Professor Martin Hoffmann is the new Chairman of the Board of VDE VDI GMM

(Frankfurt am Main, January 12, 2026) The VDE/VDI-Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (VDE VDI GMM) is starting 2026 with a new board. The new Chairman of the Board is Prof. Martin Hoffmann, while Prof. Amelie Hagelauer remains Deputy Chairwoman. "We would like to thank the new and old board members for their voluntary commitment and look forward to working with the new board," says Hoffmann. "Recruiting young talent and raising the profile of microelectronics in society and politics are the key challenges for this term of office."

Prof. Dr. Martin Hoffmann has held the Chair of Microsystems Technology at Ruhr University Bochum since 2017. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Dortmund (now Dortmund Technical University). There he was also a research assistant and, until 2003, senior engineer at the Chair of High Frequency Technology. At the same time, he earned his doctorate in 1996 and his habilitation in 2003. After working in industry, he became a professor at the Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies at the Technical University of Ilmenau in 2006, serving as its director from 2007 to 2012. In 2017, he moved to Bochum, where he coordinates the BMFTR-funded "Microelectronics Research Laboratory Bochum." Hoffmann has headed the GMM's Technical Committee 4.7 Micro-Nano Integration since its founding in 2007 and is a member of the steering committee of the MicroSystem Technology Congress. He has been a member of the VDE VDI GMM Executive Board since 2023.

The former and new deputy chair of the GMM, Prof. Dr. Amelie Hagelauer, is director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies (EMFT) and also holds the Chair of Micro- and Nanosystem Technology at the Technical University of Munich. She studied mechatronics at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and received her doctorate there in 2013 in the field of electrical engineering. At the Chair of Technical Electronics, she led a group of 20 doctoral students in the field of integrated circuit technology. From 2019, she was a professor at the University of Bayreuth before being appointed to Munich in 2021. She has been a member of the GMM Executive Board since 2023.

Newly elected to the board are Prof. Dr. Rainer Holmer (Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at OTH Regensburg), Dr. Simon Armbruster (Head of R&D at the MEMS Sensor Technology Center in the Mobility Electronics division of Robert Bosch GmbH), Jörg Doblaski (Chief Technology Officer at X-FAB), and Dr. Peter Kanschat (Fellow "Power System Integration and Packages" in the Green Industrial Power division at Infineon Technologies AG), while Prof. Dr. Jens Anders (Head of the Institute for Intelligent Sensor Technology and Theoretical Electrical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart) remains a member of the Executive Board.

About the VDE/VDI-Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (VDE VDI GMM) 

The VDE/VDI Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (VDE VDI GMM) is the comprehensive platform in microelectronic application areas. It is jointly supported by the VDE and VDI, and promotes the valuable transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge. Its spectrum ranges from basic technologies in the production of microelectronics and microsystem technology right through to mechatronics and fields of electromagnetic compatibility. The GMM stands for cooperation and international networking to foster innovation. It works with interdisciplinary research institutes, companies and universities at every stage, from basic research to applications, and offers its members all the advantages of being part of a progressive expert community. Thanks to its expertise, the GMM has an influence on technical standards and is involved in national and European research programs. Other important goals for the GMM include promoting young scientists as well as training and further education. The COSIMA competition (Competition of Students in Microsystems Applications), which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, is essential in achieving this.

For more information, visit www.vde.com/gmm

About VDE

VDE, one of the largest technology organizations in Europe, has been regarded as a synonym for innovation and technological progress for more than 130 years. VDE is the only organization in the world that combines science, standardization, testing, certification, and application consulting under one umbrella. The VDE mark has been synonymous with the highest safety standards and consumer protection for more than 100 years. 

Our passion is the advancement of technology, the next generation of engineers and technologists, and lifelong learning and career development “on the job”. Within the VDE network more than 2,000 employees at over 60 locations worldwide, more than 100,000 honorary experts, and around 1,500 companies are dedicated to ensuring a future worth living: networked, digital, electrical.  
Shaping the e-dialistic future. 

The VDE (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. For more information, visit www.vde.com