Oliver Paul holds the Chair for Microsystem Materials at IMTEK The Institute for Microsystem Technology University of Freiburg, Germany. His group focusses on MEMS materials, technologies, and devices. He is a co-author of more than 120 technical publications, two patents, and two books. He is a member of the editorial board of Sensors and Actuators A, has co-founded the Swiss MEMS company Sensirion, has served on the technical program committees of numerous European and international conferences, and is member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE MEMS conference.