Erich Leitgeb

Erich Leitgeb was born in 1964 in Fürstenfeld (Styria, Austria) and received his master degree (Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering) at the Technical University of Graz in 1994. From 1982 to 1984 he attended a training to an officer for Communications in the Austrian army, (his current military rank is Major). In 1994 he started research work in Optical Communications at the Department of Communications and Wave Propagation (TU Graz). In February 1999 he received his PhD-degree (Dr. at the University of Technology Graz) with honours. Since January 2000 he is project leader of international research projects in the field of optical communications and wireless communications. In 2000 he established and leads the research group for Optical Communications (OptiKom) at TU Graz. He was the Austrian MC-delegate and project coordinator of the finalised COST 270 (Reliability of optical components and devices in communications networks and systems) and the sub-workpackage leader of "Clear Sky O