Dr. Greiling began his research on precursor chemistry during his studies and scientist work at the Philipps-Universität/Marburg. After completing his doctoral thesis on the topic of “Elementorganical Compounds of Arsenic – Alternative Sources for CVD” he set up a forerunner company and started the research project “development and synthesis of novel precursors for MOCVD” (in cooperation with Siemens and Alcatel). Within only two years of developing a complete new material system for semiconductor-production, his innovation was honored with the prestigious “Karl-Heinz-Beckurts Preis” award from the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology.

His professional positions range from R&D and applied technology, to marketing and business development, to supporting the homogeneous catalyst operations of a multinational precious metals company. For ten years he led an incubator program at Umicore for advanced electronic precursors for thin film applications. The objective was to build an integrated European manufacturer and supplier of innovative metal-based ALD and CVD precursors and related services for the electronics industry. With his team of experts, he managed the research and development and took it beyond the pilot phase to a level of maturity with investments in large-scale facilities for the commercial supply of high-purity precursors.

Oliver is the author of several technical publications and patents. He draws his energy from his enthusiasm for the technology and his creative and innovative approach to solving technical challenges that support the development of new application areas for organometallic and inorganic thin film deposition chemistry.

At Dockweiler Chemicals, Carsten is responsible for all commercial matters, i.e. finance and accounting, controlling, planning, purchasing, sales, human resources and other supporting functions.
He started his career in auditing at KPMG Hamburg, where he got to know various business models from the inside and operationally managed audit-, fraud-, due diligence- and consulting projects.
He then took on management roles at Razorfish (CFO, Digital Services, Germany), Schwab group (VP Finance, Mail Order/E-Commerce), Ihle Group (CFO, Automotive) and in the Optical Industry (MD).

In addition, he supported management and shareholders of medium-sized companies as advisor and business expert until he joined the company.

Dr. Susanne Herritsch studied chemistry at Philipps University in Marburg. Both the bachelor and the master thesis focused on the design of novel metalorganic products. She received her doctorate in 2018 in the field of metalorganic materials for CVD and ALD applications. The focus of her dissertation was the design and the development of novel volatile precursors based on nitrogen-containing ligands. In addition, Susanne has investigated industrial upscaling options and the synthesis optimization of established CVD and ALD chemicals in various funded projects. After her PhD, she gained experiences in the photovoltaic plant engineering as well as in the management of development and investment projects.

At Dockweiler Chemicals, Susanne is Head of Technology and drives forward the upscaling of newly developed and innovative materials on large scale production under consideration of optimized processes.

The Philipps University laboratory technician is a state certified environmental protection engineer trained at the University for Environmental Technology in Frankenberg. His career started as the laboratory head at Mochem, out of which Dockweiler Chemicals later emerged. During the time the company belonged to Akzo Nobel, Kai Ronzheimer was head of the entire production. His expertise in the safe and sustainable manufacturing of high purity process-chemicals for CVD applications now spans several decades.

In 1999 she obtained her PhD from the same university. After several research visits at Osaka National Research Institute and Nagasaki Institute of Technology, as well as a postdoctoral stay at Stanford University, she joined Philipps-Universität Marburg as a Junior Group Leader (in the framework of a Topical Research Group of the DFG). After a professorship at the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin, she was appointed as a professor in Marburg and will serve there as speaker of the Research Training Group “Functionalization of Semiconductors” starting in 2012. She has received the following awards: Graduate Student Award of EMRS (1996); Feodor-Lynen scholarship of Alexander von Humboldt foundation (2001); guest professorship of Humboldt Universität of Berlin (2008); Heisenberg professorship of DFG (2008); and the Patricia Pahamy Prize for best teaching (2009). Her research interests include the synthesis (MOVPE) and quantitative transmission electron microscopy of novel functional materials.
In 2022 she received the Greve Prize from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for their fundamental insights into rechargeable batteries.