Frank Wippermann is with the Fraunhofer Institute IOF, Albert-Einstein-Strafie, Germany. Wippermann received the degree from the University for Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany, in 1999. He worked in the field of fiber optical system design for sensing and telecommunication applications. In 2004, he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), Jena, and completed his thesis on chirped microlens array configurations in 2007.,He is currently heading the Microoptical Imaging Systems Group. His main professional area is imaging optics design, and in particular, the field of wafer-level fabrication.
