Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhart Poprawe M.A.(Calif. State Univ.), rongyu jiaoshou(Qinghua University in Beijing)(honorary professor)
| Family status | married to Anette Poprawe, born Kraus, four children |
| Date and place of Birth | January 23, 1954, Offenbach/Main Germany |
| Father | Dr. Erwin Poprawe (Bankier) |
| Mother | Ruth Senta Poprawe, born Wagner |
| April 1960 - March 1965 | Elementary School Falkenstein/Ts |
| April 1965 - June 1973 | Taunusschule Königstein (Abitur) |
| October 1973 - July 1975 | Physics at University of Mainz (Vordiplom 21st of April 1975) |
| Nov. 1975 - Feb. 1976 | Student at Carl Zeiss Oberkochen |
| Feb. 1976 - July 1976 | Physics at University of Mainz |
| Sept. 1976 - Sept. 1977 | Physics at California State University/ Fresno (Master of Arts 12th of August 1977) |
| June 1980 - March 1985 | Assistant at Technical University Darmstadt (PhD 27th of July 1984) |
| April 1985 - May 1989 | Department Head at Fraunhofer Institute for Laser technology/ Aachen (Fraunhofer-Prize on 22nd of October 1987) |
| June 1989 - January 1996 | Managing Director of Thyssen Laser-Technik GmbH Aachen |
| since February 1996 | Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Laser technology/ Aachen und Head of University Chair for Laser technology, RWTH Aachen |
| July 2005 – Sept. 2008 | Vice-president for Research, Structure and scientific youth at RWTH-Aachen University |
| 14th of November 2011 | Innovation Award of Northrine Westfalia 2011 (Additive Laser Manufacturing) |
| Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 | President of the Laser Institute of America LIA |
| 21st of March 2014 | Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing |
| 22nd of October 2014 | Schawlow Award 2014, Laser Institute of America LIA |
Features
- Member of the Board AGIT GmbH, Aachen (2001-2012)
- Member of the Board EdgeWave GmbH (Chair)
- Member of the Board Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik AKL e. V. (dep. Chair)
- Member of the Board PhotonAix e.V. (Chair)
- Member of the Board Coopération Laser Franco-Allemande (CLFA)
- Member of Board Laser Institute of America LIA
- Fellow Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1998)
- Fellow Laser Institute of America LIA (2006)
- Fellow of SPIE (2012)
- Member of Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Ferdinand Braun Institute, Berlin (until 2015)
- Member of Investitionskomitee High-Tech Gründerfonds (until 2015)
- Member of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik e. V. WLT
- Member of the Nordrhein-Westfalian Academy of Science
- Member of Club Aachener Casino 1805
- Member of Rotary Club Aachen