Biographie

Titres universitaires : 

• Extraordinary professor
• Dr. sc. nat. ETH
• Dipl. phys. ETH 

Date de naissance :  11 October 1956

Situation familiale : 2 children

Vie professionnelle :

1975-1984: MSc. and Ph.D. in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
1984-1987: Staff Member, RCA Research Laboratories, Princeton (New Jersey) and Zurich
1987-1997: Group Leader, Paul Scherrer Institute, Zurich
1997-2000: Section Head, Image Sensing, CSEM SA, Zurich
2000-2004: Vice President Photonics, CSEM SA
2004-2005: Head Science & Technology, Swissnex, scientific annex to the consulate general of Switzerland, San Francisco, California
2005-today Vice President Academic Relations, CSEM SA
1998-today Professor, Institute for Microtechnology, University of Neuchatel

Autres engagements :

Peter Seitz has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific publications, conference papers and book chapters. He has been distinguished with 20 national and international awards; the most prestigious being the 2004 Grand Prize of the European Commission's Information Society Technology Award (endowed with 200,000 Euro). He holds 35 international patents.

Affiliations représentatives :

Vice President Academic Relations CSEM SA
Board Member European Optical Society
Board Member, Stakeholder in Photonics, Brussels
President Heliotis AG

Langues : English, French, German, Italian