CV Erwin Hack
Dr. phil Erwin Kurt Hack, *12 May 1961, from Zurich, Switzerland
Empa, Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory
Überlandstrasse 129
CH-8600 Dübendorf
ORCID 0000-0003-1547-9889
Scopus Author ID 7004000719
Positions
| 2002 – present | Senior Scientist, Empa |
| 2007 – present | Lecturer at ETH Zurich, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering |
| 2002 – present | Member of Empa’s Research Commission |
| 1995 – 2016 | Deputy Head of Laboratory |
| 1991 – 2001 | Scientist, Electronics/Metrology Laboratory, Empa |
| 1986 – 1990 | PhD student, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zurich |
| 1983 – 1990 | Assistant lecturer in Physics and Physical Chemistry, University of Zurich |
Education
1990 PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Zurich,
"Theory of Stark Quantum Beat Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules"
1986 Diploma in Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich, on "Static Electromagnetic Corrections to 0+→ 0+ Fermi β decay"
1979 Classical Matura (Type B), Frauenfeld
Languages German (native speaker), English (C1), French (B2), Italian (B1), Dutch (A2)
Software Matlab, CompleteEASE, OPTOCAT, Fiji, SAP, MS Office applications
Management development
2015 Business English (Torquay International School)
2011 – 2014 Management Training (Empa, several topical modules)
2007 Management II (Stufenseminar Führung 2, EPA)
1996 Management I (Stufenseminar Führung 1, EPA)
1996 Project Management (BWI)
Professional interests
- Spectroscopic ellipsometry
- THz imaging
- Digital holography
- Speckle pattern interferometry
- IR-thermography
- Calibration, validation and measurement uncertainty
Supervision of Junior Researchers
Doctoral thesis advisor for Lorenzo Valzania (Uni Bern, 2015-2019),
Doctoral thesis advisor for Daniel Iwaniuk (EPFL, 2007-2011)
Doctoral thesis advisor for Phanindra Narayan Gundu (EPFL, 2002-2007)
Co-Referee for four doctoral theses in optics at EPFL (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Membre de Jury de Thèse for a doctoral thesis in electronics (Université Bordeaux 1, 2005)
Faculty Opponent for a doctoral thesis in optics (Luleå University of Technology, 2004)
Master student advisor for Krispin Dettlaff (ETH Zurich, 2021)
Active Professional Memberships
- Editor in Chief of Optics and Lasers in Engineering
- Vice-Chair of CEN WS71 - Validation of computational solid mechanics models using strain fields from calibrated measurements
- Senior Member of OSA (Optical Society of America)
- Member of EOS (European Optical Society), SSOM (Swiss society for optics and microscopy) and the Physical Society of Zurich (PGZ)
- Reviewer for SCI/E journals, including Applied Optics, J.Opt.Soc.Am.A, Journal of Optics, Measurement Science and Technology, NDT&E, Optical Engineering, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Optics Communications, Optics Express, Proc. Roy. Soc. A
Past Memberships
- Vice-president of the „Swiss Society for Non-destructive Testing“ (SGZP) (2001-2021)
- Associate Editor and Deputy Editor of Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2012-2019)
- Member of Editorial Board of Optics and Lasers in Engineering (1999-2012)
- Member of VAMAS (Versailles project on Advanced Materials And Standards), TWA26 (Full field optical stress and strain measurement) (2006-2014)
- Conference chair of Combined Optical and Imaging Methods in Experimental Mechanics (2016)
- Conference chair of Advanced Phase Measurement Methods in Optics and Imaging (2010)
- Member of the scientific committee in international conferences (ICEM 16 2014, Photomechanics 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018; Speckle 2006, 2010 and 2012; SEM-conference ISEV- 2011; DACH-Tagung ZfP 2004 and 2008)
- Member of optETH (Network of Optical Sciences and Technologies at the ETH) (2006-2011)
- Member of Scientific Advisory Board of ISBRI (“Indo Swiss Bilateral Research Initiative” of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research) 2007-2008
- Member of Sectorial Committee on NDE of metas (Swiss accreditation body) (2004-2006)
- Member of DGZfP-Ausschuss/VDI/VDE-GMA "Optische Formerfassung" (1993-1998)
