{{Short description|German physicist and university professor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Reimund Gerhard''' (born 31 May 1952 in Heidelberg) is a German applied physicist and university professor. Between 1979 and 2006 he used the last name "Gerhard-Multhaupt".<ref>{{GND|120261138}}</ref>
==Education== Gerhard graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt as Diplom-Physiker in 1978 and was a research student with Martin M. Perlman (1930–2013)<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Dr. Martin M. Perlman (1930–2013) [DEIS news]|journal = IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine|date = 1 September 2013|issn = 0883-7554|pages = 83–84|volume = 29|issue = 5|doi = 10.1109/MEI.2013.6585862|first1 = M.R.|last1 = Wertheimer|first2 = A.|last2 = Yelon|first3 = R.|last3 = Gerhard|first4 = S.S.|last4 = Bamji}}</ref> in 1978/79. In 1984, he obtained his Ph.D. with Gerhard M. Sessler at the Technical University of Darmstadt.<ref>{{Cite web|title = List of dissertations|url = http://www.ea.tu-darmstadt.de/elektroakustik_nt/research_projects_1/liste_der_frueheren_dissertationen_1/liste_der_frueheren_dissertationen_ea_nt_2.en.jsp|website = Fachgebiet Elektroakustik – Technische Universität Darmstadt|accessdate = 29 October 2015| last1=Elektroakustik | first1=Fachgebiet }}</ref>
==Career== From 1985 until 1994, Gerhard was scientist and project manager at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik (now Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications) Berlin in the department led by Gerhard Mahler.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Light-valve projection displays — an introduction|journal = Displays|date = 1 January 1995|pages = 5–7|volume = 16|issue = 1|doi = 10.1016/0141-9382(95)91867-2|first1 = R.|last1 = Gerhard-Multhaupt|first2 = G.|last2 = Mahler}}</ref> In 1994 and 1996, he was appointed university professor for sensorics and for applied condensed-matter physics of the University of Potsdam.<ref name="IUS 2021 - 2021's IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2021 x727">{{cite web | title=Prof. Reimund Gerhard | website=IUS 2021 - 2021's IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium | date=1 March 2021 | url=https://2021.ieee-ius.org/presenter/prof-reimund-gerhard/ | access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Grabowski 2014 g707">{{cite web | last=Grabowski | first=Silvana | title=Ehre für Potsdamer Physiker | website=Universität Potsdam | date=9 October 2014 | url=https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/medieninformationen/detail/2014-10-09-ehre-fuer-potsdamer-physiker | language=de | access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
From 1997 until 2000, Gerhard served as director of the institute of physics and astronomy, from 2006 to 2008 as vice dean, and from 2008 to 2012 as dean of the faculty of science at the university.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2012-099: Universität Potsdam – Medieninformationen|url = http://www.uni-potsdam.de/pm/news/up/date/2012/05/30/2012-099.html|website = Mitglieder der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam ehren langjährigen Dekan mit einer wissenschaftlichen Festveranstaltung|accessdate = 29 October 2015|language = German}}</ref> Between 2004 and 2012, he chaired the joint board of the master-of-science program in polymer science at the four universities with science faculties in Berlin and Potsdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://polymerscience.physik.hu-berlin.de/#page-joint|title = Polymer Science – An Interdisciplinary Master Program|date = |accessdate = |website = |last = |first = }}</ref> From 2014 until 2016 he was a member of the university senate in Potsdam.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Universität Potsdam: Senat|url = http://www.uni-potsdam.de/senat/|website = www.uni-potsdam.de|accessdate = 29 October 2015}}</ref> He has undertaken visiting appointments at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, USA (1981, 1982, 1983), at the Tongji University in Shanghai, China (1987 and 1989), at the École Normal Supérieure (ENS) in Cachan, France (1995/96 and 2014/15), at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil (1999, 2005–06, 2012), at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) in Paris, France (1999), at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.linkedin.com/title/visiting-professor-at-the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem|title = LinkedIn|date = |accessdate = |website = Visiting Professor – The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem|last = |first = }}</ref> Israel (HUJI) (2013), at the Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in Xi'an, China (2015, 2017, 2019), and at Chongqing University in Chongqing, China (2018 and 2019).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Biographical sketch: Reimund Gerhard|url = http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/members/gerhard_reimund.shtml|website = canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de|accessdate = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
