Suche
Mein Konto
A life for science: Prof. Siemers is retiring!
Clausthal University of Technology says goodbye to Prof. Christian Siemers, a respected expert in computer engineering, after a career spanning decades.
A life for science: Prof. Siemers is retiring!
On June 4, 2025, university president Dr.-Ing. Sylvia Schattauer the renowned Professor Christian Siemers at the Clausthal University of Technology. With an impressive career in the field of computer engineering, Siemers has not only worked at numerous universities, but has also made significant contributions to the academic and practical world.
Siemers began his academic career by studying physics and mathematics at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, which he completed from 1975 to 1980. In 1981 he earned his diploma in physics and received his doctorate in 1984. rer. nat. He then started as a research assistant at the Institute for Experimental Physics at the CAU Kiel. Various positions in industry followed, including the role as a specialist group leader at Siemens AG in the area of data technology and as a group leader in medical technology at Dräger AG.
Academic career and teaching
Siemers' academic career took him to the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences as a professor of computer engineering, followed by a move to the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide in 1995. In 2002, he accepted a professorship for computer engineering at the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences and remained there until his retirement in 2020. He held various professorships at Clausthal University of Technology, including from 2008 until 2014 in teaching communication and distributed systems and from 2014 to 2020 in automation technology.
Since 2021, Siemers has been 100% responsible for the Professorship of Automation Technology and currently represents 100% of the Professorship of Computer Engineering in the Institute of Computer Science. Despite his retirement from active teaching, he plans to continue giving lectures at Clausthal University of Technology. He will also attend the university's 250th anniversary celebrations in June, showing that his connection to the institution remains strong.
Challenges and perspectives for professors
A professor's career is often long and challenging. Not only extensive academic achievements are required, but also professional experience, as discussed in the article academics.de be described. Accordingly, there are different requirements for university and HAW professorships, which, among other things, require a minimum number of years in industry. While a habilitation is no longer a mandatory requirement, the path to a professorship still requires patience, flexibility and good networks.
Siemers’ career is an example of the success that comes from such a dedicated and diverse career. With his extensive specialist knowledge and deep insight into both academic and industrial matters, he will certainly continue to play an important role in the TU Clausthal environment.