Wilkening, Gunter

Gunter Wilkening received his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, in 1977. In 1978, he joined the National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB), where he conducts research in the fields of force measurement and dimensional measurements in the micro- and nanometre range. Since 1988 he has been involved in Scanning Probe Microscopy and its use for quantitative measurements. In 1994, Professor Wilkening became head of the Nano- and Micrometrology Department. He is an active member of a number of national and international...