Prof. Dr. Gert Lorenz
Verstorben am 09. September 2015
Career
Professor Lorenz started studying physics in 1950. After completing his studies he worked as an assistant at the Max-Planck Institute in Düsseldorf. He discovered the semiconductor effect in Chrom3Oxyd and published several scientific works on conduction mechanisms in oxides, selenides and tellurides. During this time he was a recipient of a scholarship at MIT. Semiconductor technology was the focus of his entire career. He was head of development at Philips, Germany, before taking on the leadership of the company's newly established Integrated Circuits Business Unit. Subsequently, Professor Lorenz was responsible for the Electronic Components Business Unit. He later moved to the company’s Communications and Data Systems Technology Division where his work concentrated on the application of integrated circuits. In 1981 he became a lecturer in microelectronics at TUM. Four years later he was given global responsibility for several divisions at Philips including Industrial Electronics, Communications and Data Processing. After his retirement he served on various supervisory boards. In this role he was involved in the restructuring of the East German microelectronics combine in Erfurt that employed over 25.000 people.