Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nils Pohl
Address:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Integrated Systems
Postbox ID 15
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum, Germany
Room:
ID 1/439
Phone:
(+49)(0)234 / 32 - 26495
E-Mail:
nils.pohl@rub.de
0000-0001-5362-638X CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRICULUM VITAE
- Professor for Integrated Systems, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
since 06/2016 - Team Leader for Chip Design and Deputy Head of the Integrated Circuits and Sensor Systems Department (ISS) at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR in Wachtberg near Bonn, Germany
since 06/2016 - Professor for High Frequency Integrated Circuits, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
09/2015 - 05/2016 - Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR
Millimeter-wave radar and ultrahigh-frequency sensors (MHS) department in Wachtberg near Bonn, Germany
02/2013 - 05/2016 - Junior Professor for Integrated Systems, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
02/2011 - 08/2015 - Doctorate in electrical engineering and information technology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2006 - 2010, Topic “System concepts and SiGe bipolar circuits for a high bandwidth 80 GHz radar system”, graduated in 02/2010 as Doktor-Ingenieur - Study of electrical engineering and information technology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
- Integrated circuits for frequency synthesis and for radar technology
- Circuits for multi-channel measurement systems (MIMO radar)
- Ultrahigh-frequency circuits up to 300 GHz and beyond
- High-resolution and miniaturized radar systems
- Direct and integrated antennas
- Radar signal processing
SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
- European Microwave Association (EuMA)
Member since 2015 - Deutsches Terahertz-Zentrum e.V.
Member since 2015 - Technical Committee: MTT-16 Microwave Systems Committee
Member since 2013 - VDE-ITG-Fachausschusses 7.3 „Mikrowellentechnik“ (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.)
Member since 2013 - U.R.S.I. (International Union of Radio Science)
Member of Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology since 2012 - Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
Member since 2011 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), sowie in der Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) und der Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)
Senior Member since 2014
Member since 2011
Student Member since 2007 - Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. (VDE) und Informationstechnische Gesellschaft (ITG)
Member since 2001
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
- IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes
TPC chair 2019 - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)
Track Chair für Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits 2016, 2017 - European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)
Program Committee since 2016 - IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)
Reviewer since 2015 - IEEE Topical Meetings on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SIRF)
Chair 2018
TPC Chair 2017
Executive Committee since 2015 - International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Technical Program Review Committee 2016
Student Design Competition Organizer since 2014
Workshop Organizer 2014, 2019 - International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Student Research Preview Reviewer 2014 and 2015 - IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM)
Chair of Wireless Subcommittee since 2016
Member of Technical Program Committee at Wireless Subcommittee since 2013 - European Microwave Week (EUMW)
TPC Chair European Radar Conference (EuRAD) 2017
Technical Program Committee 2015,2016,2017,2018
Local Organizing Committee 2013
Reviewer since 2013 - IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WISNet)
Reviewer since 2013 - German Microwave Conference (GEMIC)
Co-Chair and TPC Chair 2016
Reviewer since 2012
AWARDS AND HONORS
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 06/2018: Outstanding young engineer award of IEEE MTT-S
for outstanding early career contributions to the microwave profession, especially to millimeter-wave integrated circuits and radar techniques. - 09/2017: International IHP "Wolfgang Mehr" Fellowship Award 2017
Awarded for research in high-frequency electronics. - 01/2015: Demo Award of IEEE Radio Wireless Week
Awarded for the demo "Compact High Resolution Radar at 80 GHz and 140 GHz". - 05/2013: Karl-Arnold-Preis
Awarded by the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts on May 15, 2013 as the sole laureate - 10/2012: EUMIC (European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference) Prize
Awarded for the paper "A 24GHz Wideband Single-Channel SiGe Bipolar Transceiver Chip for Monostatic FMCW Radar Systems" together with other co-authors. - 11/2009: EEEfCom Innovationspreis
Awarded for "Advances in Industrial Radar Level Measurements" in the consortium
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