Stefan Schramm is an expert in the field of luminescent materials and, since 2024, a professor of Applied Organic Chemistry at HTWD working on novel organic luminescent molecules and their applications. Between 2019 and 2024, he served as a laboratory manager at BASF SE and as a Senior Research Expert for OLED materials research at Merck KGaA, where he contributed to the development of luminescent materials for color converters and OLEDs. Before transitioning to industry, he conducted research as a postdoctoral fellow from 2016 to 2018 at New York University, Abu Dhabi. During this time, he completed numerous international research stays. His outstanding scientific contributions have earned him multiple international awards, including the Marlene DeLuca Award for ground-breaking achievements in chemiluminescence and bioluminescence and the Alan Katritzky Prize for heterocyclic organic chemistry.
