XIA PFAFFENZELLER Dipl.-Phys. Dr. rer. nat., (German Patent Attorney) majored in Solid State Physics at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. After being awarded her Science Masters degree she taught physics at Beijing Technology Institute for more than three years. Afterwards she worked for two years as an account manager of the Medical Group of Hewlett-Packard in Beijing. After finishing her Ph.D. at RWTH Aachen in Germany she worked for two years as a consultant for network security at Secaron AG in Munich. Her main interests are medical instruments, physical measuring and analysis technology, semiconductor technology and information technology.

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