Dr. John Fahlteich (M), Research Group Leader in the department “Flat and Flexible Product” at Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP.

John was born in 1981 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. He graduated from the University of Leipzig with a diploma in physics in 2005. In 2010, John earned a PhD from the Technical University of Chemnitz with a thesis about thin film vacuum deposition of permeation barrier layers.

In total, he has now 14 years of experience in the field of thin film nanomaterials, coating processes and thin film characterisation. As of today, he is author and co-author of more than 40 papers, conference contributions and patents as well as three book chapters in the field. Since 2014, John has been Chairing the Working Group Encapsulation within the Organic Electronics Association. He is member of the Programme Committee of the Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference and the LOPE-C Conference.