Heike Riel
German physicist, specialising in nanotechnology
Heike E. Riel (born 1971) is a nanotechnologist known for developing OLED displays.2
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Born Feb 6, 1971.1
About
She works for IBM Research – Zurich, where she is Director of IoT Technology and AI Solutions, and Director of the Physical Sciences Department.
Beyond her work on display technology, she is an expert in molecular electronics and nanoscale semiconductors.
From Wikipedia’s article on Heike Riel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftChair Apr 1, 2026 to now13
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Reading3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Bayreuth3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg3
Riel has a diploma in physics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
She completed her doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2003 at the University of Bayreuth,
and in 2011 earned an MBA at the Henley Business School of the University of Reading.
She worked as an intern at HP Labs in Palo Alto, California before joining IBM Research in 1998.
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Career
Occupation: physicist.8
- Since 2026DPG president5 6
- Since 2026Chair, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft7
- Date not recordedWorked at IBM Research – Zurich4
Personal life
Awards
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- 1WikidataHeike Riel on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHeike Riel on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataDPG president, as reported
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- 11WikidataHeike Riel: award, on Wikidata
- 12Wikidataaward, as reported
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