Frank Hochschulz studied Physics at the University of Münster and received his PhD in Engineering from the University of Duisburg-Essen. He worked for 5 years with and for Fraunhofer Cleanrooms, leading the development of infrared focal plane arrays (thermal imaging sensors). In 2018, he joined the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD for its acronym in German). The FMD is a cooperation of the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics with the Leibniz Institutes FBH and IHP, where Dr. Hochschulz leads the migration to and operation of a joint MES in 10 of the FMD-Institutes. Within the FMD, 13 research institutes work together under one virtual roof. As a one-stop shop, the FMD combines the scientific excellence, application-oriented technologies and system solutions of all the institutes involved in the cooperation into customer-specific solutions.