Prof. Christian Siemers: Farewell to the TU Clausthal and new plans!

Prof. Christian Siemers: Farewell to the TU Clausthal and new plans!

Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Deutschland - On June 4, 2025, Prof. Christian Siemers was in a solemn event by the university president Dr.-Ing. Sylvia Schattauer said goodbye. This ceremony marks the end of a remarkable academic career that extends over several decades.

Prof. Siemers began his academic training at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, where he studied physics and mathematics from 1975 to 1980. After acquiring his diploma in physics in 1981, three years later he received his doctorate on Dr. rer. nat. He then started his career as a scientific assistant at the Institute for Experimental Physics at CAU Kiel, which laid the foundation for his further professional development.

professional stations

His career led him from science to industry, where he worked as a specialist group leader at Siemens AG in the field of data technology between 1986 and 1989. He then moved to Dräger AG, where he worked as a group leader in medical technology until 1992. In 1993 he received his first appointment as a professor of technical computer science at the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences and continued his teaching work in 1995 at the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide.

his career led him to the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences in 2002, where he held the professorship for technical computer science until his retirement in 2020. From 2008 he worked at the TU Clausthal, where he represented the professorships for communication and distributed systems as well as automation technology in different functions. It should be emphasized that from 2021 to 2023 he was fully responsible for the professorship for automation technology.

As part of his commitment, Siemers plans to continue to give lectures at the TU Clausthal and will also take part in the 250th anniversary of the university in June.

accredited career and importance of the professorship

The career of a professor is often long and challenging, as the platform academics.de . The requirements for a university professorship are diverse and not only include extensive specialist knowledge, but also personal characteristics such as endurance, flexibility and good contacts. Prof. Siemers has met these requirements over the years and demonstrated his expertise both in theory and in practice.

An important point that is often discussed in the academic discussion is the different criteria for university professorships and HAW professorships. While a HAW professorship requires at least five years of professional experience, including three years in industry, the focus of university professorships is on scientific achievements. Habilitation is no longer absolutely necessary here; Alternatives such as junior professorships are now common paths to the academic career.

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