Jan C. Balzer

Jan C. Balzer (Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree in telecommunications from the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in 2008, and the Master of Science degree in electrical engineering and information technology and the Dr.-Ing. degree from Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. In 2015, he has joined the Research Group of Prof. M. Koch, Philipp University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Since 2017, he has been an Assistant Professor of Terahertz Systems with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His scientific interest includes ultrafast semiconductor lasers. From here, he moved to the field of terahertz radiation generation and applications. He made contributions in the field of compact laser diode-driven THz systems, 3-D-printed THz devices, high-resolution THz imaging, and THz material characterization.