Elke Kraker
Head of Department Materials for Microelectronics
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH
Leoben, Austria
My organisation
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH
R&D Institution
Leoben, Austria
About me
Elke Kraker studied physics at the University of Graz where she obtained her master’s degree in 2004. Afterward, she started her PhD. studies at the University of Graz focusing on opto-chemical sensors combined with organic electronics and received her PhD in 2008. In 2012 she joined the business unit “Materials for Microelectronics” of the Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH and works there as leader of the “Reliability and Analytics for 3D Integration & Packaging” group. Her main focus lies in the development of tests and methods for material characterization in the field of microelectronics and the development and evaluation of reliability tests. Since 2020 she is leading the Department “Materials for Microelectronics” at the Materials Center Leoben.
My organisation
The Materials Center Leoben (MCL) is an internationally active research institution specialized in materials, production and processing engineering and innovative material applications. We are focussed on metallic materials, ceramic materials and their composites. The MCL carries out cooperative research and development projects with industrial partners and offers a comprehensive range of services.
The MCL is part of a network of innovative scientific and industrial partners with expertise across the entire supply chain of the materials and production sector. Additionally, the MCL acts as the operating company and research partner of the COMET-K2-Competence Centre IC-MPPE – Integrated Computational Materials, Process and Product Engineering, which provides a sound basis for solving complex research and development tasks.
Our professional team of about 170 highly trained experts is working on fundamental and innovative developments in the materials sector by carrying out research and development projects in cooperation with our industrial and scientific Partners.