Research

Claus Weyrich worked for more than 37 years for Siemens mainly in the area of Corporate R&D. In the last 10 years before his retirement in 2006 he was Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and Head of Siemens´ Corporate Technology Department with worldwide more than 1700 researchers. The related activities cover a broad portfolio of technologies strategically relevant for the future of the Company. His personal scientific and technical contributions were mainly in the field of optoelectronic semiconductors and devices and in the field of innovation and technology management.

Career

• since 2006 Professor emeritus
• 1996-2006 Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Head of Corporate Technology Department, Germany
• 1994 Siemens AG, Corporate R&D Department: Vice President, Head of Corporate Unit Research and Development Technology, Germany
• 1987 Siemens AG, Corporate R&D Department: Vice President, Head of Corporate Unit Materials Sciences and Electronics, Germany
• 1983 Siemens AG, Corporate Research & Technology Department: Senior Direcor, Applied Materials Research Department, Germany
• 1980 Siemens AG Research Laboratories: Deputy Director, Optoelectronic Semiconductors Department, Germany
• 1969 Siemens AG, Research Laboratories: Research Scientist, Germany
• 1969 Ph.D., University of Innsbruck, Austria
• 1962 Studies of Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Functions

• 2006-2011 Member and Chairman of the Research Council of Styria, Austria
• 2006-2009 Member of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council Singapore
• 2002-2007 Member of the Senate of Hemholtz-Gemeinschaft, Germany
• 1999-2007 Member and Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany
• 1996-2007 Member of the Scientific Technological Council of the Bavarian State Government, Germany

Honours and Memberships

• 2007 honorary doctor, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
• 2005 honorary doctor, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• 2002 Member of the German Academy of Science
• 2002 Member of the Konvent für Technikwissenschaften der Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften (acatech)
• 2000 Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
• 2000 Karl-Winnacker-Award (Marburger Universitätsbund e.V.), Germany
• 2000 Dr. Ing.-E.h., Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1992 Honorary Professor Technical University Munich, Germany