Biografie

Since 1999 Prof. Huebner teaches at the Stuttgart Media University “Hochschule der Medien” (HdM). Presently he is a professor in the study program Print Media Technologies (B.Eng.), the first English-taught program dealing with media in Germany. From 2004 until 2014 he was the leader of the HdM study predecessor program “Druck und Medientechnologie”. His specialties in teaching and research are screen and digital printing with a main focus on functional printing (printed electronics). Since 2006 he leads the Institute for Applied Research (Institut für angewandte Forschung – IAF). His own research group within the IAF is called “Institute for Innovative Applications of the Printing Technologies” (IAD). Recent successful developments are printed antennae for automotive applications, screen-printing of thin-film non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries and printed sensors. Before joining the HdM he worked for about 11 years with the companies AGFA Gevaert AG and DuPont de Nemours. He obtained the Dr.-Ing.-title at the Technical University, Darmstadt, the place where he had passed his diploma in mechanical engineering, before. Since 2017 he is the president of the international research organization IARIGAI (www.iarigai.org).