Dr. Gerhard Kramer

Professor

Build a Statement of Purpose

Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Gerhard Kramer. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.

Biography

Professor Gerhard Kramer conducts research in telecommunications technology and information theory, focusing on the applications of radio, telephone, and fiber optic channels. His core interests include increasing information density, enhancing the reliability of messages, expanding the capacity and efficiency of transmission media and networks, and improving data storage methods. Professor Kramer studied electrical engineering at the University of Manitoba in Canada and received his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in 1998. He worked at Endora Tech as a communication engineer from 1998 to 2000, and from 2000 to 2008, he was a member of the technical staff at the Math Center, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. In 2009, he assumed a professorship at the University of Southern California and in 2010, he held the position of Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He has also served as the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation since October 2019.

Research Interests

Awards

#

Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award

2021-01-01
#

Member

2015-01-01
#

Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher

2014-01-01
#

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

2010-01-01
#

IEEE Fellow

2010-01-01