Ralf Peter Brinkmann

Ralf Peter Brinkmann was born in Braunschweig, Germany, on October 15, 1959. He received the degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in physics (theoretical astrophysics) from Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, in 1986. From 1987 to 1988, he was a Postdoc with the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. From 1988 to 1990, he was a Research Associate Professor with the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. From 1991 to 2000, he was with Siemens AG /Infineon Technologies AG, München, Germany. In 1993, he was with Stanford University, Stanford, CA, as a Visitor of Siemens AG, in 1993. In 2000, he was a Professor in theoretical electrical engineering with Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Elektrotechnik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Dr. Brinkmann is a member of the Board of the Sonderforschungsbereich 591 “Universelles Verhalten gleichgewichtsferner Plasmen: Heizung, Transport und Strukturbildung,” and since 2003, he has been a member of the Center for Plasma Science and Technology, Bochum.