F. N. Werfel

Frank N. Werfel received the M.Sc. degree in physics and the Ph.D. and Dr. sc. nat. degrees from Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany, in 1970, 1979, and 1985, respectively. He was teaching as docent in experimental physics and material science. Already in the 1980's, he was working with transition metal oxides with jumps in the electrical conductivity (vanadium oxides) and superconductors (A-15, Chevrel phases); after the discovery of HTS in 1986, his interest was focused on the electronic structure. In 1992, he founded with two partners the Adelwitz Technologiezentrum GmbH (ATZ), Arzberg-Adelwitz, Germany, developing and manufacturing high-Tc superconductors, and since 2000 producing superconducting components and devices. Today, ATZ Corporation is a European producer of more than 650 kg high-Tc materials p.a., magnetic bearings, cryostats, and coated conductor facilities and is serving a broad spectrum of materials and systems to universities and institutional and industrial R&D customers in all continents. He has authored more than 140 papers. He is the holder of 15 patents. His responsibility to ATZ's business as the CEO and the research interest includes the application of HTS in mechanical engineering and energy power systems. He is working and feels responsible to develop and transmit new technologies and machines to contribute to a clean, secure, and sufficient supply of energy for the future of our world.