Gerhard served as secretary of the 5th IEEE International Symposium on Electrets (ISE) in Heidelberg (1985),<ref>{{Cite journal|title = 5th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE 5)|journal = IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation|date = 1 December 1985|issn = 0018-9367|pages = 974–1000|volume = EI-20|issue = 6|doi = 10.1109/TEI.1985.348738}}</ref> co-chair of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Electrets (ISE) in Berlin (1991),<ref>{{Cite web|title = Proceedings, 7th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE 7), 1991|url = https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/573/proceeding|website = |access-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref> chair of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics (ICSD) in Potsdam (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics (ICSD)|url = http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=16195|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173138/https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=16195|url-status = dead|archive-date = 6 January 2018|website = IEEE|access-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref> and chair of the 2nd International Conference on Electromechanically Active Polymers (EuroEAP) in Potsdam (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.euroeap.eu/images/Conference/2012/euroeap2012_programme.pdf|title = EuroEAP 2012|date = |access-date = |website = |last = |first = }}</ref> He was the vice president for technical activities of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) in 2007–2008 and 2014–2015.<ref>{{Cite book|date = 1 June 2015|pages = 1|doi = 10.1109/ICACACT.2014.7223471|isbn = 978-1-4799-7352-1 | chapter=IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) | title=2015 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC) }}</ref> From January 2018 through December 2019 he served as president of the IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://uni-potsdam.de/nachrichten/detail-latest/article/2018-01-04-potsdamer-physiker-prof-dr-reimund-gerhard-ist-praesident-der-ieee-dielectrics-and-elect.html|title=Nachrichten – Universität Potsdam|website=uni-potsdam.de|language=de|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
His research portfolio includes polymer electrets with quasi-permanent space charge, ferro- or piezoelectrets (polymer films with electrically charged cavities), ferroelectric polymers with piezo- and pyroelectric properties, polymer composites with novel property combinations, physical mechanisms of dipole orientation and charge storage, electrically deformable dielectric elastomers (sometimes also called "electro-electrets"), as well as the physics of musical instruments.
==Awards and honors== * Student fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (1974–1979)<ref name=":1" /> * ITG Award of the Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.vde.com/de/fg/itg/ehrungen-preise/literaturpreis/seiten/literaturpreis%20der%20itg.aspx|title = ITG Preis|date = |access-date = 29 October 2015|website = |last = |first = |language = German}}</ref> * Silver medal as young scientist of the foundation Werner-von-Siemens-Ring (1989)<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.siemens-ring.de/jungwissenschaftler.html|title =Jungwissenschaftler 1989|publisher =Stiftung "Werner-von-Siemens-Ring"|language =German|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101652/http://www.siemens-ring.de/jungwissenschaftler.html|archive-date =24 September 2015}}</ref> * Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1992)<ref>{{Cite web|title = IEEE Fellows Directory|url = https://www.ieee.org/membership/fellows/fellows-directory.html|website = IEEE|access-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref> * Technology-Transfer Award of the [http://www.ts-bb.org/ Technologie-Stiftung Brandenburg] (2001)<ref name=":1" /> * Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|title = APS Fellow Archive|url = http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2011&unit_id=DPOLY&institution=University+of+Postdam|website = www.aps.org|access-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Prof. Dr. Reimund Gerhard zum Fellow der American Physical Society gewählt|url = http://www.uni-potsdam.de/pm/news/up/date/2011/11/23/2011-240.html|website = |access-date = 29 October 2015|language = German}}</ref> * Whitehead Memorial Lecture of the IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP) (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://site.ieee.org/ceidp-2014/files/2014/10/CEIDP-2014-program-booklet-final-final.pdf|title = CEIDP 2014 Program|date = |access-date = |website = |last = |first = }}</ref> * Bernhard Gross Memorial Lecture, 16th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE), Leuven, Belgium, September 2017<ref name=":2" /> * E. O. Forster Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (2023)<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2024 |title= Report of 2023 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)|journal= IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine|publisher=IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=59–61|doi=10.1109/MEI.2024.10381681 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |year=2024 |title=2023 IEEE DEIS Eric O. Forster Distinguished Service Award |url=https://www.ieee.org/ns/periodicals/EI/MarApr2024/index.html |journal= IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine|publisher=IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=65|doi=10.1109/MEI.2024.10444738 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite web | last=Wirges | first=Werner | title=Soft Transducer Materials and Systems | website=Soft Transducer Materials and Systems | date=16 November 2022 | url=http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/home.shtml | access-date=22 July 2023}}
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