Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chief Executive Officer, Episensors, Inc.
Dr. Christoph Grein received a doctorate in physics from Princeton University in theoretical condensed matter physics. He held postdoctoral fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and Harvard University. Dr. Grein has more than 20 years’ experience in various areas of condensed matter physics. His recent work has focused on improving infrared photon detector technologies. He is the author of more than 200 refereed publications. Additionally, Dr. Grein has given numerous scientific talks and has been the principal investigator on many grants and contracts. Dr. Grein is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Chief Executive Officer of Episensors, Inc. He is also an Associate Editor of the journal Applied Physics Letters. Dr. Grein is a Fellow of SPIE, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.