Norbert Klein's Biography

Norbert Klein, Professor, Imperial College London

Dr Norbert Klein received his PhD in Physics from University of Wuppertal and his Habilitation in Physics from Technical University of Aachen in Germany. Since 2009 he is full Professor and Chair in Electromagnetic Materials and Sensors at Imperial College London http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/n.klein and Director of Imperial’s Centre of Terahertz Science and Engineering https://www.imperial.ac.uk/terahertz . Before 2009, Prof. Klein was division leader for Electromagnetic Sensors at Juelich Research Center in Germany. He is (co)author or more than 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book articles and is key inventor in more than 15 European and US patents related to microwave devices for sensor- and communication applications. In 2007 Prof. Klein founded the spin-off company EMISENS www.emisens.com which has successfully commercialized a microwave bottle scanner for airport passenger checkpoints, and he still holds the post of CTO. His main current research interest is the implementation of microwave and terahertz technology and 2D materials in lab-on-chip systems for medical diagnostics.