Dr. rer. nat. Gunnar Suchaneck

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gunnar Suchaneck
Solid State Electronics Laboratory, TU Dresden, Germany
Materials and device concepts for electrocaloric refrigeration 

Scientific Career

  • Since 1997 Senior Researcher at TU Dresden, Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
  • 1984-1997 Assistant at TU Dresden, Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
  • 1980-1983 PhD student at Leningrad Electrotechnical University (LETI), Cand. phys.-math. sci., PhD thesis: Crystal growth and polytypism of tetrahedral compound semiconductors.
  • 1974-1980 Studies in Electronic Technology at Leningrad Electrotechnical University (LETI), Diploma engineer degree (with distinction – red diploma)
  • Diploma work: Electronic structure and crystal lattice structure of tetrahedral compound semiconductors.

Scientific Focus

  • Solid state sensor technology: ferroelectric thin film sensor materials, metal oxide thin films, silicon oxide and silicon nitride, thin film deposition by reactive sputtering, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Characterization of thin films by optical and electrical measurements, evaluation of the thin-film properties by means of intensity modulated laser beams.

Scientific Activities

  • Member of the Working Group “Plasma Germany” of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), www.plasmagermany.org.
  • Referee of numerous scientific journals of Elsevier B.V., Taylor&Francis, AVS Publications and IEEE.
  • Project referee of FP6, FP7 and Horizon 2020 of the European Union.
  • Project referee for the subject "Thin film technology" of the Grant Agency, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic.

Scientific Indexing

  • H-factor: 15
  • ≥ 130 refereed journal publications
  • 15 patents awarded

Publications

Cp. http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~suchanec/scipub.htm