André Anders
André Anders | |
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Anders in 2009 | |
| Born | 16 June 1961 Ballenstedt, East Germany |
| Nationality | German; 2002 naturalized American |
| Alma mater | University of Wrocław, Moscow State University, Humboldt University, (Dr. rer. nat. 1987) |
| Known for | cathodic (vacuum) arcs, high-power impulse magnetron sputtering, thin films |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma Physics Materials science |
| Institutions | Central Institute of Electron Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Leipzig University, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) |
André Anders (born 1961) is a German-American experimental plasma physicist and materials scientist. He has been the director of the Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering in Leipzig, Germany, since 2017. Previously, 1992-2017, he worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California. He is best known for his work on metal plasmas and thin film deposition by cathodic arcs and high power impulse magnetron sputtering. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Physics (2014-2024) published by AIP Publishing.