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Volker Jungnickel is a physicist and head of the Metro-, Access- Inhouse (MAI) group in the Photonic Networks department at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI). He has been involved in research since 1991, focusing on optics and radio topics including ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor quantum dots, laser applications in medicine, optical wireless transmission, and 4G experimental systems with novel MIMO techniques. He qualified for habilitation in communications engineering in 2015 and has published 280 scientific publications with over 10,000 citations on Google Scholar and 100,000 reads on ResearchGate. Jungnickel holds 30 patents and has made significant contributions to standardization efforts, leading key projects including the IEEE P802.15.13 standardization project for Multi-Gbit/s Optical Wireless Communication. He teaches in the Master's program in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin and supervises numerous theses, fostering student involvement in research. His work in access technology, especially in the context of fixed and mobile data connections, positions him at the forefront of research with substantial social impact.
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