2001 and spent several years as a senior scientist and group leader at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany. His interests focus on tribology, surface patterning, wetting, superconductivity, and magnetic imaging. Using a combination of microstructuring and coating to produce films and surfaces with tailored properties is the main idea behind his research.