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Change in the institute management at Fraunhofer ISIT: The Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has appointed Prof. Dr. Holger Kapels as managing director of the institute. In this position, he succeeds Prof. Dr. Axel Müller-Groeling, who is moving to the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich.
Prof. Dr. Holger Kapels will initially take over the management of the institute on a provisional basis until a new institute director for Fraunhofer ISIT is finally appointed by a joint appointment committee of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel within the framework of a public call for applications. This procedure may take some time.
The step had become necessary because the Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft elected his predecessor Prof. Dr. Axel Müller-Groeling as Executive Board Member for Research Infrastructures and Digitalization.
"I would like to thank the Executive Board for its confidence in appointing me as acting provisional director of the institute, and I am looking forward to the task and to good cooperation with my colleagues. I would like to continue the positive development in the last five years and the chosen growth path for ISIT with energy," said Prof. Kapels about his appointment.
Prof. Kapels has been working at Fraunhofer ISIT since 2014. In recent years, he was head of the Power Electronics Business Unit and deputy institute director. He brings a wide range of experience from industry to his new role. He has worked in research and development for several years, most recently as head of development in an industrial company.
In addition to his activities at Fraunhofer ISIT, Holger Kapels is also Professor of Semiconductor Devices of Power Electronics at CAU Kiel.
"At ISIT, we have built up an excellent infrastructure in recent years and we have very well-trained colleagues. This means we are well equipped to meet the high demands of industry on our development work," says Prof. Kapels.
Prof. Kapels has a number of plans for the near future. In terms of content, he would like to make greater use of ISIT's competencies in order to give decisive impetus to major future topics such as quantum computing and neuromorphic data processing with new ideas, new collaborations and new research results.
He would like to expand the cooperation with the CAU and ensure that ISIT has a strong branch at the CAU. In Itzehoe, it is a matter of completing the establishment of the Research Center for Applied Battery Technology Schleswig-Holstein (FAB-SH). The topics of personnel qualification and further education at ISIT are also particularly close to his heart, and he would like to strengthen the sense of unity among the employees.
Kapel's predecessor, Prof. Müller-Groeling, has earned great recognition with his work at ISIT as well as his management of the Fraunhofer IMS in Duisburg. He has positioned ISIT scientifically and economically well - with many exciting projects and a good economic perspective.
In the future, it will certainly be good for ISIT to have a former successful institute director on the Fraunhofer board, as he will certainly pay special attention to what is happening at ISIT and constructively accompany the further development of the institute.
https://www.isit.fraunhofer.de/en/news/holger-kapels-becomes-acting-provisional-...
Prof. Dr. Holger Kapels
Eric Shambroom
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