Hans Pfeiffer is a physicist best known for his contribution to the development of electron beam lithography

Electron beam lithography

Electron beam lithography is the practice of emitting a beam of electrons in a patterned fashion across a surface covered with a film , and of selectively removing either exposed or non-exposed regions of the resist...

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Dr. Pfeiffer received his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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 in 1967 and joined IBM the following year. During his career he established a world class team and led the development of several generations of IBM's electron-beam lithography systems. He is recognized for building the industry's first shaped beam lithography systems.

Dr. Pfeiffer was elected IBM Fellow

IBM Fellow

An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM’s CEO. Typically only 4 to 9 IBM Fellows are appointed each year, at the annual Corporate Technical Recognition Event in May or June. It is the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or programmer at IBM can achieve.The IBM Fellows program...

in 1985.