Christoph Gerhard is a professor of Physics/Instrumental Analytics at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Göttingen, where he completed a diploma in Precision Manufacturing Technology and a Master's in Optical Engineering/Photonics in 2006 and 2010, respectively. In 2014, he earned a doctoral degree in Physical Technologies at Clausthal University of Technology. Then, he became a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan and a full professor for Laser/Plasma Technology at the Technical University of Applied Sciences of Wildau until 2019. His research interests include the modification and analysis of surfaces. He has investigated laser and plasma-based processes for more than ten years. Christoph Gerhard is a member of the German Physical Society and the German Society for Plasma Technology. He received the Georg-Simon-Ohm Award from the German Physical Society in 2009 and the Young Talent Award Green Photonics of the Fraunhofer Society in 2015.