Ferdinand Scholz
Ferdinand Scholz is full professor at the Institute of Optoelectronics, Ulm University, Germany, since 2003 and headed the epitaxial group of the Physical Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany, until 2003. He graduated with a diploma in physics in 1981 and obtained a PhD in metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy of GaInAs-InP quantum well structures in 1986 from the University of Stuttgart. His current research focuses on the growth and investigations of group III nitrides, quantum well structures, and nanorods and their applications in device structures. Prof. Scholz has authored or co-authored more than 400 scientific papers in refereed journals. He is a member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallwachstum und Kristallzüchtung.