Hans Richter. Director of Matrix - angewandte Forschung Ltd. & Co. KG, Frankfurt (Oder). CEO of Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft - GFWW - e. V., Frankfurt (Oder). Member of SEMI’s European ISS - Committee, Brussels. Executive Board Member of E-MRS, Strasbourg. Research Interests: Defects in Semiconductors, Defect Engineering and Gettering, Semiconductor Materials and Technologies, Photovoltaics.