Spectroscopy from A to Z

Dr. Maximilian Lackner earned his PhD at the institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, in 2003, developing a novel, laser-based technique for in-situ species concentration measurements of high-pressure combustion and ignition processes. Dr. Lackner then worked as postdoctoral researcher, visiting the Lund Institute of Technology/Sweden and running an EU-funded project, on diagnostics in internal combustion engines and on the further development of alternative ignition systems. His habilitation, awarded by Vienna University of Technology in chemical engineering in 2009, is on the use of lasers in chemistry to probe and to influence chemical reactions. Dr. Lackner has authored more than 85 original research papers and books. He has started a successful company in 2002. He earned his MBA in 2008 from LIMAK Johannes Kepler University Business School and has held several international middle and senior leadership positions in R&D and operations with global corporations in the chemical industry in Europe and Asia. Dr. Lackner has lectured on ignition at Vienna University of Technology since 2005. He has served on an advisory board of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) since 2007 and has provided expertise and advice to the Department of Energy (DOE)/USA since 2008.